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TL;DR: A 2026 review in Translational Neuroscience summarizes why PINK1 and parkin, two genes linked to early-onset parkinsonism, keep pointing researchers back to mitophagy and autophagy as Parkinson disease mechanisms. Key Findings 18 PARK loci noted: The re…
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TL;DR: A 2026 BJPsych Bulletin paper argues that person-first language in forensic mental health services may reduce stigma, social distance, and pessimism when it is used carefully rather than as a substitute for structural change. Key Findings Forensic menta…
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TL;DR: A 2026 review in the Journal of Neuroinflammation argued that several parasitic infections may affect behavior and cognition through converging microbiota, immune, barrier, and glial pathways. Key Findings Protozoa and helminths reviewed: The review cov…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Scientific Reports identified a novel OPHN1 K306N variant in a boy with cyclic strabismus, linking a 24-hour eye-alignment rhythm to altered phosphoinositide binding without the intellectual disability usually associated with OPHN1 syndr…
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TL;DR: A 2026 pilot randomized trial in Psychological Services found that a 9-session social-function group for older veterans with PTSD was feasible and acceptable, with stronger relationship gains than a support group in romantic and family functioning. Key…
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TL;DR: A 2026 review in Journal of Neuroinflammation argues that nociceptor neurons, the sensory fibers best known for pain signaling, can tune antiviral immunity in opposite directions depending on virus, tissue, and infection stage. Key Findings Four viral s…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Acta Neuropathologica found that rare NF2-mutant meningiomas can transform into aggressive sarcoma-like tumors while keeping clonal ancestry but losing normal meningioma molecular identity. Key Findings 9 matched tumor pairs: Researchers…
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TL;DR: A 2026 review in International Journal of Molecular Medicine summarized how tanshinone IIA, a compound from Salvia miltiorrhiza, may protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular tissue through anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-apoptotic, and nanodelive…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Molecular Psychiatry found that radiofrequency capsulotomy and inferior thalamic peduncle deep brain stimulation were associated with the largest symptom improvements among surgical strategies for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder…
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TL;DR: A 2026 secondary analysis in PLOS One found that low-intensity focused ultrasound and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) had similar short-term post-stroke motor endpoint scores, while change-from-baseline Fugl-Meyer gains were larger w…
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