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Explore why tau still lacks treatments despite its critical role in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies.

A new study analyzed the sleep patterns of jellyfish and sea anemones and found they share some sleep traits with humans. The ...

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How do cell phones affect our memories? What percentage of them are imagined? A group of neuroscientists is trying to unravel ...

Alzheimer’s disease has long looked like a slow-motion wildfire, starting in one part of the brain and then advancing along ...

Paradox: Eating more dietary omega-3s is associated with superior cognitive longevity. But there is not a strong signal for ...