A new experimental Alzheimer’s compound called FLAV-27 improved memory and reduced disease-like damage in worms and mice.

Psilocybin, LSD, mescaline, DMT, and ayahuasca have different chemical structures, different durations, different cultural histories — and they all do the same thing to the brain. A mega-analysis published in _Nature Medicine_ found a shared two-part pattern across all five drugs: normally tight neural networks weaken internally, while brain regions that usually stay segregated start talking to…

As you age, your cortex thins. It's one of the more reliable things brains do. But MRI scans of people who practice Buddhist insight meditation showed that one brain region thinned more slowly than expected with age — suggesting that sitting still and paying attention to your breathing might physically push back against the clock, according to the Harvard Gazette. — Read the rest

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