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Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:34:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://neurosciencenews.com/files/2020/08/cropped-Neuroscience-News-Site-Icon-512-comp-32x32.jpg https://neurosciencenews.com/neuroscience-topics/featured/ 32 32 66008408 https://neurosciencenews.com/glp1-agonists-binge-eating-31067/ https://neurosciencenews.com/glp1-agonists-binge-eating-31067/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:34:16 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118474 A new study establishes that GLP-1 receptor agonists significantly reduce core behavioral markers of Binge Eating Disorder, including active binge episodes, loss-of-control eating, and emotional eating.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/glp1-agonists-binge-eating-31067/feed/ 0 118474 https://neurosciencenews.com/macrophage-ep2-receptor-blocking-reverses-aging-31066/ https://neurosciencenews.com/macrophage-ep2-receptor-blocking-reverses-aging-31066/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:11:53 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118470 Age-related multi-organ decline is driven by an EP2-receptor-mediated failure of tissue-resident macrophages to clear senescent neutrophils.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/macrophage-ep2-receptor-blocking-reverses-aging-31066/feed/ 0 118470 https://neurosciencenews.com/schizophrenia-muscarinic-m1-receptor-31065/ https://neurosciencenews.com/schizophrenia-muscarinic-m1-receptor-31065/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:44:58 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118466 A new study utilizes a novel PET radiotracer to provide the first in vivo evidence of widespread muscarinic acetylcholine M1 receptor deficits in living schizophrenia patients.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/schizophrenia-muscarinic-m1-receptor-31065/feed/ 0 118466 https://neurosciencenews.com/auditory-multitasking-eeg-dual-tracking-conversations-31064/ https://neurosciencenews.com/auditory-multitasking-eeg-dual-tracking-conversations-31064/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:30:14 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118462 A new study demonstrates that the human brain can simultaneously process two competing conversations during attentional shifts.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/auditory-multitasking-eeg-dual-tracking-conversations-31064/feed/ 0 118462 https://neurosciencenews.com/autism-communication-aperiodic-neural-noise-31063/ https://neurosciencenews.com/autism-communication-aperiodic-neural-noise-31063/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:11:10 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118458 A new study demonstrates that altered aperiodic background signals on high-density 128-channel EEGs correlate with functional communication challenges in autistic youth.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/autism-communication-aperiodic-neural-noise-31063/feed/ 0 118458 https://neurosciencenews.com/temperature-perception-single-neural-population-31062/ https://neurosciencenews.com/temperature-perception-single-neural-population-31062/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:51:08 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118454 A new study demonstrates that non-painful thermal perception is governed by a single population of bidirectional neurons rather than separate warm and cool receptors.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/temperature-perception-single-neural-population-31062/feed/ 0 118454 https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-sugar-glycans-nodes-of-ranvier-myelin-31061/ https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-sugar-glycans-nodes-of-ranvier-myelin-31061/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:39:07 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118450 Branched O-mannose glycans synthesized by the brain-specific enzyme MGAT5B are essential for maintaining the narrow architecture of the nodes of Ranvier.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-sugar-glycans-nodes-of-ranvier-myelin-31061/feed/ 0 118450 https://neurosciencenews.com/sleep-duration-p-tau181-alzheimers-31060/ https://neurosciencenews.com/sleep-duration-p-tau181-alzheimers-31060/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:27:15 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118446 A new study utilizes Restricted Cubic Splines to establish a robust non-linear association between long sleep duration and elevated plasma p-tau181.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/sleep-duration-p-tau181-alzheimers-31060/feed/ 0 118446 https://neurosciencenews.com/fragile-x-aav-fmr1-gene-therapy-31059/ https://neurosciencenews.com/fragile-x-aav-fmr1-gene-therapy-31059/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:25:30 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118442 The therapy restored FMRP expression in crucial brain regions, resulting in reduced audiogenic seizure susceptibility, normalized sensory hyperactivity, and complete reversal of elevated low-gamma EEG power.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/fragile-x-aav-fmr1-gene-therapy-31059/feed/ 0 118442 https://neurosciencenews.com/loneliness-mental-health-31059/ https://neurosciencenews.com/loneliness-mental-health-31059/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:03:35 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118438 By integrating observational analysis with sibling comparisons and Mendelian randomization, the cross-continental study isolates loneliness as an independent driver of systemic health decline and multi-condition physical frailty, establishing personal emotional disconnection as a high-priority public health emergency demanding integrated policy intervention.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/loneliness-mental-health-31059/feed/ 0 118438 https://neurosciencenews.com/bci-joint-learning-human-ai-control-31058/ https://neurosciencenews.com/bci-joint-learning-human-ai-control-31058/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:09:34 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118434 By explicitly linking reinforcement-driven human neuroplasticity with gradient-based decoder optimization, the framework unifies biological trial-and-error learning with mathematical machine learning loops.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/bci-joint-learning-human-ai-control-31058/feed/ 0 118434 https://neurosciencenews.com/p-tau217-blood-test-alzheimers-31056/ https://neurosciencenews.com/p-tau217-blood-test-alzheimers-31056/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:42:36 +0000 https://neurosciencenews.com/?p=118430 The analysis reveals that asymptomatic individuals presenting with very high baseline p-tau217 concentrations face an absolute 38% risk of developing cognitive impairment within 5 years, escalating to 78% within 10 years.]]> https://neurosciencenews.com/p-tau217-blood-test-alzheimers-31056/feed/ 0 118430