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Favorite music sets the brain’s opioids in motion

A new imaging study by the Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that listening to favorite music affects the function…

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What links cannabis use and psychosis? Researchers point to brain’s dopamine system

A McGill University-led study found that people with cannabis use disorder (CUD) had elevated dopamine levels in a brain region…

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New insights into neurodegeneration using human ‘mini brains’

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine have discovered a new way that neurons…

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Childhood experiences shape the brain’s white matter with cognitive effects seen years later

Mass General Brigham investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication…

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Brain’s own repair mechanism: New neurons may reverse damage in Huntington’s disease

New research shows that the adult brain can generate new neurons that integrate into key motor circuits. The findings demonstrate…

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Bridging Nature and Nurture: Study reveals brain’s flexible foundation from birth

Riddle me this: how can it be that reading these words activates nearly identical word-sensitive patches of the brain’s visual…

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Why our brains can’t resist sugar : NPR

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Bad sleep harms old-age memory by disrupting the brain’s ‘waste removal system’

Poor sleep among older adults is linked to disruptions in the brain’s “waste removal system,” according to researchers at The…

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Alzheimer’s treatment may lie in the brain’s own cleanup crew

For more than three decades, scientists have been racing to stop Alzheimer’s disease by removing amyloid beta plaques — sticky…

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Mutation increases enzyme in mouse brains linked to schizophrenia behaviors

A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation,…

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