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3-Mar-2025

Imagining future events changes brain to improve healthy decision-making, new study indicates

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Learning to think more about specific events in the future appears to reduce impulsivity,  improve decision-making, and shows potential as a therapy for alcohol use disorder, a new Virginia Tech study found. The study, which involved 24 participants whose brains were scanned during both resting-state and task-based fMRI, showed brain connections were altered by future thinking.

Journal

Brain Connectivity

Funder

NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

3-Mar-2025

Quantum properties in atom-thick semiconductors offer new way to detect electrical signals in cells

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For decades, scientists have relied on electrodes and dyes to track the electrical activity of living cells. Now, UC San Diego engineers have discovered that quantum materials just a single atom thick can do the job with high speed and resolution—using only light.

Journal

Nature Photonics

Funder

U.S. National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Office of Naval Research

3-Mar-2025

Long-term cocaine use may increase impulsivity

Society for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

While being more impulsive does not necessarily escalate cocaine use, long-term cocaine use may increase impulsivity in otherwise healthy rats.

Journal

eNeuro

Funder

NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse

3-Mar-2025

Arsenic exposure linked to increased risk of kidney disease

Texas A&M University

Epidemiologists at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health have identified a link between arsenic and indicators of kidney disease.

Journal

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Houston Methodist Cancer Center, Robert and Janice McNair Foundation

3-Mar-2025

Millions of children live with parents who have a substance use disorder

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nearly 17 million children and adolescents in the United States are estimated to live with a parent who has a substance use disorder, according to a study led by Texas State University, University of Michigan and Wayne State University.

Journal

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Funder

National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH/National Institutes of Health, U-M Office of the Vice President for Research