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Brain-mapping technique identifies memory cells vulnerable to Alzheimer's protein buildup

Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington and the University of California–San Francisco have used a new brain-mapping technique to identify memory-related brain cells vulnerable to ...
Nature

First map of human brain mitochondria is ‘groundbreaking’ achievement

Scientists have created the first map of the crucial structures called mitochondria throughout the entire brain ― a feat that could help to unravel age-related brain disorders 1. The results show that ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice and restore memory

For decades, Alzheimer’s disease has been described as a one‑way street, a slow erosion of memory that could at best be delayed, not undone. A wave of animal studies is now challenging that assumption ...
The New York Times

An Advance in Brain Research That Was Once Considered Impossible

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections. A neuron extends an axon to make contact with other ...
CNN

Scientists reveal advance in brain research once thought impossible

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GEN

Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Research Advanced with Low-Cost “Ring-Inserts”

Researchers at the Laboratory of Psychiatry and Experimental Alzheimer’s Research, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Innsbruck, have developed a low-cost and ...