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In a randomized trial of 111 young adults, one 100-mg dose of amisulpride led to higher blood flow in the ventral striatum than placebo, with or without depression. No other reward region ch…
Read articleIn 53 South Korean women with memory decline, higher Alzheimer's blood markers were linked to a thinner cortex only in those with 7+ years of schooling.
Read articleA 2026 behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia MRI study found that simple visual ratings of orbitofrontal and frontoinsular brain atrophy helped separate probable from possible bvFTD, wi…
Read articlePsychopathy is not a simple “low empathy equals abnormal brain scan” story. In 804 incarcerated men, psychopathy factors tracked empathic concern, perspective taking, cortical thickness, sur…
Read articleA 2026 ENIGMA structural MRI preprint involving 3,958 people diagnosed with schizophrenia and 5,489 controls found 2 cortical-alteration subtypes rather than 1 uniform brain pattern.1 The re…
Read articleA 2026 mechanistic study involving 28 healthy adults found that a single 25 mg psilocybin session changed acute brain entropy, psychological insight, well-being, cognitive flexibility, and s…
Read articlePopular coverage of chronotype neuroimaging usually claims that late chronotypes (evening types, often called “night owls”) show smaller cortical regions and faster brain aging than early ch…
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