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Harvard Medical School Professor Michael Greenberg Wins Brain Prize for Neuroplasticity Research

The Harvard Crimson 24 Mar 2023
Greenberg has won the 2023 Brain Prize for his decades-long research on brain plasticity, alongside University of Cambridge professor Christine E ... Greenberg’s research centers on understanding how the brain responds to external signals and life experiences to regulate genes that make proteins required for brain plasticity.
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Higher magnesium intake linked to better brain health: Australian study

Xinhua 24 Mar 2023
CANBERRA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers have linked higher magnesium intake to better brain health later in life ... "This research highlights the potential benefits of a diet high in magnesium and the role it plays in promoting good brain health.".
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A fish can sense another’s fear, a study shows

Asahi News 24 Mar 2023
The researchers demonstrated this by deleting genes linked to producing and absorbing oxytocin in the brains of zebrafish, a small tropical fish often used for research ... The study also showed that zebrafish will pay more attention to fish that have previously been stressed out--a behavior the researchers likened to consoling them.
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A fish can sense another's fear, a study shows

Yahoo Daily News 24 Mar 2023
The researchers demonstrated this by deleting genes linked to producing and absorbing oxytocin in the brains of zebrafish, a small tropical fish often used for research ... The study also showed that zebrafish will pay more attention to fish that have previously been stressed out – a behavior the researchers likened to consoling them.
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Feel your pain? Even fish can show they care.

The Virginian-Pilot 24 Mar 2023
The researchers demonstrated this by deleting genes linked to producing and absorbing oxytocin in the brains of zebrafish, a small tropical fish often used for research ... The study also showed that zebrafish will pay more attention to fish that have previously been stressed out – a behavior the researchers likened to consoling them.
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Asteroid that could wipe out a city is near, but don’t fear

The Associated Press 24 Mar 2023
The researchers demonstrated this by deleting genes linked to producing and absorbing oxytocin in the brains of zebrafish, a small tropical fish often used for research ... The study also showed that zebrafish will pay more attention to fish that have previously been stressed out – a behavior the researchers likened to consoling them.
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Long Covid can cause face blindness; what are its symptoms

Hindustan Times 24 Mar 2023
Brain fog from long Covid ... Covid can affect many parts of our body including heart, lung, kidney, skin, and brain ... "Covid-19 may become the cause of inflammation and damage to the blood vessels, which may lower blood flow to the brain. Therefore, this may lead to brain damage and cognitive impairments like face blindness," says the expert.
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Decriminalizing magic mushrooms on the minds of Nevada legislators

Las Vegas Review-Journal 24 Mar 2023
“This is research in our lab now that we’re looking at, not only with psilocybin and many other psychedelics, where we can show very readily in areas of the brain that are really important to be connected or reconnected in disorders of mental health,” said Dr.
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Who are you calling old?

The Bryan Eagle 24 Mar 2023
I’ve been thinking about death lately. Turning 50 can do that to a person. I exercise regularly, drink water all of that. But the reality is the life expectancy of a U.S. resident is 76, so most of my sand has run out ... But a funny thing happened on my way to a midlife crisis ... U.S ... Modern research suggests most human brains take 25 years to fully develop.
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Nebraska trans health bill advances, despite filibuster vow

Springfield News-Sun 24 Mar 2023
LINCOLN, Neb ... “I can't stop thinking about the parents,” Sen ... “To my LGBTQ family regardless of what happens today, heads up. Chins up ... The purpose of the bill, she has said, is to protect youth from undertaking gender-affirming treatments they might later regret as adults, citing research that says adolescents’ brains aren’t fully developed ... Credit. AP.
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Scientist exiled from US brain research finds well-funded lab in China

South China Morning Post 23 Mar 2023
Xiang-Dong Fu, who left California over suspicions about his foreign links, has joined Westlake University in southern China ... .
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Poor sense of direction? Blame your brain compass

New Atlas 23 Mar 2023
With this, the researchers could see how HD cells supported the brain’s ability to reorient after a change in surroundings ... The new insights into a complex and under-researched part of the brain shed light on how the brain recalibrates in changing environments, and how this ...
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University of Cambridge scientist wins world’s top neuroscience award

AOL 23 Mar 2023
Professor Christine Holt shares the award with two other neuroscientists, Professor Erin Schuman at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, and Professor Michael Greenberg at Harvard Medical School ... who have made highly original and influential discoveries in brain research.
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New research shows there are 2 nutrients proven to stop your brain shrinking by up to 70%

Pharmiweb 23 Mar 2023
New research shows that the combination of B vitamins and omega-3 is a dynamic duo against dementia, stopping the brain shrinking by over 70 per cent ... achieved through diet, to those with sufficient omega-3 fats produced 73% less brain shrinkage in a year, compared to placebo.[i].
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Seeking Alzheimer's clues from few who escape genetic fate

Messenger-Inquirer 23 Mar 2023
But testing showed Whitney doesn’t have that protective factor so something else must be shielding his brain ... Louis research ... Researchers flew the woman to Quiroz’s lab in Boston for brain scans ... But researchers found very little tau — and weirdly, it wasn't in the brain's memory hub but in a very different region.

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