The Bridge or the stepping stones

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By using electrode implants to track nerve cells firing in the brains of rats as they plan where to go next, scientists say they have learned that the mammalian brain likely reconstructs memories in a way more like jumping across stepping stones than walking across a bridge. The research sheds light on what memories are and how they form, and gives clues about how the system can fail.

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New Alzheimer’s test developed by teenager!

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A 15-year-old school student has developed a test which could give up to 10 years warning of Alzheimers before symptoms even start to show.

Krtin Nithiyanandam, a pupil at Sutton Grammar school, developed a ‘trojan horse’ antibody which can enter the brain and latch onto neurotoxic proteins, identifying the disease in advance

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Diabetes and Alzheimer’s

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New research indicates that it may be the complications with diabetes that trigger the link with Alzheimer’s.

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virtual reality helps identifying Alzheimer’s

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A problem in a geriatric environment is the reliance on spouse and environment reported behavior to identify Alzheimer’s. Now they have developed a virtual reality tool that may help in better detecting Alzheimer’s in an early stage.

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