Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Dementia

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What is muscle memory, and can I improve mine?

Whether it's riding a bike or knitting a sweater, there are some tasks you do without thinking. These are commonly associated with "muscle memory," the idea your body can remember how to perform complex tasks and, over time, ...

The dark side of music as 'therapy'

A violinist plays in a cancer ward. A playlist loops in the waiting room. A surgeon hums along to the radio mid-operation. We assume, almost without thinking, that music helps. But what if it doesn't—or worse, what if it ...

A better way to see how brain cells falter in disease

To gain better insight into what's happening in the brain, researchers examine the molecules produced by brain cells, including RNA and proteins. But existing methods for molecular profiling don't always capture the cells' ...

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