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Phosphorylation of one particular tau protein residue measured in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) correlated with the distinct biological stages of Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported here.
Among people in the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) -- a group in which Alzheimer's disease progression is relatively predictable -- phosphorylated tau started increasing in CSF as...
Getting ready to apply for a grant and don’t know where to start? Set yourself up for success with tips from the experts at NIH. Quickly learn how to access application forms, ensure your application is a good fit for an announcement, and make an important final check of your application after submitting with new videos from the Office of Extramural Research.
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You wake up from a vivid dream, but find it’s gone by daylight; you see something beautiful or surprising in the morning, but can’t describe it fully by afternoon. What if you could just download your thoughts into images, without the intercession of memory or language? The French artist Pierre Huyghe wondered too, and his new exhibition here, made with the help of some ambitious...
Engineers have created an implantable, biodegradable device that’s designed to accelerate growth and boost healing in a damaged nerve. The device — as tiny as a dime and as thin as a sheet of paper — delivered tiny zaps of electricity to damaged nerves that had been repaired by surgery, but still needed to regrow. The wireless device sped up that process and was naturally absorbed into the...
New research from Annals of Neurology Editor-in-Chief Dr. Clifford Saper and his team pinpoints a group of cells in the brain that play a role in healthy sleep.
Learn more: Galanin neurons in the ventrolateral preoptic area promote sleep and heat loss in mice
