RESEARCH NEWS 2014-06-06 Research News Since the 2012 discovery that mutations in the microglial gene TREM2 increase Alzheimer’s risk by about as much the ApoE4 allele does, researchers have tried to figure out why (see Nov 2012 news story). TREM2 being a microglial receptor, one
RESEARCH NEWS 2014-06-06 Research News As you lay yourself down to sleep, pray your neurons pick good memories to keep. A paper in the June 6 Science posits that during sleep, neurons reinforce freshly learned skills by sprouting new dendritic spines, and hence the number of syna
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RESEARCH NEWS 2014-06-06 Research News Last month, scientists reported that dietary resveratrol, a polyphenol found in red grapes and wine, made no difference to people’s health (see May 2014 news story). However, some suggested that higher doses might, and a small study now supp
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