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For Parkinson’s patients, golf is better than tai chi at improving movement and balance.
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Ezogabine, a drug that opens up the KCNQ2/3 type potassium channel, significantly improved symptoms of depression and anhedonia.
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Sesaminol, a chemical byproduct of sesame seed shells, has neuroprotective properties against Parkinson’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Why the APOE4 Gene Enhances Alzheimer’s Risk
APOE4 affects lipid metabolism, but taking choline supplements may help protect carriers from developing Alzheimer’s disease and slow cognitive decline.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Color Blindness-Correcting Contact Lenses
Infusing contact lenses with gold nanoparticles allows for better color perception for those who are color blind.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Dietary Fats Interact With Grape Tannins to Influence Wine Taste
Study reveals how lipids interact with grape tannins, masking the unfavorable taste of certain wine compounds and altering taste perception.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Drug Target Could Fight Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease
The SARM1 protein triggers a cascade of degeneration associated with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers hope new drugs can be developed to directly target this protein to fight neurodegeneration.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Evolution Drives Autism and Other Conditions to Occur Much More Frequently in Boys
Hereditary forces that have evolved over millions of years favor mate selection and reproduction in the early years of male sexual maturity at the expense of longer-term well-being. This may explain why females tend to live longer and are less vulnerab…
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Whether a conversation seems to last forever or is cut prematurely short, researchers say it is incredibly common to experience conversational disappointment.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Food for Thought: New Maps Reveal How Brains Are Kept Nourished
A new study solves a century-old puzzle about brain energy use and blood vessel clusters.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Genetic Patch to Prevent Hereditary Deafness
A newly developed “genetic patch” can eliminate problematic hearing cells in those with DFNA9, a hereditary form of deafness.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Unveiling the Weaving Fractal Network of Connecting Neurons
Dendrites weave their way through space that balances their need to connect to other neurons, but there is a cost.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Could Rising Temperatures Send More People With MS to the Hospital?
During anomalously warm weather, people with multiple sclerosis have a 4% increased risk of having an emergency department visit. 3% of MS patients had an increased risk of inpatient hospital stays.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Most Detailed Look Yet at the Neuroscience of Placebo Effects
Patients who reported a greater reduction in pain following being administered a placebo showed larger reductions in brain areas associated with pain construction.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Dozens of Genes That Block Regeneration of Neurons
Study identifies 40 genes in mice that actively suppress axon regeneration in the central nervous system.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Potential Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Found Safe and Effective in Animals
A new drug modulates, rather than inhibits, a key enzyme implicated in the formation of Alzheimer’s related plaques.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Willpower Is the Key to Enhancing Learning and Memory
An increase in theta oscillations in the hippocampus help make learning and subsequent memory more efficient.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Placebo Effect May Explain Reported Benefits of Psychedelic Microdoses
A placebo-controlled study of psychedelics reveals the psychological benefits of microdosing are most likely explained by the placebo effect.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Neanderthals Had the Capacity to Perceive and Produce Human Speech
A new study reveals Neanderthals had the ability to perceive and produce human speech.
