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In a study published in Nature Communications, Mayo Clinic researchers have identified specific DNA-level changes in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Using advanced biological analysis, the team mapped ...
Mar 3, 2026
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When we learn a new motor skill—whether mastering a piano passage or refining balance while walking—the brain must reorganize the circuits that control movement. For decades, this process of synaptic remodeling has been attributed ...
Feb 24, 2026
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Johns Hopkins scientists say they have used 3D imaging, special microscopes and artificial intelligence (AI) programs to construct new maps of mouse brains showing a precise location of more than 10 million cells called oligodendrocytes. ...
Feb 20, 2026
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Picture a star-shaped cell in the brain, stretching its spindly arms out to cradle the neurons around it. That's an astrocyte, and for a long time, scientists thought its job was caretaking the brain, gluing together neurons, ...
Feb 20, 2026
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An international research team has gained new insights into the dynamics of myelin swellings in the brain. Myelin swellings are considered as the precursor of lesions in the brain of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). MS ...
Feb 12, 2026
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A new study, recently published in the journal Nature Communications, is leading to a new understanding of how immune cells can influence adult neurogenesis, the process of creating new neurons in the brain. Neurons are the ...
Feb 9, 2026
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Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered that an immunosuppressive drug affects microglia, the resident immune cells of the brain. In mouse models, the drug reduced levels of guanosine nucleotides, which are essential ...
Feb 5, 2026
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An international research team has uncovered new insights into healthy brain aging. The researchers found that aging leads to the accumulation of defective energy molecules in the brains of aged mice, like humans, and identified ...
Feb 4, 2026
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease, affecting more than 10 million people worldwide. People with this condition may experience tremors, limb stiffness, gait ...
Feb 2, 2026
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Sleep loss damages the fatty insulation protecting the nerve cells in our brain, according to a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research also explains why we often feel ...
