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A 2026 ALZAN memory-clinic cohort found that cerebrospinal-fluid alpha-synuclein seed amplification assay detected 19 of 20 Lewy body dementia cases, with 95% sensitivity and 93.5% specifici…
Read articleTranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been pitched as a scalable cognitive-enhancement tool for schizophrenia, where roughly 98% of patients show working-memory deficits, but a …
Read articleThe depression-inflammation literature has firmly established that elevated inflammatory markers track with mood symptoms, but a 2026 study of 14,419 postpartum women from Xie et al. found t…
Read articleSchizophrenia’s genetic architecture sits awkwardly between neurons and the immune system. A 2026 CRISPR screen of 30 schizophrenia-associated genes in human microglia-like cells found that …
Read articleIn 433 non-demented amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, clinically significant anxiety was present in 18.2% for state anxiety and 13.9% for trait anxiety. The strongest predictor w…
Read articleThe link between psychological stress and chronic inflammation is well-documented — what’s been less clear is which specific inflammatory proteins move with anxiety in real-world community s…
Read articleChronic stress is a candidate mechanism for both depression and addiction risk. A 2026 mouse study found that 28 days of unpredictable chronic mild stress increased striatal dopamine D1 rece…
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