RNA treatment shows promise for enhancing memory and reducing anxiety

RNA treatment shows promise for enhancing memory and reducing anxiety

Targeting strategy to knock down the mouse HTR2A gene using shRNA and transduction efficiency in primary mouse cortical neurons. Credit: Genomic Psychiatry (2024). DOI: 10.61373/gp024r.0043 Scientists at Cognigenics have made a significant advance in the field of neuroscience and mental health treatment. Their research,…

New study reveals the signals in your brain that initiate spontaneous actions

New study reveals the signals in your brain that initiate spontaneous actions

by Chapman University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study published in Nature Communications examines how the brain initiates spontaneous actions. In addition to demonstrating how spontaneous action emerges without environmental input, this research has implications for the origins of slow ramping of neural…

RNA Therapy Improves Memory and Reduces Anxiety

RNA Therapy Improves Memory and Reduces Anxiety

Summary: An RNA-based therapy, COG-201, can enhance memory and reduce anxiety in animal models by targeting the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor. Scientists found that decreasing this receptor’s expression led to improved cognitive function and reduced anxiety-like behaviors in mice and rats. Notably, the therapy is…

Prioritizing the unexpected: New brain mechanism uncovered

Researchers have discovered how two brain areas, neocortex and thalamus, work together to detect discrepancies between what animals expect from their environment and actual events. These prediction errors are implemented by selective boosting of unexpected sensory information. These findings enhance our understanding of predictive…

Prioritizing the unexpected: New brain mechanism uncovered

Prioritizing the unexpected: New brain mechanism uncovered

by Sainsbury Wellcome Centre Neurons in the mouse visual cortex with VIP neurons in magenta. Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre Researchers have discovered how two brain areas, the neocortex and the thalamus, work together to detect discrepancies between what animals expect from their environment and…

Brain Scientists Finally Discover the Glue that Makes Memories Stick for a Lifetime

Brain Scientists Finally Discover the Glue that Makes Memories Stick for a Lifetime

6 min read A long-running research endeavor reveals key chemical players that cement memories in place—and still more have yet to be discovered By Simon Makin Synapse Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images The persistence of memory is crucial to our sense of identity, and…

Newly Discovered Brain Wave Helps Lock in Memories While We Sleep

Newly Discovered Brain Wave Helps Lock in Memories While We Sleep

Sleep works magic on memory. You might’ve felt these frustrations before: Trying to learn a guitar riff, shoot a free-throw, or nail a difficult phrase in a new language, but despite hours of practice, you’re just not getting it right. Then with a good…

Light and Sound Therapy Maintains Myelin in Alzheimer’s

Light and Sound Therapy Maintains Myelin in Alzheimer’s

Summary: A new study finds that 40Hz light and sound therapy helps maintain myelin, a crucial brain structure, in Alzheimer’s patients. This therapy, which protects neurons and supports brain function, could offer new treatment avenues for neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers discovered that this stimulation enhances…

Study reveals ways in which 40Hz sensory stimulation may preserve brain’s ‘white matter’

Early-stage trials in Alzheimer’s disease patients and studies in mouse models of the disease have suggested positive impacts on pathology and symptoms from exposure to light and sound presented at the “gamma” band frequency of 40 Hz. A new study zeroes in on how…

Eating for necessity or pleasure? There is a brain circuit for that

Eating for necessity or pleasure? There is a brain circuit for that

People eat either because they are hungry or for pleasure, even in the absence of hunger. While hunger-driven eating is fundamental for survival, pleasure-driven feeding may accelerate the onset of obesity and associated metabolic disorders. A study published in Nature Metabolism reveals neural circuits…

Study reveals ways in which 40Hz sensory stimulation may preserve brain’s ‘white matter’

Study reveals ways in which 40Hz sensory stimulation may preserve brain's 'white matter'

by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Green staining indicates myelination in these mouse brain cross sections. The brain that received 40Hz light and sound stimulation (right) shows significantly more myelin in four brain regions (insets): the cortex (CTX), the anterior commissure (AC), the corpus callosum…

South Korean scientists discover how to use nanoparticles to control emotions, appetite via external magnetic field

South Korean scientists discover how to use nanoparticles to control emotions, appetite via external magnetic field

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Study reveals key brain cells help resist food temptations in favor of exercise

Study reveals key brain cells help resist food temptations in favor of exercise

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience , researchers investigate the role of hypocretin/orexin neurons (HONs) in temptation-resistant voluntary exercise (TRVE). Study: Orexin neurons mediate temptation-resistant voluntary exercise. Image Credit: ViDI Studio / Shutterstock.com The neurology of obesity Obesity is a…

Scientists Claim Brain Chemicals Are Linked to Blood Pressure Regulation

Scientists Claim Brain Chemicals Are Linked to Blood Pressure Regulation

Your “love hormone” can impact your blood pressure at times when your oxygen level is low. Recently, scientists have recently identified two brain-produced chemicals, including oxytocin, which is popularly known as the love hormone. The team concluded that they can affect our blood pressure…

Neuroscientists discover brain circuitry of placebo effect for pain relief

Neuroscientists discover brain circuitry of placebo effect for pain relief

by University of North Carolina Health Care This image shows that the cells in yellow in the pons (left) receive input from the green cells in the cingulate cortex (rACC, right), with subdivisions Cg1 and Cg2. Credit: Scherrer Lab, UNC School of Medicine The…

Cognitive benefits from high intensity interval training may last for years

Cognitive benefits from high intensity interval training may last for years

Vigorous exercise may have lasting brain benefits, a study suggests. Catherine Ivill/Getty Images The brain is a delicate organ that experiences specific changes with age. Older individuals tend to be at a higher risk for developing dementia. Researchers are interested in finding what interventions…

See How the Brain Responds to Psychedelic ‘Magic Mushrooms’

See How the Brain Responds to Psychedelic ‘Magic Mushrooms’

A heat map of brain activity shows stable patterns before and after taking psilocybin in blue and green, while temporary changes are shown in red, orange and yellow. Sara Moser via Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis The psychedelic drug psilocybin—the active…

Remarkable magnetic brain control tech alters appetite and behavior

Remarkable magnetic brain control tech alters appetite and behavior

Researchers have developed a remote, non-invasive method of selectively controlling neurons in the brain using magnetic fields. The technique opens the door to a greater understanding of brain function and, potentially, new treatments for disorders. In a recently published study, researchers from the Institute…

Meet the Brain Cells that May Help Us Adapt to Changes in Day Length

Meet the Brain Cells that May Help Us Adapt to Changes in Day Length

Study illuminates circadian rhythms, psychiatric disorders with seasonal flare-ups 4 min read Serotonin glows green in a microscope image of cells in the mouse brain stem. Image: Giacomo Maddaloni At a glance: Study in mice reveals a brain circuit — and brain cell behavior…

Scientists find small regions of the brain can take micro-naps while the rest of the brain is awake and vice versa

Scientists find small regions of the brain can take micro-naps while the rest of the brain is awake and vice versa

by University of California – Santa Cruz Hengen’s artistic interpretation of the varied brain wave patterns that produce the fundamental states of sleep and wake. Credit: Keith Hengen Sleep and wake: They’re totally distinct states of being that define the boundaries of our daily…

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