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Overactive, misdirected attention may be the common thread that keeps persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) going, according to a 2026 narrative review. Yang et al. argue it can ex…
Read articleNeurons that tracked a remembered smell turned up all over the mouse brain in a newly released dataset of 33,028 neurons recorded from 40 mice. The 2026 data paper makes those recordings fre…
Read articleIn rats with toxin-damaged cerebellums, 4 weeks of the blood-pressure drug losartan reduced oxidative damage, inflammation and tissue injury. A nanoparticle version did better on several tis…
Read articleUniversity students with subthreshold depression, meaning real depressive symptoms that fall short of a major depression diagnosis, had stronger connections in 3 cingulate brain circuits and…
Read articleAbout 2 months after a concussion, adults had lower fiber density in a few white matter tracts linking the thalamus to the top of the brain, even though their thinking test scores looked nor…
Read articleA 2026 meta-analysis of 7 small Chinese trials found that adding herbal patches on acupuncture points to usual stroke care improved self-rated sleep in 608 stroke survivors with sleep proble…
Read articleResearchers aimed repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), which uses magnetic pulses to stimulate brain cells, at a spot chosen from each person’s own brain scan. In a small Col…
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