Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications
Aug 21, 2025
Dry eye disease (DED) and depression exhibit high comorbidity, yet lipid and purine diagnostic biomarkers for depression-related DED remain unidentified. In this study, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI)...
How do humans construct mental representations of social hierarchies in the absence of direct interpersonal interactions? In many real-world contexts, humans rely on symbolic rank labels-such as titles or performance ratings-to navigate social hierar...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Jul 7, 2025
This research investigates the neurophysiological mechanisms of experiential versus monetary choices under risk. While ventral striatum and insula activity are instrumental in predicting monetary choices, we find that hippocampal activity plays a key...
Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic (H-I) brain injury, a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disabilities, severely affects the metabolically active and neurogenic hippocampus. To investigate its acute effects and identify drug targets for early therapeutic w...
Critical network states and neural plasticity enable adaptive behavior in dynamic environments, supporting efficient information processing and experience-dependent learning. Synaptic-weight-based Hebbian plasticity and homeostatic synaptic scaling a...
Continuous adult hippocampal neurogenesis is involved in memory formation and mood regulation but is challenging to study in humans. Difficulties finding proliferating progenitor cells called into question whether and how new neurons may be generated...
In daily life, we frequently encounter varying demands on working memory (WM), yet how the brain adapts to high WM load remains unclear. To address this question, we recorded intracranial EEG from hippocampus, entorhinal cortex (EC), and lateral temp...
Signal transduction and targeted therapy
Jun 23, 2025
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health concern associated with an increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, yet the underlying molec...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
May 23, 2025
Astrocytes, the most abundant type of glial cell, play a fundamental role in memory. Despite most hippocampal synapses being contacted by an astrocyte, there are no current theories that explain how neurons, synapses, and astrocytes might collectivel...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and Major depressive disorder (MDD) act as risk factors for each other, and the comorbidity of both significantly increases the all-cause mortality rate. Therefore, studying the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes with...
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