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Based on new brain mapping research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have discovered that not all cell types in the brain age in the same way. They found that some ...

A new study has identified three psychological profiles that influence brain health, cognitive decline, and dementia risk in ...

A mouse study funded by the NIH offers insights into how aging may influence genetic activity in brain cells. New brain mapping research funded by the (NIH) reveals that different cell types in the ...

In the Jan. 1, 2025, issue of Nature, researchers from the Allen Institute presented a map of areas and cell types where ...

NIH-funded mouse study provides roadmap for how aging may alter brain cell genetic activity Based on new brain mapping research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have ...

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered a surprising truth about the speed of human thought: our ...

The Teutonic overthinker’s latest documentary reveals more about his strange mind than the brain writ large. Once, at the ...