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Virtual reality offers benefits for Parkinson’s disease patients: Training in virtual environment helps patients improve balance and avoid obstacles while walking

Researchers are reporting early success with a new tool to help people with Parkinson’s disease improve their balance and potentially

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Brain cells in a dish used to study genetic origins of schizophrenia: In vitro model of human neuron development to investigate genetic risk for psychiatric disease

A study in Biological Psychiatry has established a new analytical method for investigating the complex genetic origins of mental illnesses

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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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