Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds

by Monash UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs little as 1% reduction in deep sleep per year for people over 60 years of age translates into a 27% increased risk of dementia, according t

Updated on: February 24,2024

Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds

by Monash UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs little as 1% reduction in deep sleep per year for people over 60 years of age translates into a 27% increased risk of dementia, according t

Updated on:February 24,2024

Study reveals new details about Argonaute syndromes, a class of neurodevelopmental disorders

byUniversity of Massachusetts Medical SchoolVictor Ambros, PhD, and Ye Duan, PhD, show that amino acid changes in the AGO1 protein globally disrupt the RNA silencing process. Credit: University

Updated on: March 27,2024

Study reveals new details about Argonaute syndromes, a class of neurodevelopmental disorders

byUniversity of Massachusetts Medical SchoolVictor Ambros, PhD, and Ye Duan, PhD, show that amino acid changes in the AGO1 protein globally disrupt the RNA silencing process. Credit: University

Updated on:March 27,2024

Nature vs nurture: Twin study sheds light on heritable brain activity

by University of New South WalesCredit:Human Brain Mapping(2024). DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26557The way our brain processes different emotional and cognitive tasks may be underpinned by commo

Updated on: June 14,2024

Nature vs nurture: Twin study sheds light on heritable brain activity

by University of New South WalesCredit:Human Brain Mapping(2024). DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26557The way our brain processes different emotional and cognitive tasks may be underpinned by commo

Updated on:June 14,2024

'Flash and Freeze-fracture' technique allows for neuronal insights into medial habenula

by Institute of Science and Technology AustriaA lunar surface-like electron microscopic image of an activated medial habenula neuron. SPO (light green), CAPS2 (dark blue), vesicles on the verge o

Updated on: June 26,2024

'Flash and Freeze-fracture' technique allows for neuronal insights into medial habenula

by Institute of Science and Technology AustriaA lunar surface-like electron microscopic image of an activated medial habenula neuron. SPO (light green), CAPS2 (dark blue), vesicles on the verge o

Updated on:June 26,2024

Dementia is not just about memory loss: Study highlights importance of assessing standard emotional responses

by Heidi Douglass,University of New South WalesCredit: CC0 Public DomainWe focus too much on memory loss in relation to dementia and not enough on difficulties with identifying emotions in socia

Updated on: February 24,2024

Dementia is not just about memory loss: Study highlights importance of assessing standard emotional responses

by Heidi Douglass,University of New South WalesCredit: CC0 Public DomainWe focus too much on memory loss in relation to dementia and not enough on difficulties with identifying emotions in socia

Updated on:February 24,2024

Could 'random noise' supercharge your brain?

by Michelle Wheeler,ParticleCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainApplying a weak electrical current to your brain could speed up learning and help people with neurological conditions.The technique i

Updated on: January 21,2024

Could 'random noise' supercharge your brain?

by Michelle Wheeler,ParticleCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainApplying a weak electrical current to your brain could speed up learning and help people with neurological conditions.The technique i

Updated on:January 21,2024

Genome-editing technique shows promise as treatment for common hereditary nerve disease

byTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityAAV gene therapy-based genome editing recovered myelination in human CMT1A patient nerve differentiated from iPS cells. Credit: Department of Neuropathology,

Updated on: December 30,2023

Genome-editing technique shows promise as treatment for common hereditary nerve disease

byTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityAAV gene therapy-based genome editing recovered myelination in human CMT1A patient nerve differentiated from iPS cells. Credit: Department of Neuropathology,

Updated on:December 30,2023

Researchers uncover blood flow regulation of brain pericyte development

by Liu Jia,Chinese Academy of SciencesGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113652In a study published online inCell Reportsresearcher

Updated on: February 24,2024

Researchers uncover blood flow regulation of brain pericyte development

by Liu Jia,Chinese Academy of SciencesGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113652In a study published online inCell Reportsresearcher

Updated on:February 24,2024

Children as young as 3 to 5 recognize broken promises

byDuke UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhen it comes to broken promises, children as young as three to five recognize that some excuses are better than others. It turns out children

Updated on: January 21,2024

Children as young as 3 to 5 recognize broken promises

byDuke UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhen it comes to broken promises, children as young as three to five recognize that some excuses are better than others. It turns out children

Updated on:January 21,2024

How humble cells in a little-known organ manage brain inflammation

by Nancy Fliesler,Children's Hospital BostonThe choroid plexus with infiltrating white blood cells following a brain bacterial infection. Credit: Huixin Xu/Boston Children’s HospitalDeep in

Updated on: September 09,2024

How humble cells in a little-known organ manage brain inflammation

by Nancy Fliesler,Children's Hospital BostonThe choroid plexus with infiltrating white blood cells following a brain bacterial infection. Credit: Huixin Xu/Boston Children’s HospitalDeep in

Updated on:September 09,2024

An Alzheimer's-defying brain offer clues to treatment and prevention of dementia

by Massachusetts General HospitalLongitudinal tau PET imaging measures in anAPOE3ch homozygote. A Surface rendering of tau PET (Flortaucipir) images (standardized uptake value ratio, SUVr),

Updated on: May 26,2024

An Alzheimer's-defying brain offer clues to treatment and prevention of dementia

by Massachusetts General HospitalLongitudinal tau PET imaging measures in anAPOE3ch homozygote. A Surface rendering of tau PET (Flortaucipir) images (standardized uptake value ratio, SUVr),

Updated on:May 26,2024

Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain aging and cognitive decline

byeLifeThis image shows the effects of aging effects on the brain, further exacerbated in type 2 diabetes. Credit: Lilianne Mujica-Parodi (CC BY 4.0)Scientists have demonstrated that normal brai

Updated on: January 21,2024

Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain aging and cognitive decline

byeLifeThis image shows the effects of aging effects on the brain, further exacerbated in type 2 diabetes. Credit: Lilianne Mujica-Parodi (CC BY 4.0)Scientists have demonstrated that normal brai

Updated on:January 21,2024