neuroscience
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New Trial Data Is Strongest Yet for Any Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug
New clinical trial data released by Eli Lilly on Wednesday has provided the most promising results of any potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment yet. In a randomised, double-blinded, controlled phase III trial, the experimental drug donanemab significantly slowed cognitive decline in patients compared to placebo, with nearly half of those on the drug experiencing no decline…
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First Complete Map of a Fly Brain Has Uncanny Similarities to AI Neural Networks
To most humans, a fruit fly larva doesn’t look like much: a pale, wriggling, rice grain-shaped maggot, just a few millimetres in length. Yet, in their own way, fly larvae lead rich and interesting lives full of sensory inputs, social behaviours, and learning. If you’ve ever doubted that a lot goes on inside a maggot’s…
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Scientists Manipulate Dreams With Sound to Help Nightmare Sufferers
Freddy Krueger has a new problem to worry about. Researchers say they might have found an improved way to fend off frightful nightmares: a dose of sound played during sleep. The method could boost the effectiveness of an existing therapeutic treatment for people with chronic nightmares.
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Aussie Researches Have Used Their Noggins to Compile the First 3D Map of the Brain
Australian researchers have mapped out the human brain for the first time in 3D, including more than 1,000 known structures within the organ.