Cholesterol-Lowering Drug May Treat Parkinson’s Disease
Simvastatin Trialled as a Potential Neuroprotective Treatment for Parkinson’s Cholesterol-lowering drug Simvastatin is being tested as a potential neuroprotective treatment for Parkinson’s…
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Biomarker Study Signals New Treatments for Early-Onset Dementia
Summary: Researchers used neuroimaging and fluid biomarkers from people with the familial form of frontotemporal dementia (f-FTD) to build models of clinical…
How AI Is Unraveling the Mysteries of the Brain
Summary: Researchers have trained deep neural networks to accelerate the reconstruction of neural circuits and to infer synaptic connectivity from large-scale electron…
Brain Plasticity: How Adult-Born Neurons Integrate
Summary: New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows that adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus not only adds new…
How LSD Changes Perception Through Serotonin Receptors
Summary: A new study reveals how the brain’s perception of meaning shifts when a person is under the influence of LSD. Source:…
Aggressive Drunk Gene Variant Could Lower Obesity Risk
Summary: A new study indicates that carriers of a specific mutation in the serotonin 2B receptor may have lower risk of obesity…
New Study Identifies Two Proteins Linked to ALS
Summary: A new study identifies two proteins that interact with a mutant FUS variant implicated in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), revealing…
Study Finds Surprising Resilience Among Isolated Seniors
Summary: A UCL study found that older adults in England who were socially connected before the COVID-19 pandemic experienced a sharper decline…
Study: SSRIs May Slow Reproductive Aging
Summary: New research shows that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), commonly prescribed for depression and anxiety, can improve the quality of aging…
Compound Prevents Activation of Breast Cancer Brain Metastases
Compound Shows Promise Preventing Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells from Activating in the Brain Summary: A compound previously investigated for leukemia may block…
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