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Obesity’s Impact on Alzheimer’s Risk in African Americans

Just like a heavy load weighing down a backpacker and making it difficult to navigate through dense forests, obesity can have a detrimental effect on the brain of older African Americans with the APOE-ε4 Alzheimer’s disease risk allele. This study explored the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and cognitive function in this population group. […]

Published on September 4, 2023

Action observation network: domain-specific or domain-general?

The action observation network (AON) has traditionally been thought to be dedicated to recognizing animate actions. A recent study by Karakose-Akbiyik et al. invites rethinking this assumption by demonstrating that the AON contains a shared neural code for general events, regardless of whether those events involve animate or inanimate entities. Read Full Article (External Site) […]

Published on September 3, 2023

Serum uric acid and prognosis in acute ischemic stroke: a dose–response meta-analysis of cohort studies

BackgroundThere have been contradictory findings regarding the relationship between serum uric acid levels and prognosis in acute ischemic stroke. Whether this association is nonlinear due to uric acid’s paradoxical properties (antioxidant and prooxidant) is unclear.MethodsWe searched PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase databases until December 2022. Cohort studies reporting serum uric acid levels and functional […]

Published on September 1, 2023