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Magic Mushrooms Expand the Mind by Dampening Brain Activity

By Maia Szalavitz — 2012

A new brain-scan study helps explain how psilocybin works—and why it holds promise as a treatment for depression, addiction and post-traumatic stress.

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We’re Just Scratching the Surface of the Modern Environment’s Effect on Brain Health

Donna Jackson Nakazawa on Microglial Cells and Nature's "Neat Evolutionary Trick".

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Donna Jackson Nakazawa
2020
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How ‘Brain Hacking’ Could Help Fight Alzheimer’s, Depression and More

Millions suffer from conditions without known causes. Some contend with constant pain, many live with unrelenting mental anguish. None of them know why.

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Susannah Cahalan
2020
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Microglia: A New Target in the Brain for Depression, Alzheimer’s, and More?

As a science journalist whose niche spans neuroscience, immunology, and human emotion, I knew at the time that it didn’t make scientific sense that inflammation in the body could be connected to — much less cause — illness in the brain.

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Donna Jackson Nakazawa
2020
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Yoga May Be Good for the Brain

A weekly routine of yoga and meditation may strengthen thinking skills and help to stave off aging-related mental decline, according to a new study of older adults with early signs of memory problems.

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Gretchen Reynolds
2016
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The Polluted Brain

Some of the health risks of inhaling fine and ultrafine particles are well-established, such as asthma, lung cancer, and, most recently, heart disease.

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Emily Underwood
2017
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