overview: 2022 was a great year for neuroscience and brain science research. Here’s a look back at some of the most popular neuroscience research articles of the year.
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For more than 20 years, Neuroscience News has reported on the latest breakthrough neuroscience research. We look back at some of the most popular articles we publish on our website each year.
Pulling data from the most popular posts on our website and social media accounts, we’re proud to present this year’s top stories in neuroscience for your enjoyment. Articles do not appear in any particular order.
The Neuroscience News team would like to thank all our readers, old and new, for their support over the past year. We look forward to bringing you the best research news in 2023.
Happy new year.
20: The surprising relationship between the immune system and hair growth
Regulatory T cells use glucocorticoid hormones to interact with skin cells to generate new hair follicles and promote hair growth. This finding may have a positive impact on the development of new therapies to treat alopecia and other hair loss disorders.
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19: A New Theory of Physics to Solve the Mysteries of Consciousness
Consciousness cannot be simply reduced to neural activity, researchers say. New research reports that the dynamics of consciousness may be understood through newly developed conceptual and mathematical frameworks.
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18: Alzheimer’s disease and daytime naps linked in new study
A study revealed a bidirectional association between daytime naps and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Longer, more frequent naps were associated with worsening cognition one year later, the researchers said, and cognitive deterioration was associated with longer, more frequent naps. .
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17: Pain relief without side effects or addiction
Researchers have developed a new substance that relieves chronic pain by activating adrenergic receptors rather than opioid receptors. The new compounds have analgesic properties similar to opioids, but do not appear to induce respiratory depression or addiction.
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16: A glimpse into a dog’s mind: New study reveals how dogs think of their toys
Dogs have multimodal mental images of things and things they are familiar with. When a dog thinks of an object, he imagines various sensory characteristics of that object.
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15: How many daily walking steps are required for longevity benefits?
A new meta-analysis of 15 studies reveals the optimal number of steps people of different age groups should take per day to maximize their lifespan.
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14: Nose picking may increase risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia
Chlamydia pneumoniae travels directly from the olfactory nerves in the nose to the brain where it deposits amyloid-beta in brain cells and induces Alzheimer’s disease. can help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
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13: Are you bald?Identification of chemicals that control the life and death of hair follicles
Researchers have discovered how TGF-beta proteins regulate the process by which hair follicles containing stem cells divide to form new cells, or coordinate apoptosis. It may provide new treatment options for ulcerative colitis and treatments that accelerate wound healing.
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12: Lucid Death: Patients Recall Death Experiences During CPR
One in five people who receive CPR report a lucid death experience when they appear unconscious and on the verge of death. A lucid experience seems to differ from hallucinations, dreams, illusions and delusions. Researchers found that markers of brain activity and clarity were elevated during these experiences. This suggests that human sense of self, like other biological functions, may not completely cease before and after death.
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11: Diabetic hands are more susceptible to the ring finger
Trigger finger, a condition in which the finger is locked in a bent position and has difficulty straightening, is more common in diabetics than in the general population. higher.
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10: E-cigarettes alter inflammatory status in the brain, heart, lungs and colon
Daily use of pod-based e-cigarettes alters the inflammatory status of multiple organs, including the brain. Effects vary by vape flavor, affecting how the body responds to infection. For example, vaping mint makes you more susceptible to bacterial pneumonia than mango flavor.
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9: The green Mediterranean diet reduces visceral fat twice as much as a Mediterranean diet and 10% less than a healthy diet.
A modified version of the Mediterranean diet called the Green Mediterranean Diet, which is rich in dietary polyphenols such as green tea, walnuts and duckweed, and reduced in red meat, contains more internal organs than traditional Mediterranean diets and traditional meal plans. I have reduced my fat.
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8: Gene variants that provided protection during the Black Death are also linked to current autoimmune diseases
Researchers have found that people with selected variants of the ERAP2 and TICAM2 genes are 40% more likely to survive the Black Death. However, in modern humans, those with the ERAP2 gene are more likely to suffer from autoimmune diseases such as Crohn’s disease.
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7: For early detection of pathological withdrawal syndrome “Hikikomori”
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Hikikomori is a complex condition of withdrawing from society and being isolated at home for more than six months. This condition is becoming more common in Western societies. Researchers have developed a new method designed to help detect hikikomori early and provide treatment.
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6: Popular dietary supplement causes cancer risk and brain metastases
The over-the-counter dietary supplement nicotinamide riboside, which is advertised to improve cardiovascular and neurological health, may actually increase the risk of developing breast cancer that spreads to the brain.
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5: Breakthroughs in finding a cure for tinnitus
Studies report that a new digital polypharmacy that delivers white noise may significantly improve symptoms in patients with tinnitus.
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4: Cannabis use causes permanent cognitive impairment
Cannabis use leads to cognitive impairment that extends beyond the period of intoxication.
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3: An embarrassing rise in suicides associated with common food preservatives
Health experts are calling for tighter regulation of the use of sodium nitrite, a product commonly used in salting meat, due to its link with rising suicides and poisonings.
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2: Childhood environment and personality traits are associated with loneliness in older adults
A combination of personality traits and childhood circumstances explains why some older adults experience loneliness more than others. Lonely adults over the age of 50 were 1.24 times more likely to have rarely or never had comfortable friendships during childhood and 1.34 times more likely to have had a poor relationship with their mother during childhood.
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1: Coffee and Tobacco: Studies Shed New Light on Nicotine and Morning Brew
Smokers often have their first cigarette of the day with a cup of coffee. Researchers say this is more than just a habit, and finding compounds in roasted coffee beans may help ease the effects of morning nicotine cravings.
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