How Social Media Impacts Kids’ Brains. 5 Things Parents Should Know, From A Doctor

Do social media algorithms harm kids’ brains? A doctor explains how platforms shape attention, emotions and development, and ...
University of California, San Francisco

Some Children’s Tantrums Can Be Seen in the Brain, New Study Finds

New research shows how brain networks differ in neurodiverse children who are and aren't resilient in the face of sensory ...

RNA editing study finds many ways for neurons to diversify

All starting from the same DNA, neurons ultimately take on individual characteristics in the brain and body. Differences in ...
Neuroscience News

Brain Releases Hidden Kinase to Supercharge Pain and Learning

New research reveals that neurons release a little-understood extracellular kinase called VLK to strengthen synaptic ...
GEN

ALS Linked to Proteostatic Burden in Vulnerable Motor Neurons

Highly degradative (dark) cells in the spinal cord were identified as motor neurons. [Kazuhide Asakawa, National Institute of Genetics] A defining feature of neurodegenerative disorders is selective ...
The Scientist

Why Do Motor Neurons Die First in ALS? Turns Out, Size Matters

Motor neurons are some of the largest cells in the human body. In particular, upper neurons—extending from the cerebral cortex to the brain stem or spinal cord—average 60μm in diameter. 3,4 These ...
Medical Xpress

Why does ALS take away body movement? The hidden burden that seals the fate of motor neurons

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is among the most challenging neurological disorders: relentlessly progressive, universally fatal, and without a cure even after more than a century and a half ...
Science Daily

Scientists build artificial neurons that work like real ones

UMass Amherst engineers have built an artificial neuron powered by bacterial protein nanowires that functions like a real one, but at extremely low voltage. This allows for seamless communication with ...
Business Insider

A Wake-Up Call for Parents, Doctors & Policy Makers, "An Inconvenient Study" shines a light on one of the most important questions of our time: Why Are So Many Of Our Kids Sick?

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 2016, journalist Del Bigtree issued a challenge to the head of infectious disease at one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the world: ...
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Montana Motor Vehicle Division accepting applications for Chrome for Kids

We don't know where Trump is seeing Portland 'on fire.' That's frightening. Dog returned to shelter after 3 years—she doesn't understand why Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints ...