Anterior cingulate: Brain Region Implicated in Predicting the Consequences of Actions.
Our minds can help us make decisions by contemplating the future and predicting the consequences of our actions. Imagine, for instance, trying to find your way to a new restaurant near your home. Your brain can build a mental model of your neighborhood and plan the route you should take to get there.
The study:
The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Predicts Future States to Mediate Model-Based Action Selection: Neuron.
Two types of drugs you may want to avoid for the sake of your brain: Anticholinergic drugs and Benzodiazepines
Getting stuff across the BBB & exactly where you want it in the brain - through the nose, with ultrasound (in mice)
I came across this article.
What is the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease?
IBOGAINE - Autoregulation of glial cell line‐derived neurotrophic factor expression: implications for the long‐lasting actions
Presentation by Prof R Barker - University of Cambridge: "Can we repair the brain in PD using cell-based therapies?"
