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What causes the insulin resistance of the Alzheimer’s brain?
As the population ages, the number of people with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, increases. Approximately 75,000 Canadians are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease...
Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases can be warded off by using the brain’s immune cells as a defence
Many neurodegenerative diseases, or conditions that result from the loss of function or death of brain cells, remain largely untreatable. Most available treatments target...
Axolotls have the ability to regenerate their brains, and are helping to unravel the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration.
The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is an aquatic salamander renowned for its ability to regenerate its spinal cord, heart and limbs. These amphibians also readily...
According to new research, rapid eye movements in sleeping mice correspond to where they are looking in their dreams.
Does rapid eye movement during sleep reveal where you’re looking at in the scenery of dreams, or are they simply the result of random...
Monkeys can detect their own heartbeats, which is linked to human mental health, consciousness, and memory.
The big idea
Rhesus monkeys have a sense of when their own hearts are beating, according to new research we conducted.
Sensing one’s own physiological states...
