Stunning images from new technique Alzheimer’s brain changes at every level, all at once: ScienceAlert

Researchers will no longer have to choose between studying a single human brain as a patchwork of fragmented images or a distant, pixelated view of large structures. A new imaging platform developed by a US team instead seamlessly combines the finer details of brain cells, their connections and contents, with maps of entire networks of … Read more

Study links brain region to paranoia

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Summary: Researchers discovered that a specific area of ​​the brain, the mediodorsal thalamus, can provoke feelings of paranoia. Comparing data from monkey and human studies, they found that lesions in this brain region led to disordered behavior and increased perceptions of environmental instability. The study provides a new framework for understanding human cognition through cross-species … Read more