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Mental Fitness Is Non-Negotiable For years, physical performance has held the spotlight, but now mental fitness is gaining momentum and becoming the latest frontier in performance training. Today’s Everyday Athlete trains smarter, not just harder. Mental clarity, cognitive endurance, and emotional resilience are no longer buzzwords for doctors seeking a foothold in the world of performance athletes. But they have …

Cannabis compound THC disrupts communication between brain networks  PsyPost Source link

This High-Fat Diet Could Be the Secret to Keeping Your Brain Young  SciTechDaily Dietary tweaks can quickly change your brain for the better  futurity.org This high fat diet may be key to keeping brain young, scientists say  The Independent The popular breakfast foods that protect the brain from early onset dementia  Daily Mail A dietitian made 5 simple changes to her eating habits for …

Going on antidepressants can give many people their life back, but for some there is a catch. About 25% to 80% of people who take antidepressants experience sexual side effects to some degree during treatment. Now, a tool may one day help patients both feel better and keep their sex life intact, early research suggests. Even though cases of antidepressant-induced …

A better understanding of dementia risk can lead to improvements in care and in treatments, and a new study identifies a link between changes in brain shape and declines in cognitive functions – such as memory and reasoning. The idea is that some of the wear and tear that eventually leads to dementia can also alter the brain’s structure and …

The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer’s disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest, with recent years witnessing several important controversies. In July 2022, Science magazine reported that a key 2006 research paper, published in the prestigious journal Nature, which identified a subtype of brain protein called beta-amyloid as the cause of Alzheimer’s, may have been based on …

Summary: In a groundbreaking study using Merino sheep, researchers uncovered that tiny genetic variations within gut microbes can influence brain-related behavior. By sequencing over 5,000 microbial genomes—including 3,500 never before reported—they linked single nucleotide variations (SNVs) in microbes to neurobehavioral traits and plasma metabolites tied to brain function. These SNVs, mainly within Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, were found to alter metabolites …

Summary: Researchers have identified a rare type of brain cell that may drive the chronic inflammation and neurodegeneration seen in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). These cells, called disease-associated radial glia-like (DARG) cells, appear six times more often in patients with progressive MS than in healthy individuals. DARGs revert to an early developmental state yet also show premature aging, releasing inflammatory …

Scientists may be one step closer to a new therapy that could ‘fix’ the faulty genes at play in people with brain disorders such as autism and epilepsy. About a million people worldwide are thought to have a SYNGAP1-related disorder (SRD). This is a group of brain disorders that disrupt normal brain development and can lead to intellectual disability, epilepsy, movement …

Scientists at McGill University and the Douglas Institute have discovered that two distinct types of brain cells show changes in people experiencing depression. Published in Nature Genetics, the research provides new clues that could guide the creation of treatments focused on these specific cells. It also enhances scientific understanding of depression, a condition that affects more than 264 million people …