Breakthrough Blood Test Detects Alzheimer’s Early
Summary: A team at the University of Gothenburg has developed a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease that measures a specific phosphorylated…
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How Attention to Faces in Videos Shifts with Age
Summary: As people grow older, they increasingly rely on whether a face is centered on a screen when deciding where to look…
How Breastfeeding Boosts Infant Brain Development
New neuroimaging evidence shows breastfeeding supports early brain development in infants A recent study from Brown University using specialized, baby-friendly magnetic resonance…
Childhood Air Pollution Linked to Higher Schizophrenia Risk
Summary: Children who grow up in areas with high levels of air pollution face a higher risk of being diagnosed with schizophrenia…
64 Genomic Regions Linked to Bipolar Disorder Risk
Summary: Researchers have pinpointed 64 genomic regions that contain DNA variations linked to increased risk for bipolar disorder and have shown genetic…
Study Finds Genetic Mutation Makes Quitting Smoking Hard
Summary: Struggling to quit smoking? New research shows a common genetic mutation can increase the likelihood of nicotine relapse by altering brain…
Native American Ancestry Linked to Diabetic Eye Risk in Latinos
New research led by the University of Southern California (USC) Eye Institute, part of Keck Medicine of USC, identifies Native American ancestry…
How COVID-19 Can Damage the Entire Nervous System
COVID-19 and the Nervous System: Northwestern Medicine Review Summary: A comprehensive review finds that roughly half of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 experience…
How Familiar Elements Make Learning Faster
Carnegie Mellon psychologists uncover critical relationship between working memory and strength of information ‘chunks’. People recall familiar acronyms like FBI, CIA, JFK,…
SARS-CoV-2 Protein Linked to Parkinson’s Amyloid Formation
Summary: New laboratory research shows that the SARS‑CoV‑2 nucleocapsid (N) protein can bind to the neuronal protein alpha‑synuclein and accelerate the formation…
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