Human Fetal Tissue Generates Self-Organizing Brain Organoids
Summary: Researchers have grown three-dimensional (3D) brain organoids directly from human fetal brain tissue that self-organize in vitro. These mini-brains recreate multiple…
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Decades-Long Study Tracking Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Summary: Researchers are launching a long-term study to track U.S. service members and veterans with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) for up…
New Study: Psychology Behind Attraction to Gods and Superheroes
Summary: A new “god template” distinguishes religious from secular supernatural beings by examining the qualities people associate with each. Religious figures were…
Alzheimer’s Protein Regulates Movement in Mice
Researchers in Berlin, Munich and Oxford have discovered that a protein long associated with Alzheimer’s disease also plays a crucial role in…
How Two Brain Learning Systems Drive Habit Formation
Summary: The brain relies on two distinct dopamine-based learning systems: one that evaluates outcomes and another that reinforces repeated actions. Known as…
Genetic Study Identifies Genes Driving Brain Aging
Source: University of Edinburgh. More than one thousand people have had their entire genetic make-up decoded as part of a long-term study…
Brain Structures at Phase Transitions Across Species
Summary: New research from Northwestern University shows that the cellular architecture of brains in humans, mice and fruit flies sits near a…
Does Bilingualism Protect the Brain in Early Dementia?
Summary: Research shows bilingualism postpones the first signs of dementia, but once mild cognitive impairment (MCI) progresses to Alzheimer’s disease, the decline…
Neural pathways that separate similar memories discovered
Summary: Researchers report that episodic memory is disrupted when specific neural pathways that carry signals from the hippocampus to the prefrontal cortex…
Blood Test Finds Alzheimer’s Toxic Protein Years Before Symptoms
Summary: A blood test can now detect toxic amyloid beta oligomers linked to Alzheimer’s disease years before clinical symptoms appear, enabling earlier…
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