Protecting brain function and mental health against isolation
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English - July 10, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 6.96 MBScience Technology science research outreach education stem learning academic technology impact scicomm Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Loneliness and social isolation are known to cause several mental health issues, as the COVID-19 pandemic reminded us. This can cause long-term difficulties and seriously impact the brain and overall brain function.
By studying the different biological and behavioural effects of social isolation on mice, Dr Jing Liang and her team have recently identified a promising therapeutic with the power to reverse these changes, a major development in this field.
Read the original research: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-09814-5
Read the Research Outreach article here