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A Scientist and Conservation Photographer
These stunning images of animals were taken by Susan McConnell, whose photographs have appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, Nature’s Best Photography, Africa Geographic, and a number...
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Study Suggests Light Exercise Helps Memory
Credit: iStock/Wavebreakmedia How much exercise does it take to boost your memory skills? Possibly a lot less than you’d think, according to the results of a new study that examined the impact of light...
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A New Piece of the Alzheimer’s Puzzle
Credit: National Institute on Aging, NIH For the past few decades, researchers have been busy uncovering genetic variants associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) [1]. But there’s...
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Distinctive Brain ‘Subnetwork’ Tied to Feeling Blue
Credit: :iStock/kieferpix Experiencing a range of emotions is a normal part of human life, but much remains to be discovered about the neuroscience of mood. In a step toward unraveling some of those...
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Connecting Senescent Cells to Obesity and Anxiety
Adapted from Ogrodnik et al., 2019, Cell Metabolism. Obesity—which affects about 4 in 10 U.S. adults—increases the risk for lots of human health problems: diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers, and...
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Mapping the Brain’s Memory Bank
There’s a lot of groundbreaking research now underway to map the organization and internal wiring of the brain’s hippocampus, essential for memory, emotion, and spatial processing. This colorful video...
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Navigating the Sense of Smell
Credit: Yu Lab, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO Our ability to distinguish the aroma of freshly baked bread from the sweet fragrance of a rose comes from millions of sensory...
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Sleep Loss Encourages Spread of Toxic Alzheimer’s Protein
Credit: iStock/bowdenimages In addition to memory loss and confusion, many people with Alzheimer’s disease have trouble sleeping. Now an NIH-funded team of researchers has evidence that the reverse is...
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Mammalian Brain Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
Credit: Gao et. al, Science Researchers are making amazing progress in developing new imaging approaches. And they are now using one of their latest creations, called ExLLSM, to provide us with...
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Discovering a Source of Laughter in the Brain
Illustration showing how an electrode was inserted into the cingulum bundle. Courtesy of American Society for Clinical Investigation If laughter really is the best medicine, wouldn’t it be great if we...
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Skin Cells Can Be Reprogrammed In Vivo
Credit: The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus Thousands of Americans are rushed to the hospital each day with traumatic injuries. Daniel Gallego-Perez hopes that small chips similar...
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Can a Mind-Reading Computer Speak for Those Who Cannot?
Credit: Adapted from Nima Mesgarani, Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute, New York Computers have learned to do some amazing things, from beating the world’s ranking chess masters to providing...
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Largest-Ever Alzheimer’s Gene Study Brings New Answers
Predicting whether someone will get Alzheimer’s disease (AD) late in life, and how to use that information for prevention, has been an intense focus of biomedical research. The goal of this work is to...
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Taking Brain Imaging Even Deeper
Thanks to yet another amazing advance made possible by the NIH-led Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative, I can now take you on a 3D fly-through of all six...
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Mood-Altering Messenger Goes Nuclear
Serotonin is best known for its role as a chemical messenger in the brain, helping to regulate mood, appetite, sleep, and many other functions. It exerts these influences by binding to its receptor on...
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The Brain Ripples Before We Remember
Credit: Thinkstock Throw a stone into a quiet pond, and you’ll see ripples expand across the water from the point where it went in. Now, neuroscientists have discovered that a different sort of...
View ArticleFinding Beauty in the Nervous System of a Fruit Fly Larva
Wow! Click on the video. If you’ve ever wondered where those pesky flies in your fruit bowl come from, you’re looking at it right now. It’s a fruit fly larva. And this 3D movie offers...
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Looking for Answers to Epilepsy in a Blood Test
Gemma Carvill (second from right) with members of her lab. Courtesy of Gemma Carvill Millions of people take medications each day for epilepsy, a diverse group of disorders characterized by seizures....
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NIH Big Read 2019
On June 7, 2019, I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion with science journalist and author Helen Thomson. We discussed her 2018 book Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World’s...
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Gut-Dwelling Bacterium Consumes Parkinson’s Drug
Scientists continue to uncover the many fascinating ways in which the trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body influence our health. Now comes yet another surprising discovery: a...
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