Articles by Justin Jackson
Medical Xpress / Spouses show consistent similarities across nine psychiatric disorders over generations
A multinational collaboration of researchers report that psychiatric spousal resemblance across nine psychiatric disorders appears consistent and persists across birth cohorts for roughly 90 years in a sample of over 14 million.
Phys.org / Direct plasma membrane-to-ER lipid transfer outpaces vesicular trafficking, study reveals
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics led a study showing that directional, non-vesicular lipid transport drives fast, species-selective lipid sorting, outpacing slower, less specific vesicular trafficking, ...
Medical Xpress / Binge gaming in kids associated with adverse mental, social and academic outcomes
A team of Hong Kong researchers has found that binge gaming correlates with poorer social, academic, and mental health outcomes in schoolchildren, with distinct patterns by gender.
Medical Xpress / My baby vs. the world: Postpartum activity in first-time fathers' brains may prepare them for parenting
University of Southern California psychologists report that first-time fathers show stronger brain activation to their own infant than to unfamiliar infants or their romantic partner, with links to bonding and parenting stress.
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 receptor agonists, cancer risk and questionable significance
Research led by the Indiana University School of Medicine and the University of Florida reports an association between taking GLP-1 receptor agonists and lower overall cancer risk in adults with obesity or overweight, with ...
Medical Xpress / Breast milk calibrates neonatal immune responses to gut bacteria in mice
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center reports that maternal immunoglobulin G (IgG), ingested in the first week of life, restrained microbiota-dependent adaptive immune responses weeks later, after weaning in mice. Investigators identified ...
Medical Xpress / Distinct prefrontal pathways shown to separate reward motivation from threat reactivity
University of Cambridge researchers report that inactivating dorsolateral prefrontal cortex area 46 in marmosets blunts appetitive motivation and heightens threat reactivity, with effects mediated through asymmetric left-hemisphere ...
Tech Xplore / Simulation modeling and physical testing for latticed bionic limbs match, but is it a real study?
Henan University of Technology researchers report on the development of a lightweight lattice-based limb design for a bionic robot. Lightweight structures that can withstand high loads and torsion are in demand in a range ...
Phys.org / Female jumping spiders drive hybridization by favoring red males across species, study finds
University of California Berkeley researchers report that females of two jumping spider species prefer red ornamented males of Habronattus americanus, a pattern that drives interspecific mating with a trend toward hybridized ...
Medical Xpress / Open-label Phase II trial reports early motor milestones with risdiplam
From Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Charlotte J. Sumner, M.D., presents an editorial on a study by Richard S. Finkel and colleagues, who report an open-label, Phase II trial of the pre-messenger RNA splicing ...
Medical Xpress / Psychedelic therapy may trigger visual imagery in people with aphantasia
UNSW Sydney and Macquarie University psychology researchers have written an article warning that psychedelic therapies may switch on visual mental imagery in people with aphantasia and could raise the risk of intrusive thoughts, ...
Medical Xpress / Stem cell-derived dopamine neurons improve depression-like behaviors in mice
The Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, reports that human stem cell-derived A10-like midbrain dopaminergic neurons integrate into mouse mesocorticolimbic circuits and suppress anxiety and depression behaviors ...
Phys.org / Mystery Greek hominin skull dated to be at least 286,000 years old
Research led by Institut de Paléontologie Humaine is providing a finite minimum age for a nearly complete cranium from Petralona Cave in Greece that has perplexed researchers since its discovery in 1960.
Phys.org / Fish tracks show earliest adaptations for moving on land
The Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute reports a Lower Devonian (419 to 393 million years ago) fossilized trackway in the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland, attributed to dipnoan fish. Their analysis finds ...
Medical Xpress / Eye movement patterns reveal subtle signs of cognitive and memory decline
A multi-institution team across Canada and the West Indies reports that gaze patterns can serve as a sensitive marker of cognitive decline, with associated reductions in explorative, adaptive, and differentiated visual sampling ...
