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Reverse effects of trauma? Older brain cells linger unexpectedly before their death

For oligodendrocytes — the central nervous system cells critical for brain function — age may not bring wisdom, but it…

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Study finds high prevalence of hidden brain changes in people with heart disease

A new analysis involving over 13,000 people has found changes to blood vessels in the brain that can increase the…

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Researchers describe tools to better understand CaMKII, a protein involved in brain and heart disease

The health impacts of a complex protein that plays a major role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and heart…

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Why giving AI a robot body could make its ‘brain’ more human-like

Nvidia’s founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the annual Nvidia GPU Technology Conference JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images Humanoid…

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Research offers hope for preventing post-COVID ‘brain fog’ by targeting brain’s blood vessels

Among the many confounding symptoms in patients recovering from a COVID-19 infection are memory loss and difficulty learning. Yet little…

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Neuralink shows first human patient using brain implant to play online chess

The first human patient to reportedly receive Neuralink’s wireless brain-computer interface (BCI) implant appeared to demonstrate the device’s early capabilities…

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Neuralink: Has Elon Musk made a breakthrough in brain implant technology?

Noland Arbaugh can play chess using his Neuralink implant Neuralink Neuralink, the brain-computer interface company founded by Elon Musk, has…

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Metformin during pregnancy affects the brain development in offspring mice, study finds

With the rise in gestational diabetes and metabolic disorders during pregnancy, metformin is also being prescribed more frequently. Although it…

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Kuru: Gene variants may protect against brain disease linked to cannibalism

The cerebellum of a person affected by kuru Liberski PP (2013) A genetic study in an extraordinarily remote community in…

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How the brain translates motivation into goal-oriented behavior, according to new study

Hunger can drive a motivational state that leads an animal to a successful pursuit of a goal — foraging for…

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