• Why is jogging an antidepressant?

    Updated: 2025-07-02 05:00:00
    : Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff . Try the Dynamic Views at top of right column . Wednesday , July 02, 2025 Why is jogging an antidepressant I pass on this brief description by Sarah Lemprière of work by Xia et al Physical exercise can reduce depressive symptoms , and several brain regions have been implicated in this effect . However , the neural circuit mechanisms underlying this antidepressant effect are not yet known . Xia et al used a chronic stress model to induce depressive-like behaviors in mice and found that daily treadmill exercise prevented these behaviors . They observed that oxytocin-releasing projections from the paraventricular nucleus to the nucleus accumbens were

  • Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle

    Updated: 2025-06-30 05:00:00
    : Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff . Try the Dynamic Views at top of right column . Monday , June 30, 2025 Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle A fascinating review y Tort et al . that I have enjoyed reading . Motiated readers can obtain a copy of the article by emailing me . nbsp Abstract Neuronal activities that synchronize with the breathing rhythm have been found in humans and a host of mammalian species , not only in brain areas closely related to respiratory control or olfactory coding but also in areas linked to emotional and higher cognitive functions . In parallel , evidence is mounting for modulations of perception and action by the breathing cycle .

  • EDGE Fellows EDGE of Existence

    Updated: 2025-06-26 18:51:23
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  • Press Releases EDGE of Existence

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  • EDGE Alliance EDGE of Existence

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  • Collaborators EDGE of Existence

    Updated: 2025-06-26 18:51:22
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  • Assessment of Vitamin D Status in Great Apes in Human Care

    Updated: 2025-06-26 10:03:00
    Zoo Biol . 2025 Jun 10. DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21908 Online ahead of print. Matyas Liptovszky , Christophe

  • Benefits and dangers of anthropomorphic conversational agents

    Updated: 2025-06-06 15:29:00
    Peter et al. offer an interesting open source essay. They ask: "should we lean into the human-like abilities, or should we aim to dehumanize LLM-based systems, given concerns over anthropomorphic seduction? When users cannot tell the difference between human interlocutors and AI systems, threats emerge of deception, manipulation, and disinformation at scale."

  • Zoology Live! Insectopia

    Updated: 2025-05-21 08:00:00
    Elephant Hawk-moth (c) Will George CC BY NC 2.0 It’s that time of year again – time for

  • Zoology: The Study of Animals

    Updated: 2025-05-08 15:25:26
    Source: https://nirmalacollege.ac.in/zoology/ An Introduction to Zoology: The Study of Animals what

  • Role of Zoology in Science and Society

    Updated: 2025-05-07 06:38:32
    Source: Department of Zoology – Little Flower College Guruvayur In a world increasingly shaped

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