Month: March 2023

Obesity risk may pass from mothers to daughters

It seems that mothers with obesity may be passing on their risk for the disease to their daughters, but not their sons. It’s like a hand-me-down sweater that only fits one sibling! Unlike other genetic traits that could be shared equally among siblings, the risk for obesity appears to have a gender bias. While this […]

Published on March 21, 2023

Neural Simulation Pipeline: Making Brain Simulations More Accessible and Affordable

Imagine you’re baking a complex cake with multiple layers, frostings, and decorations. But instead of having all the ingredients and tools readily available, you need to search through different stores, figure out the quantities needed, and keep track of everything yourself. It would be quite a daunting task! Similarly, in the field of computational neuroscience, […]

Published on March 21, 2023

Deciphering How Depression Impacts Learning Using Functional MRI

Step right up and witness the amazing brain circus! Scientists have taken a close look at how depression affects our ability to learn from feedback. Using a special tool called functional MRI, they observed the brain in action as it navigated the ups and downs of reinforcement learning. Just like a tightrope walker or trapeze […]

Published on March 21, 2023