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memorialmonorail OP t1_jbl7pe6 wrote

Reply to comment by redditknees in Ability to take a quick walk to a food retail store is a factor in long-term weight loss after bariatric surgery, research suggests, but simply living close to a food store isn’t an automatic key to sustained weight-loss – especially a market that carries a low selection of mostly convenience foods. by memorialmonorail

It's not actually about the walking. It's about the neighborhood characteristics. There is a lot of nuance to this.

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memorialmonorail OP t1_jbjodsj wrote

Reply to Ability to take a quick walk to a food retail store is a factor in long-term weight loss after bariatric surgery, research suggests, but simply living close to a food store isn’t an automatic key to sustained weight-loss – especially a market that carries a low selection of mostly convenience foods. by memorialmonorail

Posted story covers two journal articles-

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases: https://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(22)00829-2/fulltext
Obesity Surgery: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11695-023-06501-w

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memorialmonorail OP t1_jadbl08 wrote

Reply to Immune cells called microglia, which keep the brain free of debris but also contribute to inflammation, are the likely culprits behind concentration and memory problems ("chemo brain") that sometimes follow paclitaxel chemotherapy treatment, a new study in mice suggests. by memorialmonorail

Summary of journal article published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0889159122004615?via%3Dihub

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memorialmonorail OP t1_j9pvpmn wrote

Reply to A more mystical and insightful psychedelic drug experience may be linked to an enduring reduction in anxiety and depression symptoms, according to new research. The study is the first to characterize subtypes of the subjective psychedelic experience and link them to mental health outcomes. by memorialmonorail

Summary of article published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.042

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memorialmonorail OP t1_j7fp3jo wrote

Reply to In a study examining conversation as a vehicle for social influence, researchers found that changing the mind of someone who is dismissive of efforts to protect the planet could be accomplished by sharing a pro-sustainability point of view during a verbal or written exchange. by memorialmonorail

Summary of article published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101948

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memorialmonorail OP t1_j254hsh wrote

Reply to comment by Th3truthhurts in Taking an electric vehicle for a test drive boosts some prospective buyers’ identity as early technology adopters – and that strengthened self-perception translates into a higher likelihood the test-driver will want to buy the car, new research suggests. by memorialmonorail

It's not quite that simple. In this study, the test drive reinforced a personal symbolic meaning - specifically, the test-driver's self-perception as a user of new gadgetry - and that reinforced identity was the ticket to intention to buy. The study found two other self-perceptions were not reinforced - being an environmentalist or an authority on cars. And the test drive also reinforced the prospective buyer's sense that the car would be a status symbol - but that symbolic meaning was not associated with intention to buy.

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memorialmonorail OP t1_j23qwtv wrote

Reply to Taking an electric vehicle for a test drive boosts some prospective buyers’ identity as early technology adopters – and that strengthened self-perception translates into a higher likelihood the test-driver will want to buy the car, new research suggests. by memorialmonorail

Abstract of article published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494422001529

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memorialmonorail OP t1_ixe4oso wrote

Reply to Three currently circulating omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 – including two that currently make up almost 50% of reported COVID-19 infections in the U.S. – are better at evading vaccine- and infection-generated neutralizing antibodies than earlier versions of omicron, new research suggests. by memorialmonorail

Article published in Cell Host & Microbe: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312822005686?via%3Dihub

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memorialmonorail OP t1_iqwph52 wrote

Reply to comment by rock0star in A research finding in mice that gabapentin improved rehab compliance after spinal cord injury led scientists to a related, unexpected discovery: Injured mice that didn’t receive the drug & declined to exercise by themselves were willing to hop on the treadmill for a group rehab option. by memorialmonorail

Not at all - just that gabapentin appears to have some beneficial effect on mental health, at least in the context of spinal cord injury, and that while investigating why that might be (and finding birth of new neurons is a likely factor), researchers found that social support improved injured animals' drive to participate in rehab.

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memorialmonorail OP t1_iqwib3c wrote

Reply to comment by JKUAN108 in A research finding in mice that gabapentin improved rehab compliance after spinal cord injury led scientists to a related, unexpected discovery: Injured mice that didn’t receive the drug & declined to exercise by themselves were willing to hop on the treadmill for a group rehab option. by memorialmonorail

That is generally what happened - this lab previously found gabapentin could help restore upper limb function after a spinal cord injury, and was following up by testing whether gabapentin combined with classic post-SCI treadmill training could improve recovery even further. They found no additional forelimb function, but noticed mice that didn't get gabapentin were averse to rehab, and began looking for reasons behind that. There's more to learn about gabapentin's effects on mental health in SCI at the cellular level, but social support/group setting in lieu of the drug induced rehab participation.

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memorialmonorail OP t1_iqwfnes wrote

Reply to A research finding in mice that gabapentin improved rehab compliance after spinal cord injury led scientists to a related, unexpected discovery: Injured mice that didn’t receive the drug & declined to exercise by themselves were willing to hop on the treadmill for a group rehab option. by memorialmonorail

Article published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2022.868563/full

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