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The Gut Microbiome Helps Social Skills Develop in the Brain

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง

๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ž๐™จ๐™ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™œ๐™œ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™š๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ก๐™ช๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ.


New research in fish suggests that gut microbes can have a crucial early influence on the brainโ€™s social development.

World Cup Stadium in Qatar Will Be Constructed Entirely Out Of Reusable Shipping Containers

The stadiums include a quiet room for those with cognitive disabilities. The FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar this year is leading the way in accessibility for specially-abled people, according to a report by Euronews published on Wednesday. The event is making sure all can enjoy it.


Qatar unveiled a massive 40,000-seat arena for the World Cup thatโ€™s entirely crafted from shipping containers.

Built with the notion of sustainable construction in mind, Qatar officials are partnering with architects Fenwick Iribarren, Schlaich Bergermann Partner and Hilson Moran on the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium. The building could even earn a four-star rating from the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) certification.

Breathing may measurably modulate neural responses across brain, study finds

Mental health practitioners and meditation gurus have long credited intentional breathing with the ability to induce inner calm, but scientists do not fully understand how the brain is involved in the process. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electrophysiology, researchers in the Penn State College of Engineering identified a potential link between respiration and neural activity changes in rats.

Their results were made available online ahead of publication in eLife. The researchers used simultaneous multi-modal techniques to clear the noise typically associated with brain imaging and pinpoint where breathing regulated .

โ€œThere are roughly a million papers published on fMRIโ€”a non-invasive imaging technique that allows researchers to examine in real time,โ€ said Nanyin Zhang, founding director of the Penn State Center for Neurotechnology in Mental Health Research and professor of biomedical engineering.

Beer Ingredient May Inhibit Clumping of Alzheimerโ€™s Protein

Cheers!

๐๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฅ๐ณ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง

๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ก๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ง ๐™—๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™, ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ฉ, ๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ก๐™–๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ โ€œ๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ฎโ€ ๐™—๐™ง๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ. ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™Ž ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™‰๐™š๐™ช๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™จ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ ๐™›๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™–๐™— ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™ข๐™ฎ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ž๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ฏ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™งโ€™๐™จ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š (๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ).


Beer is one of the oldest and most popular beverages in the world, with some people loving and others hating the distinct, bitter taste of the hops used to flavor its many varieties. But an especially โ€œhoppyโ€ brew might have unique health benefits. Recent research published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience reports that chemicals extracted from hop flowers can, in lab dishes, inhibit the clumping of amyloid beta proteins, which is associated with Alzheimerโ€™s disease (AD).

AD is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease, often marked by memory loss and personality changes in older adults. Part of the difficulty in treating the disease is the time lag between the start of underlying biochemical processes and the onset of symptoms, with several years separating them. This means that irreversible damage to the nervous system occurs before one even realizes they may have the disease. Accordingly, preventative strategies and therapeutics that can intervene before symptoms appear are of increasing interest.

One of these strategies involves โ€œnutraceuticals,โ€ or foods that have some type of medicinal or nutritional function. The hop flowers used to flavor beers have been explored as one of these potential nutraceuticals, with previous studies suggesting that the plant could interfere with the accumulation of amyloid beta proteins associated with AD. So, Cristina Airoldi, Alessandro Palmioli and colleagues wanted to investigate which chemical compounds in hops had this effect.

Forever Young: Scientists Reveal the Secret to a Strange Animalโ€™s Eternal Youth

Sea anemones are seemingly immortal animals. They seem to be immune to aging and the negative impacts that humans experience over time. However, the exact reasons for their eternal youth are not completely understood.

The genetic fingerprint of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis reveals that members of this incredibly ancient animal phylum employ the same gene cascades for neural cell differentiation as more complex organisms. These genes are also in charge of maintaining the balance of all cells in the organism during the anemoneโ€™s lifetime. These findings were recently published in the journal Cell Reports by a group of developmental biologists headed by Ulrich Technau of the University of Vienna.

Almost all animal organisms are made up of millions, if not billions, of cells that join together in intricate ways to create specific tissues and organs, which are made up of a range of cell types, such as a variety of neurons and gland cells. However, it is unclear how this critical balance of diverse cell types emerges, how it is regulated, and if the different cell types of different animal organisms have a common origin.

Long COVID study suggests lost connections between neurons may explain cognitive symptoms

For a portion of people who get COVID, symptoms continue for months or even years after the initial infection. This is commonly referred to as โ€œlong COVIDโ€.

Some people with long COVID complain of โ€œbrain fogโ€, which includes a wide variety of cognitive symptoms affecting memory, concentration, sleep and speech. Thereโ€™s also growing concern about findings that people who have had COVID are at increased risk of developing brain disorders, such as dementia.

Scientists are working to understand how exactly a COVID infection affects the human brain. But this is difficult to study, because we canโ€™t experiment on living peopleโ€™s brains. One way around this is to create organoids, which are miniature organs grown from stem cells.

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