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Alzheimer Brain Changes 7 Years Early
Brain changes detected seven years before Alzheimer's plaques appear.
Psychologies · 1m
Scientists create mice with nearly half-human brains
Researchers implanted millions of human neurons into mice to study brain disorders in ways that weren't possible before.
Futurism · 1m
Scientists find the brain cells that trigger sleep
Researchers discovered a rare population of cortical neurons that can initiate deep sleep by coordinating brain activity across multiple regions.
Ars Technica · 3m
Scientists replace mouse brain tissue with human cells
Stanford researchers deleted most of a mouse's cortex and implanted human brain organoids to create a new model for studying neural diseases.
Ars Technica · 2m