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A new study found that the sleep loss in Alzheimer’s is not caused by plaques. It is caused by the brain’s own immune response to them, and researchers found a way to reverse it

Medical Research & Innovations

A new study found that the sleep loss in Alzheimer’s is not caused by plaques. It is caused by the brain’s own immune response to them, and researchers found a way to reverse it

Jul 21 · 9 min read · Alzheimer's & Dementia

The brain does not wait for sensory information to reach the frontal cortex before making a decision. New recordings show it starts far earlier, and no existing model predicted this

The brain does not wait for sensory information to reach the frontal cortex before making a decision. New recordings show it starts far earlier, and no existing model predicted this

Jul 14 · 9 min read · PNAS

Psychology has assumed for decades that we bond with people like ourselves. A study of 1,484 people just found that personality similarity has almost no effect on how good a friendship feels

Psychology has assumed for decades that we bond with people like ourselves. A study of 1,484 people just found that personality similarity has almost no effect on how good a friendship feels

Jul 10 · 8 min read · SAGA Journals

One in four strokes has been misunderstood for decades, and a new study explains why the drugs most commonly prescribed to prevent it so often fail

Medical Research & Innovations

One in four strokes has been misunderstood for decades, and a new study explains why the drugs most commonly prescribed to prevent it so often fail

Jul 4 · 8 min read · Circulation

More than 90% of cancer deaths come from metastasis. A new study found that the act of spreading trains cancer cells to spread better, and identified a druggable target at the center of the process

Medical Research & Innovations

More than 90% of cancer deaths come from metastasis. A new study found that the act of spreading trains cancer cells to spread better, and identified a druggable target at the center of the process

Jul 18 · 9 min read · Nature

Researchers scanned 110 women before and after pregnancy and found that a second pregnancy completely rewires different brain networks than the first one did

Researchers scanned 110 women before and after pregnancy and found that a second pregnancy completely rewires different brain networks than the first one did

Jul 12 · 9 min read · Nature

Researchers scanned 47,000 brains and found that the most overlooked structure in neuroscience may be the strongest protection against cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s

Medical Research & Innovations

Researchers scanned 47,000 brains and found that the most overlooked structure in neuroscience may be the strongest protection against cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s

Jul 8 · 8 min read · Nature Neuroscience

Scientists gave people psilocybin in two different rooms and scanned their brains a week later. The rooms produced measurably different brains

Scientists gave people psilocybin in two different rooms and scanned their brains a week later. The rooms produced measurably different brains

Jul 16 · 9 min read · Nature

A decade of research claimed psychedelics increase brain entropy. A new study tested every major version of that claim and found most of them don’t hold up

A decade of research claimed psychedelics increase brain entropy. A new study tested every major version of that claim and found most of them don’t hold up

Jul 11 · 8 min read · Nature

For the first time, neuroscientists have mapped which individual brain cells encode word meaning, which handle grammar, and which track how sentences build, and an AI can read all three

For the first time, neuroscientists have mapped which individual brain cells encode word meaning, which handle grammar, and which track how sentences build, and an AI can read all three

Jul 6 · 7 min read · Nature

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