Children who are physically active have higher cognitive function and increased functional connectivity in the brain later in life than those who are less active, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Writing Can Improve Mental Health
From reflective journaling to creative prose, writing can help boost self-esteem, deepen a sense of self-control, and improve self-awareness. Writing can also help reduce stress, anxiety, and depression.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Depression and Tau Deposits Seen in Subset of Middle-Aged Persons
Depressed middle-aged carriers of the APOEe4 Alzheimer’s genetic variant are at risk of developing tau accumulations in brain areas associated with emotion and memory.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Stress During Pandemic Linked to Poor Sleep
A new study sheds light on how COVID-19 has impacted sleep and mental health. Researchers found 32.9% of people reported a decrease in sleep and 29.8% said they slept more during the lockdown. Changes in sleep patterns correlated with self-reported men…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Unraveling the Origin of Alzheimer’s Disease
Study reveals the surface features of human prions responsible for their replication in the brain. The findings provide a template to identify structurally important sites on other misfolded proteins, such as those associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Engineered Nk Cells Can Eliminate Glioblastoma Stem Cells
Engineering NK cells to resist immune suppression could be a path toward using NK cell-based immunotherapies for glioblastoma brain cancer.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Anti-Aging Protein in Red Blood Cells Helps Stave off Cognitive Decline
Depleting the protein ADORA2B from the blood of mice led to faster cognitive decline, decreased auditory processing, and increased brain inflammation.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Commercial Video Games Could Help Treat Mental Illness
Inexpensive, commercial video games may help those suffering from anxiety and depression to combat their symptoms. Researchers found that, in addition to conventional games, virtual reality games could help people overcome mental health problems.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Scientific Meeting » NIMH Livestream Event on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
In recognition of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month, NIMH is hosting a livestream event featuring NIMH grantee Dr. Barbara Rothbaum on June 17, 2021.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Distinctive Inflammatory Signature Found in a Genetic Form of ALS
Researchers found an increased inflammatory signal in patients with the C90rf72 subtype of ALS. The increased inflammatory biomarkers could be found in peripheral serum tests.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Quarter of Adults Don’t Want Children, and They’re Still Happy
Study reveals few differences in life satisfaction and limited differences in personality traits between those who are child-free and those who are parents.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: P-Glycoprotein Removes Alzheimer’s-Associated Toxin From the Brain
P-glycoprotein, a critical toxin pump in the body, has the ability to remove amyloid plaques from the brain. Researchers say increasing P-gp in the blood-brain barrier of those at risk for Alzheimer’s could postpone or prevent the onset of the neurodeg…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: We Cannot Cheat Aging and Death
Findings shed new light on the invariant rate of aging hypothesis, providing fresh evidence that death is inevitable.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Find Human Infant Brains and Bodies Are Active During New Sleep Stage
Infants produce sleep spindles every 10 second, whether in REM or non-REM sleep. Sleep spindles and twitching are synchronized, allowing for twitch reactions to occur during non-REM sleep in infants.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Do We Know Where Things Are?
A framing strategy constantly works behind the scenes to stabilize our visual experience, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Translate a Bird’s Brain Activity Into Song
Using data from brain activity, researchers were able to replicate the song of zebra finches in exact detail.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Computers Predict People’s Tastes in Art
Artificial intelligence technology is able to break down a painting’s visual attributes. Trained by data from online users, the deep convolutional neural network was accurately able to predict an individual’s taste in art.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Omega-3s May Hold Key to Unlocking Blood-Brain Barrier
A new imaging study reveals how the MFSD2A transporter protein provides a gateway for omega-3 fatty acids to enter the brain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Brain Cell Membranes’ Lipids May Play Big Role in Alzheimer’s Progression
Study reveals the significant role lipids play in regulating the amyloid pathway protein C99 and the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: That Song Is Stuck in Your Head, but It’s Helping You to Remember
Earworms, those songs that get stuck in your head, may help strengthen memories of music and life events, a new study reports.
