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MIT scientists find the protein IL-17 that fights infection also acts on two distinct brain regions — the amygdala and the somatosensory cortex — inducing anxiety or sociability. Credits:Image: MIT News; iStock

Metformin Targets Brain Rap1 To Lower Blood Sugar In Mice

Fly with big red eyes

Alzheimer’s May Be a Whole-Body Disease, Not Just a Brain Disorder

Woman smiling at her laptop

Digital Pioneers Defy Brain Drain Fears as Tech Use Slashes Dementia Risk by 58%

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The Loneliness Paradox: Social Media’s Active Users Just as Isolated as Passive Scrollers

Researchers discovered a novel metabolic compound that regulates appetite and body weight through interactions with neurons in the brain.

Scientists Uncover New Metabolic Compound That Controls Appetite and Weight

In the Alzheimer’s affected brain, abnormal collections of the tau protein accumulate and form tangles (seen in blue) within neurons, harming synaptic communication between nerve cells. Credits:Image: National Institute on Aging, NIH

How Key Enzyme Transforms Brain Protein in Alzheimer’s

brain cell networks

Star-Shaped Brain Cells Hold Our Memories

Mechanical engineering professor Lulin Jiang, Ph.D., and her research team on the novel Swirl Burst injector inside the Cornerstone Atomization and Combustion Lab at Baylor University. (Robert Rogers/Baylor University)

Engineers unveil breakthrough in ultra-clean biofuel technology

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Coyotes Share “Puppy Dog Eyes” Expression with Domestic Dogs

Cake

Study Reveals Brain Circuit Balancing Hunger-Driven and Pleasure-Driven Eating

a sugar glider soaring through the air, with its patagium fully extended

Unlocking the Secrets of Flying Mammals: How Evolution Shaped the Patagium

Conceptual art Illustration of DNA in a cell

A novel switch to turn genes on/off on cue

Candid albicans

Fungal infection produces changes like those seen in Alzheimer’s

Word art using words like genome and data

A wide spectrum of human neurological diseases linked to variations of one gene, DHX9

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