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Scientists made a vitamin K-like compound that may push brain cells to become neurons
Vitamin K is best known for helping blood clot. Without enough of it, even a small cut can become dangerous. The vitamin also ...
Even in the primary visual cortex, a brain region named for its specialized role in processing basic features of what the eyes see, not every neuron ends up answering the call to process properties of ...
People who carry the APOE2 version of the apolipoprotein E gene are more likely to live to advanced age and are partly ...
The human brain's billions of neurons represent a menagerie of cells that are among both the most highly specialized and variable ones in our bodies. Neurons convert electrical signals to chemical ...
Post-mitotic neurons in the brain that re-enter the cell cycle quickly succumb to senescence, and this re-entry is more common in Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. The phenomenon may ...
The APOE2 gene variant protects against Alzheimer's by enhancing DNA repair and preventing neuronal senescence.
Researchers at King's College London have identified the biological nature and timing of changes in human cortical neurons ...
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