Alzheimer’s Vaccine Targeting Key Protein Enters Clinical Trial
A new Alzheimer’s treatment designed to help the brain clear abnormal clumps of the tau protein — known as tau tangles —…
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Rare Neurological Disorder Reported After COVID-19 Vaccination
Summary: Recent reports identify a small number of cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) that occurred after administration of the AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1‑S) COVID-19…
How Children Inherit Anxiety from Their Parents
In rhesus monkey families — just as in human families — anxious parents are more likely to have anxious offspring. A new…
Study Links Bedtime Screens to Less Sleep and Increased Insomnia
Summary: A large Norwegian study of 45,202 university students found that using screens in bed raises the odds of insomnia symptoms by…
Amyloid Beta Accumulates in Brain Regions with Low Potassium
Summary: Analysis of brain tissue from subjects with Alzheimer’s disease revealed notable shifts in potassium isotope composition that align with the buildup…
How One Brain Chemical Impacts Visual Processing in Autism
Summary: Activation of GABA targets makes visual processing in autistic adults more similar to that of non-autistic adults. Source: King’s College London…
Robot Appearance Affects How We Judge Their Moral Decisions
Summary: People judge moral decisions made by humanoid robots as less ethically acceptable than identical decisions made by humans or by robots…
How Expectations Shape Perception and Decision Making
Summary: Patterns of brain activity in the frontal cortex encode prior beliefs and shape how we perceive and act under uncertainty. Source:…
Childhood Trauma Alters the Brain: Recovery Is Possible
Summary: Female rats that experienced severe early-life neglect developed altered connections between the amygdala and prefrontal cortex, revealing sex-specific brain changes linked…
Red Wine Compound Implicated in Major Alzheimer’s Risk
Buck Institute study reveals a link between ApoE4 and the anti‑aging protein SirT1, pointing to new therapeutic directions for Alzheimer’s disease The…
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