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Can You Train Your Brain to Be Smarter?
Discover how neuroplasticity lets you rewire your brain and boost your intelligence through practice.
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Meet Your Brain!
Discover your brain's amazing superpowers! Learn about memory, movement, emotions, and senses.
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Neuron: The Brain's Text Messages
See how neurons send and receive information, like text messages zipping through your brain!
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Memory and the Brain
Explore how your brain stores and recalls information, from short-term memory to lifelong knowledge.
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Learn about the discoveries about how brains work
Brain Stimulation That Adapts to Parkinson's Patients' Every Step
UCSF developed an adaptive deep brain stimulation system that detects neural signals for each step and adjusts stimulation in real time, improving gait and reducing falls in Parkinson's patients.
Copper Drug Restores Memory and Clears Toxic Alzheimer's Proteins
A copper-delivering compound repaired a waste-clearing pump at the blood-brain barrier, cutting amyloid-beta buildup by 42% and improving spatial memory by 44% in Alzheimer's lab models.
Cancer-Associated Mutations in Brain Immune Cells May Contribute to Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers found that age-related cancer mutations in microglia, the brain's immune cells, may drive chronic inflammation and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease.
A Hidden Gene Finally Explains This Rare Neurological Disorder
Analysis of nearly 3,000 patients identified mutations in CD99L2, previously an immune-only gene, as the cause of X-linked spastic ataxia, revealing an unexpected role in neuronal signaling.
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