Scientists have a new understanding of how cells called interneurons embed themselves in neural networks as the brain develops. Interneurons form essential connections to keep those networks…
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Researchers have identified a genetic variation that increases a person’s risk for both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The finding implicates a family of proteins called “tau” as the likely contributor…
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In a new basic science discovery about the brain, 1998 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee Larry R. Squire, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) found that…
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NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, Deborah E. Barnes, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), is the lead author of a new study in the Archives of General…
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From The Quarterly, Winter 2012
Imagine that you are standing on a busy city street corner and you gather together the first 100 passersby who are precisely 70 years old. “In this randomly selected…
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