A new study reveals how interneurons, brain cells that regulate the firing of other neurons, act as traffic controllers in the hippocampus, a region critical for learning and memory.
Summary: Great apes track events involving agents and patients, like humans, suggesting shared cognitive mechanisms. When watching video clips, apes alternated their gaze between agents (e.g., a cat) ...
Brain volume loss linked to new Alzheimer’s immunotherapies, such as lecanemab, is caused by the removal of amyloid plaques rather than neuronal damage.