A rare cause of hereditary cognitive decline known as CSF1R-Related Disorder (CSF1R-RD) gets its name from mutations in the CSF1R gene, discovered by Mayo Clinic. Memory loss occurs as the condition advances, while early ...
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The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright flash of light. New research ...
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In an article published in JAMA Network Open, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) report on a study involving 774 men and women who followed a vegan diet in Brazil.
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Walking is an activity that is often taken for granted. Most people usually think they can multitask by "walking and chewing gum" simultaneously with hardly any taxation of their mental effort. Indeed, each leg can move rhythmically ...
Sep 20, 2024
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Joshua Lupton, M.D., has no memory of his own cardiac arrest in 2016. He only knows that first responders resuscitated his heart with a shock from a defibrillator, ultimately leading to his complete recovery and putting him ...
Sep 20, 2024
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Investigators from the Yale Department of Psychiatry investigated the genetic profiles of more than 1 million participants enrolled in multiple cohorts around the world. Leveraging this large dataset, they uncovered more ...
Sep 20, 2024
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A team of public health researchers at Ningxia Medical University, in China, has found, via analysis of health record data, that some regular coffee drinkers with high blood pressure may have a lower risk of developing dementia ...
A direct comparison between the experimental psychedelic drug psilocybin and a standard SSRI antidepressant shows similar improvement of depressive symptoms, but that psilocybin offers additional longer-term benefits.
Sep 21, 2024
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A key challenge in the effort to link brain activity with behavior is that brain activity, measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), for instance, is extraordinarily complex. That complexity can make it difficult ...
Sep 25, 2024
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A UNIGE team has discovered the genetic programs that allow motor neurons to retract from the spinal cord. This discovery opens up prospects for combating neurodegeneration.
Sep 23, 2024
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