Special von Economo neurons may hold key to super-sharp memory in 80+ superagers
A 25-year study of ‘superagers’ reveals the brain and lifestyle factors that help some older adults defy typical…
Integrated molecular and detailed anatomical profiling identifies a prognostically adverse subtype of posterior fossa meningiomas: high-risk copy number alterations are associated with midline predilection and predict poor prognosis | Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Patient characteristics The patient characteristics are summarized in a table (Table 1). Among the 132 patients included in this…
Alzheimer’s research reaches a critical tipping point
One-third of people older than 85 in the United States are estimated to live with Alzheimer’s disease today,…
Scientists link brain lithium loss to early Alzheimer’s changes
A new study reveals that brain lithium depletion occurs early in Alzheimer’s and fuels disease progression, while low-dose…
Targeted microglia replacement shows promise against fatal neurodegenerative conditions
Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases, genetic disorders affecting the brain, have no effective treatment and are typically fatal within…
Lipid droplet protein perilipin 2 linked to poor prognosis in lung cancer
New research has revealed that perilipin 2 protein modulates aggressive cancer progression in advanced lung adenocarcinoma, the most…