neuroscience
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Alzheimer’s Drugs Harmful?
By Bob Grant
The researcher who helped develop an Alzheimer’s treatment now in clinical trials warns that the compound may actually impair memory.
Signs of Neuro-problems?
By Jef Akst
The likelihood of developing dementia later in life may be predicted by the speed at which people walk, while grip strength may predict stroke.
Comment on New NIH Center
By Megan Scudellari
Input lines are open for the National Institute of Substance Use and Addiction Disorders.
Brain Proteins May Be Key to Aging
By Bob Grant
Deterioration of long-lived proteins on the surface of neuronal nuclei in the brain could lead to age-related defects in nervous function.
Sex, Deconstructed
By Megan Scudellari
Hormones in the brain control sex-specific behaviors by activating individual genetic programs.
What the Brain Hears
By Edyta Zielinska
By recording nerve impulses in sound-processing regions of the brain, researchers can recreate the words people think.
Ready for Prime Time
By Dennis J. Selkoe and John C. Morris
Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease are ready for widespread use in clinical trials.
Killing with Kindness
By Barbara Oakley, Guruprasad Madhavan, Ariel Knafo, and David Sloan Wilson
Studying the evolution of altruistic behaviors reveals how knee-jerk good intentions can backfire.
Capsule Reviews
By Bob Grant
Neurogastronomy, Why Calories Count, The Kitchen as Laboratory, Fear of Food
Book Excerpt from Pathological Altruism
By Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, and Michael McGrath
In Chapter 1, editors Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, and Michael McGrath introduce the concept of well-intentioned behaviors that go awry.
