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Neuroscience News05 Aug 2026
THC Significantly Reduces Trauma Nightmares in PTSD (Neuroscience News)

THC Significantly Reduces Trauma Nightmares in PTSD

This article previews a clinical trial report on an evening THC formulation tested for reducing trauma-related nightmares in people with PTSD. Readers will find a patient-focused trial overview describing methods, tolerability, and implications for sleep-targeted PTSD care.

Key takeaways
  • Randomized trial enrolled over 170 PTSD patients and lasted ten weeks.
  • Dronabinol reduced nightmare severity by 3.7 points versus 2.2 for placebo on an 8-point scale.
  • Over one third of treated patients achieved complete nightmare remission by week ten.
Fight Aging!05 Aug 2026
AITime Restricted Feeding Improves Muscle Function in Middle-Aged Mice (Fight Aging!)

Time Restricted Feeding Improves Muscle Function in Middle-Aged Mice

Looks at how restricting daily food to inactive-phase windows for middle-aged mice affects skeletal muscle performance and cellular markers over eight weeks.

Key takeaways
  • Inactive-phase time-restricted feeding for three days weekly improved muscle strength in middle-aged mice.
  • TRF reduced muscle lipid droplet accumulation and tended to increase succinate dehydrogenase expression.
  • TRF produced muscle type-specific changes in mitochondrial network and SR-mitochondria interactions.
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Neuroscience News05 Aug 2026
Brain Stimulation Triggers Cell-Specific Genetics in Living Brains (Neuroscience News)

Brain Stimulation Triggers Cell-Specific Genetics in Living Brains

Report on experiments applying DBS-like electrical patterns to living human temporal cortex slices to map cell-type responses and molecular signatures.

Key takeaways
  • Researchers achieved the first direct molecular mapping of deep brain stimulation (DBS).
  • Team demonstrated that electrical impulses induce neuronal firing synchronization.
  • Recent studies have tested whether stimulation could address the growing national issue of cognitive decline.
Fight Aging!05 Aug 2026
AIA New Pace of Aging Clock Derived from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort (Fight Aging!)

A New Pace of Aging Clock Derived from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort

Reports development of a DNA methylation biomarker estimating current Pace of Aging from the Framingham Offspring cohort and its testing against calorie restriction effects.

Key takeaways
  • This approach yields a tool that is disconnected from our understanding of the mechanisms of aging.
  • Outcome most often used to develop aging biomarkers is age itself, i.e.
  • It also proved sensitive to the effects of calorie restriction.