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TL;DR: A 2026 Nature Communications study found that HCN1, an ion channel that helps neurons start rhythmic electrical firing, was fast enough to act as the trigger for neuronal pacemaker depolarization, while HCN2 and HCN4 mainly appeared too slow to drive ea…
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TL;DR: A 2026 mouse study in Nature Neuroscience found that glucose signaling through ATP-citrate lyase (ACLY), an enzyme that links sugar metabolism to gene regulation, helped oligodendrocyte progenitor cells multiply before they matured into myelin-forming c…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Stigma and Health found that women who lost 15% of body weight with GLP-1 receptor agonists, medications such as semaglutide that mimic a metabolic hormone involved in appetite and glucose signaling, were judged more harshly than women w…
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TL;DR: A 2026 service-mapping study in BJPsych Bulletin found that community forensic mental health services (CFMHS), specialist teams for people with mental disorder and serious risk histories, still vary widely across England in structure, referral access, s…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Social Psychology found that a female professor and a male professor produced almost identical obedience in a modern Milgram-style replication, suggesting professional authority mattered more than the authority figure’s gender. Key Findi…
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TL;DR: A 2026 cross-sectional study in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness found that 159 of 230 Farsi-speaking refugees in German refugee camps screened at high risk for depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms, while resilience, psychological flex…
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TL;DR: A 2026 retrospective case series study in European Journal of Psychotraumatology found that trauma flashbacks during esketamine nasal spray sessions were distressing but usually time-limited in 22 patients with treatment-resistant depression and PTSD; w…
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TL;DR: A 2026 review in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment argued that electroacupuncture (EA), acupuncture delivered with small electrical stimulation, has depression-related mechanism evidence, but clinical trials need biomarker-guided patient groups, st…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Health Science Reports found that metoclopramide and several antipsychotics were strongly overrepresented in FDA adverse-event reports for drug-induced dystonia, with many reported cases appearing within the first month after drug initia…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Consciousness and Cognition found that waking mind wandering and nighttime dreaming had nearly the same density of bizarre elements, even though dreams were more likely to be rated as bizarre whole reports. Key Findings 379 experience re…
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