Women taking estrogen had fewer signs of Alzheimer’s in their brains
A large study has found that women who used hormone therapy later in life had a lower risk of developing dementia. The findings were pu...
A stress hormone may help the brain repair itself
When laboratory mice experience brain damage, e.g., from an injection, Jan Deussing repeatedly notices the same response. A particular ...
Short- and long-term shifts in food purchasing behaviours and nutrition disparities in the USA during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
WHO Director-General’s Opening Remarks at the Media Briefing on COVID-19 (WHO, 2020).Declaring a National Emergency Concerni...
Immune cells flood into the aging brain, Stanford scientists discover
For decades, scientists have generally viewed the brain's immune system as largely separate from the immune defenses operating througho...
Uneven patterns of cross-border media coverage following natural disasters
Primary data sourcesWe drew on two primary data sources. First, we used the EMM, an open-source intelligence pl...
Why America’s prisons are shrinking and racial gaps are closing
Robey, J. P., Massoglia, M. & Light, M. T. A generational shift: race and the declining lifetime risk of imprisonment. D...
Homophily in grant evaluations | Nature Human Behaviour
Individual reviewsEach step of the evaluation process begins with individual reviews by panel members. We analys...
Cutting a nerve of the hand alters the organization of digit maps in primary somatosensory cortex
ParticipantsProcedures were approved by the Bangor University local Ethics Board and by the NHS ethics, Wales R...
Distinct neural processes link speech planning and execution
Guenther, F. H., Hampson, M. & Johnson, D. A theoretical investigation of reference frames for the planning of speech mo...
Exercise may help the aging brain “take out the trash”
Regular exercise may do more than strengthen the body. New research from Victoria University (VU) adds to evidence that physical activi...