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Researchers have shown for the first time that blood vessels communicate with neurons in the peripheral nervous system, regulating their proliferation and differentiation.

Researchers from Yale University have pinpointed a mechanism driving a rare, lethal disease called Wolfram Syndrome and have also discovered a potential treatment.

Older women who eat more than one to two servings a week of baked or broiled fish or shellfish may consume enough omega-3 fatty acids to counteract the effects of air pollution on the brain, according to a new study.

Researchers examining immune cells produced against coronaviruses have uncovered a wealth of information about how this critical aspect of immunity could fight off COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The new study provides hope that some immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 could be long-lasting.

Researchers modeled the interplay between the duration and intensity of social distancing. They found a law of diminishing returns, showing that longer periods of social distancing are not always more successful when it comes to slowing the spread, and that any strategy that involves social distancing requires other steps be taken in tandem.

In a new study, a genomic error that causes Rett Syndrome was corrected in the brains of mice by rewriting the genetic instructions carried by the RNA.

New research has delved deeper into the role that dopamine plays in the decision-making process and in controlling movement.

An image showing the comparison of tau and amyloid distribution patterns in different cognitive aging trajectories has been selected as SNMMI’s 2020 Image of the Year.

A new study has suggested that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can significantly enhance the cognitive performance of healthy older adults.

A study published in Nature Communications presented evidence of transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from an infected mother to her unborn child.