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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 10, 2018·4 min read

A Lifetime of Regular Exercise Slows Down Aging

According to researchers, older adults who exercised for most of their lives showed signs of slowed down aging. The study reports those who actively cycled into older age had lower cholesterol levels and better immune systems than those who did not partake in regular exercise.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 26, 2017·6 min read

Brain Evolved to Need Exercise

While much research has shown that exercise can be good for our brains, the link between how physical activity benefits the brain is not clearly understood. In a new study, researchers suggest the link between brain health and exercise could be a product of our evolutionary history and our hunter-gatherer past.

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Featured Neurology

·September 3, 2014·2 min read

Can Sleep Loss Affect Your Brain Size?

A new study reports sleep loss could be linked to a faster decline in brain volume.

Featured Neurology

·August 30, 2016·6 min read

Critical Protein Shows Promise for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s

Researchers discover the role the p62 protein plays in the accumulation of amyloid beta in the brain.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·October 14, 2019·6 min read

Dementia spreads via connected brain networks

A new brain mapping study allows for individual predictions of the progression of frontotemporal dementia.

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Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 7, 2016·6 min read

Different Brain Atrophy Patterns May Explain Variability in Alzheimer’s Symptoms

A new neuroimaging study finds many Alzheimer's patients and those at risk of developing the disease show a combination of atrophy factors.

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·November 19, 2015·4 min read

Exercise May Help Reverse Neurodegeneration in Early Stage Alzheimer’s

A new study reports older adults who improved their fitness through moderate intensity exercise increased cortical thickness.

Featured Genetics

·November 15, 2015·6 min read

Gene Therapy For Brain Disorders Delivered by Eye Drops

Researchers have developed a simplified approach for delivering and monitoring gene therapy for brain disorders.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·November 4, 2017·4 min read

Here’s What We Think Alzheimer’s Does to the Brain

A new paper explores different findings about the development of Alzheimer's and considers how personalized treatments may help combat this complex disease.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·August 6, 2015·3 min read

How Aging Cripples the Immune System

A new study helps further understanding about how aging slows the production of new immune cells and decreases the immune systems response to vaccines in the elderly.

Featured Neurology

·September 13, 2016·4 min read

Memory Loss Not Enough to Diagnose Alzheimer’s

Researchers report on the other, often overlooked, symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 25, 2019·5 min read

Muscle Memory Discovery Ends ‘Use It or Lose It’ Dogma

A new study challenges the Myonuclear Domain Hypothesis of muscle memory. Researchers report nuclei gained during training persist even when muscle cells start to shrink as a result of disuse.

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atrophy

A Lifetime of Regular Exercise Slows Down Aging

Brain Evolved to Need Exercise

Can Sleep Loss Affect Your Brain Size?

Critical Protein Shows Promise for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s

Dementia spreads via connected brain networks

Different Brain Atrophy Patterns May Explain Variability in Alzheimer’s Symptoms

Exercise May Help Reverse Neurodegeneration in Early Stage Alzheimer’s

Gene Therapy For Brain Disorders Delivered by Eye Drops

Here’s What We Think Alzheimer’s Does to the Brain

How Aging Cripples the Immune System

Memory Loss Not Enough to Diagnose Alzheimer’s

Muscle Memory Discovery Ends ‘Use It or Lose It’ Dogma

Dopamine Plays Double Duty in Learning and Motivation

ALS Progression Linked to Ancient Virus-Like Protein

Exercise Mitigates Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Boosting Infant Brains: Parental Speech Enhances Baby’s Development

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