The Emerging Revival of Psychedelics in Neuroscience

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Hillary Haliwell/Pexels There’s a common saying that goes, “Everything old is new again.” Does this pithy maxim apply to psychedelics? Psychedelic drugs, also known as hallucinogens or psychotomimetic drugs, may be in the early stages of a neuroscience renaissance, in the form of legal medication since its research heydays […]

Hydrogen Sulfide Could Guard against Alzheimer’s Disease

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The discovery of the biochemical reactions that make this possible opens doors to the development of new drugs to combat neurodegenerative disease. The study was led by John Hopkins Medicine, working with the University of Exeter. The findings are reported in The Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. […]

Rotten Egg Gas Could Guard Against Alzheimer’s Disease

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Credit: Bindu Paul and Johns Hopkins Medicine A ribbon model of a sulfhydrated GSK3β that would inhibit its activity. Oxygen atoms are shown in red, sulfur in yellow and nitrogen in blue. Newswise — Typically characterized as poisonous, corrosive and smelling of rotten eggs, hydrogen sulfide’s reputation may soon […]

Rotten egg gas may help protect aging brain cells from Alzheimer’s disease

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Typically characterized as poisonous, corrosive and smelling of rotten eggs, hydrogen sulfide’s reputation may soon get a face-lift thanks to Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. In experiments in mice, researchers have shown the foul-smelling gas may help protect aging brain cells against Alzheimer’s disease. The discovery of the biochemical reactions […]

Loren DeVito

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Highlights Research background in behavioral neuroscience Medical and science communications specialist with work spanning various disease states and therapeutics Passionate about bringing fact-based information to various audiences There are two things I hold dearly — science and the written word. And education is where these come together. Experience Loren […]

Rotten egg gas could guard against Alzheimer’s disease

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IMAGE: A ribbon model of a sulfhydrated GSK3β that would inhibit its activity. Oxygen atoms are shown in red, sulfur in yellow and nitrogen in blue. view more Credit: Bindu Paul and Johns Hopkins Medicine Typically characterized as poisonous, corrosive and smelling of rotten eggs, hydrogen sulfide’s reputation may […]

Chinese researchers develop new enzyme to treat neuroinflammation

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TIANJIN, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — Researchers in north China’s Tianjin Municipality have developed a new synthetic enzyme with great application potential in treating neuroinflammation including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and cerebral injury. The enzyme, named “clusterzyme,” was designed by the researchers from Tianjin University through single-atom substitutions. It has been […]

Water Cooler: Why music is good for your brain

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Caption for WC spotlight goes here. (Pixabay) Among the vast collection of online videos, there is one heartwarming trend that speaks to the power of music on our minds. These videos typically feature an aged person with some sort of age-related dementia. They may seem unresponsive, but then life […]

Wisconsin Researchers Talk Memory, As Nation Remembers Alex Trebek

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Game show host Alex Trebek rehearses his lines on the set of the Jeopardy! Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational Tournament Show Taping on Apr. 17, 2010 in Culver City, Calif. Many people may be tuning to television Friday evening for the final episode in which Alex Trebek hosts the game […]

Our memories of shared experiences have unique neural signatures

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Photo by Andreas Rønningen on Unsplash Think of the last party you attended. While other people at the same party likely have similar memories of the festivities, your specific perception and memories of the event are unique to you. Most neuroimaging research looks at group-level patterns of brain activity […]