Toxic versions of the protein tau are believed to cause death of neurons of the brain in Alzheimer's disease. A new study published in Nature Communications shows that the spread of toxic tau in the human brain in elderly ...
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Many people are familiar with the idea that gut bacteria are important for health. Given their location, you might assume that role is only about digestion.
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Although we often think of knowledge as "knowing that" (for example, knowing that Paris is the capital of France), each of us also knows many procedures consisting of "knowing how," such as knowing how to tie a knot or start ...
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In a study published today in Current Biology, Arne Meyer, John O'Keefe and Jasper Poort used a lightweight eye-tracking system composed of miniature video cameras and motion sensors to record head and eye movements in mice ...
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Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia, is complicated by its overlapping signs with normal ageing. A collaborative research by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and Johns Hopkins University ...
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The human brain is a highly advanced information processor composed of more than 86 billion neurons. Humans are adept at recognizing patterns from complex networks, such as languages, without any formal instruction. Previously, ...
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When we fall asleep, our brains are not merely offline, they're busy organizing new memories—and now, scientists have gotten a glimpse of the process. Researchers report in the journal Cell Reports on May 5 the first direct ...
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Love to cuddle up? It might bring a 'mind meld,' too, new research shows.
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More U.S. citizens have confirmed COVID-19 infections than the next five most affected countries combined. Yet as recently as mid-March, President Trump downplayed the gravity of the crisis by falsely claiming the coronavirus ...
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A new breakthrough in understanding the cause of rare childhood brain disorders has been made by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
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