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Dopamine Links Social Isolation to Brain Myelin Damage

Dopamine Links Social Isolation to Brain Myelin Damage

Summary: A new five-year study explores how dopamine may drive changes in brain myelin during social isolation. Researchers will track how dopamine interacts with oligodendrocytes, the cells responsible for producing myelin and supporting neuron function. The project aims to uncover whether dopamine regulates myelin plasticity, potentially linking isolation, addiction, schizophrenia, and other conditions. The findings could open doors to treatments …

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Exoplanet Discovery Shocks Scientists While Humanity’s Cosmic Isolation Ends

Exoplanet Discovery Shocks Scientists While Humanity’s Cosmic Isolation Ends

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 NASA Confirms 6,000 Exoplanets Discovered Beyond Our Solar System 🔭 Advances in Detection Methods Propel Exoplanet Discoveries 🪐 Diversity of Exoplanet Types Reveals New Insights 🚀 Future Missions Aim to Discover Habitable Worlds In recent decades, the exploration of exoplanets has transformed from a nascent field of study into a cornerstone of astronomical research. From the …

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Amid Gaza war, Israeli filmmakers battle international condemnation and isolation

Amid Gaza war, Israeli filmmakers battle international condemnation and isolation

Pnina Halfon Lang has spent more than two decades promoting, marketing, and building collaborations for Israeli cinema abroad. From her office in a worn-down Tel Aviv building, the executive director of the nonprofit CoPro Foundation now senses a sharp shift in the industry. “Business is not as usual,” she says. Since Hamas’s bloody massacre of some 1,200 in Israel on …

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