Why Amyloid Beta Causes Loss of Smell in Alzheimer’s Disease
Summary: In a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, regions of the olfactory system with higher amyloid beta accumulation showed reduced activation of…
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Prenatal Choline Boosts Gray and White Matter in Piglet Brains
Summary: Researchers report that piglets born to mothers fed a choline-rich diet showed increases in both white and gray matter in the…
Can COVID-19 Smell Loss Increase Future Dementia Risk?
Summary: A review examines whether smell loss linked to COVID-19 could raise the risk of dementia later in life. Source: APS A…
How Neurogenesis and Adaptation Boost Cognitive Flexibility
Summary: Researchers are narrowing in on how cognitive flexibility and adult neurogenesis are linked. Using a newly developed mouse model that increases…
How Congenital Viral Infections Impact Fetal Brain Development
Congenital transmission of viruses from a pregnant person to the fetus can disrupt normal brain development. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is one such…
How to Cope with Pet Loss: A New Perspective
Summary: Many people experience disenfranchised grief after the loss of a pet—grief that is often unacknowledged and may become complicated if left…
Parkinson’s: Progress Toward Nasal Spray Drug Delivery
Summary: Researchers have developed a nasal gel formulation containing levodopa that adheres to nasal tissue and releases the drug into the bloodstream…
How Neural Prosthetics Restore Lost Memories
Summary: Researchers have achieved a major advance in neural prosthetics by using a new memory decoding model (MDM) to successfully recall specific…
New Biomarkers Predict Severe Multiple Sclerosis
Summary: Yale-led researchers have identified two related cytokines that may help explain why some people develop progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Their work…
Scientists Identify Genes That Preserve Neuron Function
Summary: Kinase enzymes are required for neurons to carry out autophagy. Deleting the genes that encode kinases NDR1 and NDR2 disrupts neuron…
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