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Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew Sep 18

Did you know our brain may not be a single continuous organ?

Stanford researchers discovered the vertebrate brain actually develops from TWO distinct, independent systems joined by evolution. 🧠🧬

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#Neuroscience #BrainEvolution #StemCells

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neurosciencenews.com The Brain Is Two Separate Organs Joined by Evolution - Neuroscience News A new study reveals the human brain is composed of two independently evolved organs, enabling the first lab-grown human hindbrain neurons.

Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew Sep 24

How does your dog actually hear you? 🐕🗣️

A new EEG study reveals that companion dogs process continuous human speech using the exact same "consonant bias" as humans—prioritizing consonants over vowels to identify individual words! 🐾👂

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#Neuroscience #DogBehavior

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neurosciencenews.com Dogs Parse Human Speech Using the Same Consonant Bias as Humans - Neuroscience News EEG study shows dogs prioritize consonants over vowels to break continuous speech into words, matching human speech-parsing strategies.

Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew Sep 2

Why does severe illness during pregnancy sometimes increase the risk of autism? 🧠🦠 Salk Institute researchers found that maternal immune activation alters fetal brain epigenomes, disrupting deep-layer neuron development. 🧬

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#Neuroscience #Autism #Genetics #Epigenetics

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neurosciencenews.com How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development - Neuroscience News Salk scientists discover how severe illness during pregnancy alters fetal epigenomes, increasing the risk for autism and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew Aug 24

Aging doesn't slow down our language skills! 🗣️🧠

A new MIT study reveals that the brain's language network remains just as strong in older adults as in youth, even while memory and executive functions decline.

Learn why:
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#Neuroscience #Aging #BrainHealth

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neurosciencenews.com Aging Brains Maintain Robust Language Networks Despite Cognitive Decline - Neuroscience News A new MIT study reveals that the brain's language network remains robust and unchanged in older adults, even as executive functions and memory decline.

Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew Aug 14

Can a "youth protein" reverse brain aging? 🧠✨

Researchers have found that the protein TIMP2 restores the health and debris-clearing power of microglia (the brain's immune cells) in aged mice, offering new hope for Alzheimer's research! Read more:

#Neuroscience #Aging #Alzheimers #BrainHealth #Neurology

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neurosciencenews.com Youth Protein TIMP2 Restores Immune Function in the Aging Brain - Neuroscience News Researchers discovered that the youth-associated protein TIMP2 restores healthy immune function in the aging brain by rejuvenating microglia.