Neuroscience

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What Is Acromegaly and Why It's Hard to Diagnose Health

What Is Acromegaly and Why It's Hard to Diagnose

Acromegaly is a rare hormonal disorder caused by excess growth hormone in adults. It progresses slowly over years, often going undiagnosed for half a...

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How THC Creates False Memories in the Brain Health

How THC Creates False Memories in the Brain

Cannabis doesn't just blur memories—it can manufacture vivid recollections of things that never happened. Here is the neuroscience behind how THC hija...

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Epilepsy Drug Cuts Sleep Apnea by 47% in Trial Health

Epilepsy Drug Cuts Sleep Apnea by 47% in Trial

A major European phase 2 trial found that sulthiame, an existing epilepsy medication, reduced breathing interruptions in moderate-to-severe sleep apne...

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How Cocaine Rewires the Brain—and Why Quitting Is Hard Health

How Cocaine Rewires the Brain—and Why Quitting Is Hard

Cocaine addiction is not a moral failure but a biological one. Scientists now understand in detail how the drug hijacks the brain's reward circuitry,...

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What Is Cryonics and How Does It Work? Science

What Is Cryonics and How Does It Work?

Cryonics is the practice of freezing legally dead humans at extremely low temperatures in hopes of future revival. Here is how the science works, what...

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What Is Sleep Apnea and How Is It Treated? Health

What Is Sleep Apnea and How Is It Treated?

Sleep apnea causes breathing to repeatedly stop during sleep, raising the risk of heart disease, stroke, and cognitive decline. Here is how it works a...

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How Non-Opioid Pain Drugs Work: NaV1.8 Blockers Explained

For the first time in 25 years, a genuinely new class of painkiller has won FDA approval. Here is how NaV1.8 blockers like suzetrigine stop pain at th...

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Why Dogs and Humans Share the Same Behavior Genes Science

Why Dogs and Humans Share the Same Behavior Genes

A landmark study of 1,300 golden retrievers found that the same genes driving canine anxiety, trainability, and aggression also shape human depression...

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Brain Protein DeltaFosB Found to Drive Cocaine Relapse Health

Brain Protein DeltaFosB Found to Drive Cocaine Relapse

Michigan State University scientists have identified DeltaFosB as the key molecular switch that rewires the brain's reward-memory circuit during chron...

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How Psilocybin Therapy Works for Depression Health

How Psilocybin Therapy Works for Depression

Psilocybin, the active compound in 'magic mushrooms,' is emerging as a powerful treatment for depression. Here's how it works in the brain, what a the...

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How Habit Formation Works in the Brain Health

How Habit Formation Works in the Brain

Around 65% of our daily behaviors run on autopilot — but how does the brain actually turn a deliberate action into an automatic habit? The answer lies...

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What Is Rett Syndrome and Why Is It Hard to Treat? Health

What Is Rett Syndrome and Why Is It Hard to Treat?

Rett syndrome is a rare neurological disorder caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene that almost exclusively affects girls, stripping away language, mo...

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