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4-Aug-2025

Can botox be used to alleviate pain in a jaw disorder?

Society for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Injecting botox directly into the temporomandibular joint of the jaw alleviates pain without impairing movement and feeding behavior in a mouse model of temporomandibular disorder.

Journal

JNeurosci

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

4-Aug-2025

Why “sleeping on it” may improve learning and memory

Society for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Learning a motor task shapes brain activity during sleep that can predict how much people improve their task performance after sleeping.

Journal

JNeurosci

Funder

Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Research Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative

4-Aug-2025

UCLA scientists reprogram stem cells to create renewable cancer-fighting T cells

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This approach suggests a new way to deliver immunotherapy, acting as an internal factory that produces tumor-targeting immune cells over time and potentially offering longer-lasting protection.

Journal

Nature Communications

Funder

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Hyundai Hope On Wheels, Tower Cancer Research Foundation, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

4-Aug-2025

Amino acid glutamine is important for eye health

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a paper published in eLife, University of Michigan researchers studied the dependence of photoreceptors on glutamine.

Their results indicate that maintaining the balance of amino acids in these cells is important for photoreceptor health.

Journal

eLife

Funder

NIH/National Eye Institute, NIH/National Institutes of Health

4-Aug-2025

Psychedelics and non-hallucinogenic analogs work through the same receptor, up to a point

University of California - Davis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research led by UC Davis researchers found that non-hallucinogenic versions of psychedelic drugs promote neuroplasticity through the same biochemical pathway as psychedelics. However, unlike psychedelics, they don’t activate genes long thought to be key players in that process.  

Journal

Nature Neuroscience

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Hellman Foundation, Boone Family Foundation, Woodnext Foundation, Delix Therapeutics