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With the help of a glow-in-the-dark rabies virus, scientists have discovered a possible new signaling pathway between the gut and the brain in mice.
Learn more: A Neural Circuit for Gut-Induced Reward
Glenner Town Square, a new care facility for dementia patients in California, was built to resemble a town from the 1950s. It’s an application of ‘reminiscence therapy,’ which uses prompts from a person’s past to elicit memories and encourage conversation.
Learn more: To Help Alzheimer’s Patients, a Care Center Re-Creates the 1950s
Neurons absorb and release water when they relay messages throughout the brain, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. Tracking this water movement with imaging technology may one day provide valuable information on normal brain activity, as well as how injury or disease affect brain function. The study appears in Magnetic Resonance in...
Ten-year risk estimates for Alzheimer's disease and dementia by age, sex, and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype may help identify patients who could benefit from early prevention, Danish researchers suggested.
In a study that spanned over 100,000 people and 4 decades, women who carried two copies of the APOE ε4 allele (ε4/4), for example, had an absolute 10-year risk of Alzheimer's...
New from Science Magazine: The Alzheimer’s gamble: NIH tries to turn billions in new funding into treatment for deadly brain disease
