Applying a heating pad overnight may help people with supine hypertension, a condition that causes their blood pressure to increase
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Researchers ‘bait’ pathological proteins underlying many neurodegenerative disorders
A single misbehaving protein — called TDP-43 — is behind 97 percent of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases and 45
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New method measures single molecules from nanoliter of blood in real time
University of Groningen scientists, led by Associate Professor of Chemical Biology Giovanni Maglia, have designed a nanopore system that is
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Molecular link between aging and neurodegeneration
For decades researchers have worked to shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative disorders, a group of devastating conditions, including
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How dying neurons control eating behaviors of the brain microglia: Aberrant clearance activity of microglia in particular brain regions leads to changes associated with neurodegenerative diseases
A new Mount Sinai study, published July 23 in the journal Nature Neuroscience, provides important insight into how microglia, cells
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Slips of the ear: When knowledge deceives perception
Misperception of speech results from a weak representation of the difference between what we expect to hear and what is
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Large aggregates of ALS-causing protein might actually help brain cells: UNC School of Medicine scientists add to evidence that small aggregates of SOD1 protein are the brain-cell killing culprits in ALS, but the formation of larger, more visible, and fibril-like aggregates of the same protein may protect brain cells
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have made a significant advance in the understanding of the complex and fatal
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