A Harpegnathos saltator worker captured in an aggressive display (open mandibles) aimed at the photographer. Credit: Karl Glastad (Berger Lab) Depending on the outcome of…
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Healthy people with a higher genetic risk of Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s disease is a disease that attacks the brain, causing a decline in mental ability that worsens…
Researchers have discovered neurons needed for acupuncture‘s anti-inflammatory response, Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese technique that has been used for millennia to treat chronic pain…
For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s disease is a disease that…
The number of people experiencing numbness, tingling, and pain in their feet with no known cause has been increasing over the last two decades, according…
A novel tau protein conformation, cis P-tau, is a toxic early driver of Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s disease is a disease that attacks the brain, causing a decline…
The sound of an accelerating heartbeat can instantly send chills down your spine. You know that sound means trouble. We are so accustomed to the…
Consuming Amino LP7, a specific combination of essential amino acidsAmino acids are a set of organic compounds used to build proteins. There are about 500…
Mini-brain organoids showing cortex-like structures. Credit: Andras Lakatos/University of Cambridge Cambridge researchers have developed ‘mini brains’ that allow them to study a fatal and untreatable…
Abnormal levels of beta-amyloid protein in the brain form plaques (brown in this illustration) between neurons, disrupting cells. Tau protein can form tangles (blue) within…
A new study finds that our brain cells rely on a circuit of inhibitory neurons to help ensure that the same images are represented consistently.…
Like so many other good things in life, sleep is best in moderation. A multiyear study of older adults found that both short and long…
Dedicated circuits evaluate uncertainty in the brain, preventing it from using unreliable information to make decisions. As we interact with the world, we are constantly…
An anti-viral gene that impacts the risk of both Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s disease is a disease that attacks the brain, causing a decline in mental ability that…
“I think about it every day and dream about it at night. It’s been my whole life for five years now,” says Enrico Amico, a…
New research reveals microglia, immune cells in the brain, are critical “support staff,” tending the vessels and even regulating blood flow. University of Virginia School…
AI can detect signals that are informative about mental health from questionnaires and brain scans. A study published today by an interdisciplinary collaboration, directed by…
Cortical areas involved with each of the three distributed cortical association networks analyzed are displayed on an inflated brain surface, viewed from the lateral aspect…
Researchers have uncovered a mechanism that may explain why certain body parts are so sensitive. Some parts of the body—our hands and lips, for example—are…