Having More Than Two Children Can Cause Cognitive Decline [SciTechDaily, June 2022]

Title:

Having More Than Two Children Can Cause Cognitive Decline

 

By:

Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 8 June 2022

https://scitechdaily.com/having-more-than-two-children-can-cause-cognitive-decline/

 

From the article:

Having three or more children, as opposed to two, has a negative effect on late-life cognition.

 

Note:

This research was published in Demography.

 

University of Illinois, USA - A ‘Factory Reset’ for the Brain Could Cure Anxiety and Drinking Behavior [Neuroscience, May 2022]

Title:

A ‘Factory Reset’ for the Brain Could Cure Anxiety and Drinking Behavior

 

Source:

University of Illinois,Chicago, USA

Published:

Neuroscience, 7 May 2022

https://neurosciencenews.com/anxiety-aud-gene-editing-20540/

 

From the article:

Gene editing may be a potential treatment for anxiety and alcohol use disorder in adults who were exposed to binge drinking in their adolescence, according to the results of an animal study published in the journal Science Advances.

Oregon Health & Science University, USA - New study reveals the effect of extended space flight on astronauts' brains

Title:

New study reveals the effect of extended space flight on astronauts' brains

 

By:

Oregon Health & Science University

 

Published:

Phys.org, 5 May 2022

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-reveals-effect-space-flight-astronauts.html

 

From the article:

Long-duration space flight alters fluid-filled spaces along veins and arteries in the brain, according to new research from Oregon Health & Science University and scientists across the country.

 

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Hupfeld, K.E., Richmond, S.B., McGregor, H.R. et al. Longitudinal MRI-visible perivascular space (PVS) changes with long-duration spaceflight. Scientific Reports 12, 7238 (2022). 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11593-y

 

Universities of Portsmouth and Southampton - Strange new genetic disease discovered that causes children's brains to develop abnormally

Title:

Strange new genetic disease discovered that causes children's brains to develop abnormally

 

By:

University of Portsmouth

 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 20 April 2021

https://scitechdaily.com/strange-new-genetic-disease-discovered-that-causes-childrens-brains-to-develop-abnormally/

 

From the article:

Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children’s brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts.  

 

The majority of patients with the condition, which is so new it doesn’t have a name yet, were also microcephalic, a birth defect where a baby’s head is smaller than expected when compared to babies of the same sex and age.  

 

Researchers from the universities of Portsmouth and Southampton found that changes in a gene called coat protein complex 1 (COPB1) caused this rare genetic disease. 

2020 in Neuroscience, Longevity, and AI—and What’s to Come [SingularityHub, 22 December 2020]

Title:

2020 in Neuroscience, Longevity, and AI—and What’s to Come

 

Author:

Shelly Fan

 

Published:

SingularityHub, 22 December 2020

https://singularityhub.com/2020/12/22/2020-in-neuroscience-longevity-and-ai-and-whats-to-come/

 

From the article:

Why we age is extremely complex. So are methods that try to prevent age-related diseases, or slow the aging process itself. This nth-dimensional complexity almost dictates that longevity research needs to self-segregate into lanes.

University of Bern & Universitätsspital Bern (University Hospital) - Bern researchers identify sleep as possible target to improve recovery after ischemic stroke

Title:

Bern researchers identify sleep as possible target to improve recovery after ischemic stroke

 

Published:

University of Bern,  27 October 2020

Click here to read.

 

From the article:

Until today neurorehabilitation is the only approach that promotes recovery after stroke. Researchers at the Neurology Department of the University of Bern and Inselspital have provided first evidence that sleep could be targeted to improve post-stroke recovery.  Despite spending nearly one-third of our life asleep, many of the biological mechanisms and functions of sleep remain a mystery to modern neuroscience.

Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup unveils pig with computer chip in its brain

Title:
Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup unveils pig with computer chip in its brain

Author:
Tina Bellon

Published:
Global News, 28 August 2020
https://globalnews.ca/news/7304984/elon-musk-neuroscience-pig-computer-chip/

From the article:
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk‘s neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday unveiled a pig that has had a coin-sized computer chip in its brain for two months, demonstrating an early step toward the goal of curing human diseases with the same type of implant.

Co-founded by Musk in 2016, San Francisco-based Neuralink aims to implant wireless brain-computer interfaces that include thousands of electrodes in the most complex human organ to help cure neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s, dementia and spinal cord injuries and ultimately fuse humankind with artificial intelligence.

How a Crowdsourcing Challenge Turbocharged Brain Research During Lockdown - The NeurekaTM challenge [SingularityHub, 2 June 2020]

Title:
How a Crowdsourcing Challenge Turbocharged Brain Research During Lockdown

Author:
Shelly Fan

Published:
SingularityHub, 2 June 2020
https://singularityhub.com/2020/06/02/how-a-crowdsourcing-challenge-turbocharged-brain-research-during-lockdown/

From the article:
"In mid-March, a trifecta of academic, non-profit, and commercial neurotech companies united to launch a neuroscientific challenge that embodied a more collaborative future for solving the brain, while physically apart and working from home. (Full disclosure: I was fortunate to be involved in the very initial organization of the project.) The challenge embraced a one-two formula for accelerating scientific progress, most recently encapsulated by research into Covid-19. One, large open databases enabling AI-based tools for analysis; and two, global interest and unity."

University of Geneva & University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland - Personality traits found to be protective in Alzheimer's disease

Title:
Personality traits found to be protective in Alzheimer's disease

By:
University of Geneva

Published:
Medical Xpress, 12 March 2020

From the article:
"Scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), Switzerland, demonstrated, through brain imaging and psycho-cognitive evaluations conducted over several years on a community-based cohort of elderly people, that certain personality traits protect brain structures against neuro-degeneration."

To read this article:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-brain-dont-kind.html

University of California, Irvine (UCI): Researchers identify a connection between early life adversity and opioid addiction

Title:
Researchers identify a connection between early life adversity and opioid addiction

Short article by:
University of California, Irvine (UCI)

Published:
Medical Xpress, 24 January 2020

From the article:
"Individuals with a history of early life adversity (ELA) are disproportionately prone to opioid addiction. A new UCI-led study reveals why."

To read this article:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-01-early-life-adversity-opioid-addiction.html

This short article was based on the scholarly article published in Molecular Psychiatry (10 December 2019). 

The title of the scholarly article is:
On the early life origins of vulnerability to opioid addiction.

Authors:
Levis, S.C., Benzley, B.S., Molet, J., Bolton, J.L., Perrone, C.R., Baram, T.Z. & Mahler, S.V.

It can be accessed:
doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0628-5