Researchers analyzed nearly 30,000 MRI scans from almost 12,000 adolescents tracked over six years to chart how the brain's outer layer, the cerebral cortex, thins as sensory regions mature before areas tied to complex thought. The preprint, posted on bioRxiv on October 11 ahead of peer review, found that the pace of this maturation sequence could forecast mental-health symptoms up to four years before they appeared.
nature.com
· 2026-10-21
Research cited in coverage of actress Christina Applegate's experience shows that a substantial share of patients initially diagnosed with multiple sclerosis are later found not to have the disease. Applegate had been diagnosed with MS before further findings called that diagnosis into question.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-20
A new developmental biology paper examining how the vertebrate nervous system forms its major segments—forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain and spinal cord—was mischaracterized in press coverage as showing humans have two brains. The confusion originated from a university press release, and the underlying research actually explores how the embryo's ectoderm gives rise to distinct neural segments during development.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-23
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