TL;DR: A 2026 study in Autism Research found that autistic children with early speech delay needed longer sound gaps to detect timing changes, but detected smaller pitch-frequency changes than typically developing peers. Key Findings 21 autistic children were compared with 23 typically developing children: The autism group had early language delay and early autistic manifestations, …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in Translational Psychiatry combined positron emission tomography (PET) and functional MRI (fMRI) in alcohol use disorder and linked cerebellar hypermetabolism to disrupted fronto-cerebellar connectivity and poorer inhibition performance. Key Findings AUD-control sample: Researchers compared 27 people with severe alcohol use disorder (AUD) and 25 healthy controls. Multimodal imaging used: The study …
TL;DR: A 2026 cross-sectional study in PLOS One found that people with post COVID-19 condition reported worse quality of life, fatigue, sleep, psychological wellbeing, and subjective cognition than COVID-19 survivors without the condition, while many objective lung, metabolic, and cognitive tests did not differ. Key Findings 139-person Dutch cohort: The study included 87 people with …
TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv warned that a standard Alzheimer’s disease biomarker-clock analysis can create a countdown paradox, where later biomarker-clock ages appear linked to faster mild cognitive impairment onset because of the way remaining time is calculated. Key Findings 100% false positives in simple null simulations: The standard countdown analysis rejected the null …
TL;DR: A 2026 review and activation-likelihood estimation study in European Journal of Pain found that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), a frontal control region, was repeatedly engaged in acute pain, chronic pain, and placebo analgesia, mainly across Brodmann areas 8, 9, and 46. Key Findings 138 studies included: The review screened 4810 deduplicated records and …
TL;DR: A 2026 randomized follow-up study in Maternal & Child Nutrition found no overall hair-cortisol difference at ages 9-11 after early-life small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation, but children whose mothers had 0-5 years of schooling had lower cortisol if they received SQ-LNS. Key Findings No overall cortisol shift: Usable hair cortisol data from 680 children showed …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in eLife found that infants’ brains responded more strongly to structured children’s music than shuffled music by 3 months, while clearer music-linked movement patterns appeared mainly by 12 months. Key Findings 79 infants tested: Researchers recorded electroencephalography (EEG), a scalp measure of brain electrical activity, and video-based body movement in 3 …
TL;DR: A 2026 mouse study in Nature Communications found that deleting ankyrin-2 (Ank2) from hippocampal astrocytes left recent memory intact but weakened remote memory, pointing to astrocyte structure as part of how memories stay stable over time. Key Findings Recent recall stayed intact: Mice lacking astrocytic Ank2 performed normally in the day-1 contextual fear memory …
TL;DR: A 2026 narrative review in Clinical Drug Investigation argued that desvenlafaxine, a serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), may be a first-line major depressive disorder option for selected patients, especially when fatigue, cognitive complaints, polypharmacy, or tolerability concerns shape the treatment choice. Key Findings Review plus consensus: The source combined a PubMed-based narrative review with a …
TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv found that stroke survivors doing motor imagery showed changing brain-heart coupling across rehabilitation sessions, especially between cardiac sympathetic activity and electroencephalography (EEG) beta-band network clustering. Key Findings 15 stroke survivors: Researchers analyzed two cohorts with upper- or lower-limb motor impairment after stroke. 2 motor-imagery protocols: Dataset 1 used gait …
