Summary: A massive study of more than 187,000 older adults enrolled in the NIH’s All of Us Research Program reveals that adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) face more than quadruple…
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Early DBS Protects Cognition in Genetic Parkinson’s
Summary: A multi-center international study reveals that the timing of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery is the deciding factor in preserving cognitive function for Parkinson’s disease patients carrying a GBA1…
Daily Steps Tied to Lower Teen Depression
Summary: A longitudinal study tracking more than 5,500 American adolescents reveals that higher daily step counts directly correlate with fewer mental health issues one year later. Led by researchers at…
Why Cannabis Can Suddenly Trigger Panic
Summary: Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have pinpointed a specific population of neurons that drives acute anxiety following exposure to cannabinoid compounds under stressful conditions. Published in Nature Communications, the preclinical…
Can an AI Ever Truly Be “Conscious” in the Eyes of Humans?
Humans refuse to attribute consciousness to AI even when it acts identically to a human.
Comparing Current Appearance to Past Selves Harms Body Image
Summary: A new psychometric study from The Ohio State University reveals that comparing our current body to former versions of ourselves is just as harmful to mental health as comparing…
Why Past Trauma Amplifies Future Stress
Summary: Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered an overlooked neural circuit in the anterior hypothalamic nucleus (AHN) that dictates how past trauma primes the…
Could Your Voice Reveal How Fast Your Brain Is Aging?
Summary: A multicenter study of nearly 3,000 individuals published in Science Advances reveals that machine-learning models can infer a person’s biological age and brain health from vocal patterns. This newly…
Neurodevelopmental Syndrome Linked to Partial Loss of BRSK1
Summary: Using the artificial intelligence tool AI-MARRVEL alongside functional fruit fly models, researchers have identified rare variants in the BRSK1 gene as the underlying cause of an undiagnosed neurodevelopmental condition.…
