Could Light And Sound Therapy Treat Alzheimer’s?

Li-Huei Tsai smiles in a profile view as she stands at a lectern
August 16, 2024
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The human brain revealed

Portrait of Kwanghun Chung
August 9, 2024
Read in Nature Methods

A protein called Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s

Two panels show blue cells on a black background. Some cells have magenta and green speckles. Below, each panel two subpanels show magnified views.
July 29, 2024
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The brain makes a lot of waste. Here's how it cleans itself up

A coronal cross-section of a mouse brain is stained blue. The entire outer edge and occasional points further inside are speckled with yellow-green dots. The background behind the brain is black.
July 22, 2024
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We Finally Know How General Anesthesia Knocks You Out

Two vials of propofol, a milky liquid, rest on a hospital shelf next to a small yelllow bin
July 15, 2024
Read in Gizmodo

MIT’s new tech shows whole brain hemispheres in 3D detail

Three panels show a zoomed out chunk of colorfully labeled brain tissue and two magnified insets. One shows that the imaged tissue is 3mm thick. The other shows different brain cells and vasculature distinguished by staining in 12 different colors.
June 13, 2024
Read in Interesting Engineering
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