Lasting effects of common herbicide on brain health

New research identifies an association between glyphosate exposure in mice and symptoms of neuroinflammation, as well as accelerated Alzheimer's disease-like pathology. This study tracks both the presence and impact of glyphosate's byproducts in the brain long after exposure ends, showing an array of persistent, damaging effects on brain health. The findings suggest the brain may be much more susceptible to the damaging effects of the herbicide than previously thought. Glyphosate is one of the most pervasive herbicides used in the U.S. and worldwide.


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Study in neurosurgery patients reveals numerical concepts are processed deep in ancient part of brain

New research reveals the unique human ability to conceptualize numbers may be rooted deep within the brain.


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Network-based analyses uncover how neuroinflammation-causing microglia in Alzheimer's disease form

Researchers have unraveled how immune cells called microglia can transform and drive harmful processes like neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease. The study also integrates drug databases with real-world patient data to identify FDA-approved drugs that may be repurposed to target disease-associated microglia in Alzheimer's disease without affecting the healthy type.


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Do’s and Don’ts for Visiting Someone with Dementia

People with dementia can still enjoy having visitors Older adults with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia may still enjoy having visitors.Read More


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To remember conversations, keep making new brain cells

A new study provides the first cellular evidence that making new brain cells in adults supports verbal learning and memory, which enables people to have conversations and to remember what they hear. This discovery could point to new approaches to restore cognitive function. The study relied on brain tissue from patients with drug-resistant cases of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), which involves seizures as well as accelerated cognitive decline.


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