Researchers say the cellular map generated by an #AI program that they compare to #ChatGPT identified subregions of the mouse #brain that were previously uncharted. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ai-map-brain-regions/ #Science #Neuroscience
Angela Antunovic
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University of New Mexico #scientist is revealing what might be one of the most overlooked causes of #dementia — damage in the #brain tiny #bloodvessels. Dr. Elaine Bearer has created a new way to classify these changes, showing that many people diagnosed with #Alzheimers also suffer from #vascular damage that quietly destroys #brain tissue. Even more surprising, she’s finding #microplastics inside the brain that appear linked to #inflammation & #memory loss. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251005085637.htm #healthcare
University of New Mexico #scientist is revealing what might be one of the most overlooked causes of #dementia — damage in the #brain tiny #bloodvessels. Dr. Elaine Bearer has created a new way to classify these changes, showing that many people diagnosed with #Alzheimers also suffer from #vascular damage that quietly destroys #brain tissue. Even more surprising, she’s finding #microplastics inside the brain that appear linked to #inflammation & #memory loss. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251005085637.htm #healthcare
Researchers linked Long COVID "brain fog" to a systemic increase of AMPA receptors in the brain using PET imaging. Higher receptor density correlated directly with more severe cognitive symptoms and inflammation. This discovery provides a potential biomarker for diagnosis and a new therapeutic target, suggesting drugs that suppress AMPA receptor activity could be an effective treatment.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-finally-reveal-biological-basis-of-long-covid-brain-fog/
@yogthos Whoa - fascinating indeed. Here's the full paper, if anyone is interested:
https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/7/5/fcaf337/8258475?login=false
#brain #science #neuroscience #covid #LongCovid #brainfog #COVID19
Chris Walter
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After this https://mastodon.social/@franco_vazza/113544420424754480
today in Bologna was the last day of shooting by director Michal Lam of a documentary, shot with a 360° camera explicitly for planetariums...and I apparently was the main character.
I think I nailed it - a role for which I trained all my life.
"Can you look in the right screen? Can you click some button? Type something on the keyboard?"
And I just did, so natural, not even using stuntmen. 😅
RE: https://mastodon.social/@franco_vazza/113555829850124788
Last year a filming team visited me in #Bologna to shoot a few scenes for a documentary about the #Universe and the #Brain to be shown over 360° on the dome of the planetarium in #montreal
Now it's out!
https://hubblo.ca/en/bounds-of-infinity/
With a catchy trailer, in which yours truly appears at 30s:
https://youtu.be/v6rjKBWD5o4?si=4bXSYZCHRl9NX_Fg
The documentary is directed by M. Lam, and it features a few other researchers, artists, and neuroscientists (A. Seth and my friend A. Feletti).
#physics #science #consciousness
After this https://mastodon.social/@franco_vazza/113544420424754480
today in Bologna was the last day of shooting by director Michal Lam of a documentary, shot with a 360° camera explicitly for planetariums...and I apparently was the main character.
I think I nailed it - a role for which I trained all my life.
"Can you look in the right screen? Can you click some button? Type something on the keyboard?"
And I just did, so natural, not even using stuntmen. 😅
RE: https://mastodon.social/@franco_vazza/113555829850124788
Last year a filming team visited me in #Bologna to shoot a few scenes for a documentary about the #Universe and the #Brain to be shown over 360° on the dome of the planetarium in #montreal
Now it's out!
https://hubblo.ca/en/bounds-of-infinity/
With a catchy trailer, in which yours truly appears at 30s:
https://youtu.be/v6rjKBWD5o4?si=4bXSYZCHRl9NX_Fg
The documentary is directed by M. Lam, and it features a few other researchers, artists, and neuroscientists (A. Seth and my friend A. Feletti).
#physics #science #consciousness
Scientists are learning how special #brain cells play a role in detecting #illusions - and such studies could eventually reveal how #hallucinations arise, or point the way to better computer vision systems. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/laser-light-brain-cells-illusions/ HT @span AllenInstitute#Science#Neuroscience#Berkeley#AllenInstitute
Ulrike Hahn
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Does human episodic memory 🧠 depend on context-invariant or conjunctive coding of single neurons in the human hippocampus?
A recent TiCS (https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(25)00031-2) paper stimulated a very interesting debate about the nature of hippocampal coding in human episodic memory that i found very insightful.
The discussion centers around context-invariant coding of concept neurons (CN) vs. conjunctive coding of episode-specific neurons (ESN) in the hippocampus, both following different lines of thinking about the HCs involvement in episodic memory.
A short 🧵
1/5
Does human episodic memory 🧠 depend on context-invariant or conjunctive coding of single neurons in the human hippocampus?
A recent TiCS (https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(25)00031-2) paper stimulated a very interesting debate about the nature of hippocampal coding in human episodic memory that i found very insightful.
The discussion centers around context-invariant coding of concept neurons (CN) vs. conjunctive coding of episode-specific neurons (ESN) in the hippocampus, both following different lines of thinking about the HCs involvement in episodic memory.
A short 🧵
1/5
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✅ #Fun fact: #Laughter rewires the brain, boosts your immune system, and deepens human connection. You don’t need a #gym membership, fancy supplements, or a five-step morning routine—just a reason to laugh.
And hey, there’s no shame in being the person who laughs a little too loudly. That might be exactly what someone else needs today.🤣
Angela Antunovic
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New research may have unearthed a therapeutic strategy in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Read more from @ScienceAlert:
New research may have unearthed a therapeutic strategy in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Read more from @ScienceAlert:
jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
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