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Your brain doesn’t just use magnesium—it depends on it. This mineral plays a central role in several key brain processes: Neurotransmitter balance – Magnesium helps regulate GABA (calming) and ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

Maria Pertl receives research funding from the Irish Cancer Society and the National Cancer Control Programme. She is a committee member of the Irish Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Lisa Mellon ...

Dragan Rangelov does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...