NIH provides researchers with $15.25M to map vagus nerve
By Avery St. Onge The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $15.75 million contract to a team of researchers to determine how the vagus nerve tracts map to different...
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Loneliness and unhappiness may impact biological aging more than smoking
Photo Cred: Cottonbro/Pexels By Avery St. Onge Results from a recent study indicated that being in a vulnerable mental state accelerates aging more than smoking, highlighting the need for anti-aging...
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War zone-related stress may alter microstructure of brain, study finds
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Avery St. Onge A recent study found a link between war zone-related stress and changes to the brain’s limbic gray matter (GM) microstructure, which was...
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Daily multivitamin may help slow cognitive decline, new research finds
Photo Cred: Ready made/Pexels By Avery St. Onge A recent study found that daily supplements were associated with improved cognition in older adults. The research, published in the journal, Alzheimer’s...
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Study explores how nature nurtures the brain
Photo Cred: Heather McKean/Unsplash By Liz Gold New research has examined the relationship between natural and urban environments on stress-related brain mechanisms in an attempt to understand how exposure to...
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Anxiety following prolonged antibiotic use attributed to p-cresol release by pathogen C. difficile
Photo Cred: Rodnae Productions/Pexels By Nicole Cain, ND, MA A recent study published in the journal, Microbiology Spectrum entitled, “Clostridioides difficile infection dysregulates brain dopamine metabolism” found a growing body of...
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Sleep problems linked to psychiatric disorders in young people
Photo Cred: Eren Li/Pexels By Avery St. Onge A new study found that young people with a genetic condition known as deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) had significant alterations in their sleep...
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Single dose of alcohol modifies brain, study finds
Photo Cred: Mart Productions/Pexels By Avery St. Onge According to a new study, a single administration of alcohol permanently alters the morphology of neurons, reducing the rewarding effect of alcohol,...
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