LearningRx1 February, 2020 | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 2

Immune cells do maintenance on the brain during sleep

Feb 6, 2020 by

Immune cells do maintenance on the brain during sleep

Although previous has shown us that the brain clears up waste and updates memories during sleep, new research has found that specialized immune cells are hard at work in the brain during sleep too....

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Sugar alters brain chemistry in just 12 days

Feb 4, 2020 by

Sugar alters brain chemistry in just 12 days

A new study has found that sugar alters the reward-processing circuits of the brain to create an addiction similar to those with drugs. The study was done on minipigs and used PET imaging to examine the receptors in the...

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