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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

Molecules that fight infection also act on the brain, inducing anxiety or sociability

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Artistic rendering of the brain's "speed limit" - we think, process, and decide at the slow pace of 10 bits per second.

Human Thought Runs at Just 10 Bits per Second Despite Billions of Neurons

Categories Brain & Behavior

Neurons in the neocortex: Slow-wave sleep strengthens the connections between them, supporting memory formation. © Charité | Sabine Grosser

Scientists Uncover How Deep Sleep Strengthens Human Memory Formation

Categories Brain & Behavior

An expansion microscopy image showing synaptic boutons (green) of climbing fibers on a Purkinje cell (blue) from the cerebellum of a mouse.

Key Brain Protein Crucial for Cerebellum Connections

Categories Brain & Behavior

Bacteria in the gut convert bile acids produced by the liver into a wide array of new compounds. These molecules are akin to the language of the gut microbiome, allowing them to influence distant organ systems. Photo Credit: Lakshmiraman Oza/Pixabay

Resilient People Show Unique Brain and Gut Microbiome Patterns

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

VGAT cells in the periaqueductal gray, stained green and yellow. The cells stained red make synaptic contacts in VGAT neurons (images: researchers’ archive)

Scientists Uncover Brain Neurons Linked to Compulsive Eating and Food Cravings

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

People with psychosis have trouble filtering relevant information (mesh funnel) and predicting rewarding events (broken crystal ball), creating a complex inner world.

How Brain Dysfunction Fuels Hallucinations and Delusions in Psychosis

Categories Brain & Behavior

People listening to music

Exposure to different kinds of music influences how the brain interprets rhythm

Categories Brain & Behavior

brain illustration

MIT Study Reveals Universal Brain Patterns

Categories Brain & Behavior

illustration of a child's brain and bacteria

New Study Links Gut Bacteria to Kids’ Brain Power and Development

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Diffusion tensor imaging, an MRI technique, of the brain.

Soccer heading linked to measurable decline in brain function

Categories Brain & Behavior

Brain scans

Converting brain immune cells into neurons helps mice recover after stroke

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Close up of a man resting head on his desk with an alarm clock in the foreground

Lesser-known brain cells may be key to staying awake without cost to cognition, health

Categories Brain & Behavior

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