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AI boosts the power of EEGs, enabling neurologists to quickly, precisely pinpoint signs of dementia

Scientists are using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to analyze electroencephalogram (EEG) tests more quickly and precisely, enabling neurologists to find early signs of dementia among data that typically go unexamined.

Improving Alzheimer’s disease imaging — with fluorescent sensors

Neurotransmitter levels in the brain can indicate brain health and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. However, the protective blood-brain barrier (BBB) makes delivering fluorescent sensors that can detect these small molecules to the brain di…

A brain fingerprint: Study uncovers unique brain plasticity in people born blind

Neuroscientists reveal that the part of the brain that receives and processes visual information in sighted people develops a unique connectivity pattern in people born blind. They say this pattern in the primary visual cortex is unique to each person …

New high-resolution 3D maps show how the brain’s blood vessels changes with age

Researchers have identified mouse brain regions vulnerable to blood vessel degeneration, offering clues to the connection between vasculature and neurodegenerative disease.

Study identifies universal blueprint for mammalian brain shape

Researchers have developed a new approach for describing the shape of the cerebral cortex, and provide evidence that cortices across mammalian species resemble a universal, fractal pattern.

Research shows the spatial pattern of pathological changes in the brain can help identify dementia vulnerability decades before it occurs

Findings from a study suggest that using a specialized diffusion weighted MRI scan to monitor the spatial pattern of individual cortical microstructural change in the brain may be a promising approach to characterize individuals who may be vulnerable t…

Fetal brain impacted when mom fights severe flu: New mouse study explains how

New research using live mouse-adapted influenza virus improves upon previous mouse experiments to explain how maternal infection impacts fetal brain development. The study also indicates fetal brain changes are more likely once the severity of the moth…

New clues point towards how exercise reduces symptoms of depression

The processes in the brain and body through which physical exercise reduces depressive symptoms have been explored.

New drug shows promise in clearing HIV from brain

An experimental drug originally developed to treat cancer may help clear HIV from infected cells in the brain, according to a new study. By targeting infected cells in the brain, drug may clear virus from hidden areas that have been a major challenge i…

Size doesn’t matter for mammals with more complex brains

Mammals that have evolved more developed brains tend to have a smaller size difference between males and females of that species, according to new research.