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Can lucid dreaming help us understand consciousness?

๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ช๐™˜๐™ž๐™™ ๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ฅ ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ?


The ability to control our dreams is a skill that more of us are seeking to acquire for sheer pleasure. But if taken seriously, scientists believe it could unlock new secrets of the mind.

New approach provides potential vaccine and treatment for Alzheimerโ€™s

LifeArc scientists, in collaboration with researchers in the UK and Germany, have developed a promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimerโ€™s disease โ€“ and also vaccinate against it.

Both the antibody-based treatment and the protein-based vaccine developed by the team reduced Alzheimerโ€™s symptoms in mouse models of the disease. The research is published today in Molecular Psychiatry.


LifeArc and researchers in the UK & Germany have developed a promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimerโ€™s.

Sponge Genes Hint at the Origins of Neurons and Other Cells

๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™‚๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Š๐™ง๐™ž๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‰๐™š๐™ช๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™Š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ


A new study of gene expression in sponges reveals the complex diversity of their cells as well as some possibly ancient connections between the nervous, immune and digestive systems.

Multivitamins, but not cocoa, bound for slower brain aging

Taking a daily multivitamin for 3 years is associated with a 60% slower cognitive aging, with the effects particularly pronounced in patients with cardiovascular (CVD) disease, new research suggests.

In addition to testing the effect of a daily multivitamin on cognition, the COSMOS-Mind study also examined the effect of cocoa flavonols, but showed no beneficial effect.

The results โ€œmay have important public health implications, particularly for brain health, given the availability of multivitamins and minerals and their low cost and safety,โ€ said research researcher Laura D. Baker, PhD, professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Scientists May Have Unlocked Function of Mysterious Structure Found on Neurons in the Brain

Unusual clusters on neurons are calcium-signaling โ€œhotspotsโ€ that activate gene transcription, allowing neurons to produce crucial proteins.

For 30 years, mysterious clusters of proteins found on the cell body of neurons in the hippocampus, a part of the brain, both intrigued and baffled James Trimmer.

Now, the distinguished professor of physiology and membrane biology at the UC Davis School of Medicine may finally have an answer. In a new study published in PNAS, Trimmer and his colleagues reveal these protein clusters are calcium signaling โ€œhotspotsโ€ in the neuron that play a crucial role in activating gene transcription.

New neuroscience study finds neighborhood disadvantage is linked to altered brain maturation in adolescence

The Neuro-Network.

๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ช๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™™๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š

๐™‹๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ:

๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐโ€ฆ See more.


โ€œOur results essentially showed the children who grew up in disadvantaged neighborhoods had brains that looked older than was typical for their age during early adolescenceโ€ฆ Whatโ€™s more, these associations held true even when we accounted for household socioeconomic status and other adversities (such as childhood abuse and neglect), which suggests that neighborhood disadvantage has a unique role to play in brain development.

MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD edges closer

Phase 3 clinical trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are currently underway in the USA, Canada, and Israel.

These trials, led by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), are the last step in figuring out if this treatment is safe and effective enough for MDMA to be legally prescribed to treat PTSD.

If thereโ€™s a positive result from the trials, this could happen in the USA as soon as 2022.

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