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A collaborative study led by Professor Vittoria Raffa at the University of Pisa and Assistant Professor Fabian Raudzus ...

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It’s been recognized for some time that Alzheimer’s disease affects brain regions differently and that tau — a protein known to misbehave — plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau helps ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of ...

How new memories recruit neurons into ensembles is not fully understood, but the plasticity of neurons – their ability to change their connections with each other – seems to play a major role.