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The brain creates three copies for a single memory

A new study reveals that the memory for a specific experience is stored in multiple parallel ‘copies’. These are preserved for varying durations, modified to certain degrees, and sometimes deleted over time.

New microscope offers faster, high-resolution brain imaging

Researchers have developed a new two-photon fluorescence microscope that captures high-speed images of neural activity at cellular resolution. By imaging much faster and with less harm to brain tissue than traditional two-photon microscopy, the new app…

International study detects consciousness in unresponsive patients

New research found that brain scans can detect consciousness in some patients with brain injury who are unresponsive. In the study, 241 participants with severe brain injury who do not respond when given a simple instruction were assessed with function…

Child-parent therapy has biological benefits for traumatized kids

Psychotherapy sessions with caregivers may help prevent serious disease later in life for young children who have experienced significant trauma, a new study found.

Stopping and reversing Alzheimer’s at an early stage

In the fight against Alzheimer’s, researchers have developed a promising, preventative therapeutic approach. They specifically targeted the amyloid beta biomolecule, which triggers the hyperactivity of nerve cells typical of the brain disease in its ea…

Patterns of intelligence

The coordinated activity of brain cells, like birds flying in formation, helps us behave intelligently in new situations, according to a new study. The work is the first to illuminate the neurological processes known as abstraction and inference in the…

A new type of degenerative brain disease underlying dementia is very common among the oldest old

A new type of degenerative brain disease, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), was recognized just a decade or so ago, and remains relatively unknown. In the disease, the TDP-43 protein accumulates particularly in the limbic bra…

State-of-the-art brain recordings reveal how neurons resonate

Researchers have shed new light on how the brain processes and synthesizes information. Findings help solve a longstanding mystery in neuroscience.

Drug protects against air pollution-related Alzheimer’s signs in mice

A new study shows how feeding mice a drug called GSM-15606 provided protection against air pollution-related increases in proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

In breakthrough Alzheimer’s discovery, research team finds new targets and biomarkers for potential novel therapies

Scientists explain how the amyloid beta deposits long known to build up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients serve as a kind of scaffold for the accumulation of other proteins. Because many of these proteins have known signaling functions, their prese…