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Imagine your brain as a bustling city, with neurons firing away like busy streets. In Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), however, this city undergoes some dramatic changes. A team of scientists used a cutting-edge imaging system to uncover the impact of these diseases on biophotonic activities, or the light signals emitted by synapses […]
Imagine you’re a treasure hunter exploring a cave. You know that the cave is filled with precious gems, but you’re not sure how to find them. So, you decide to use a special lantern (transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS) to guide your way. As you navigate deeper into the cave, you make some interesting […]
The study examines how the covariance properties of visual receptive fields are affected by image transformations. Imagine you have a bunch of filters that you use to analyze images. These filters are like different types of glasses that allow you to see different aspects of the images. Now, if you apply certain transformations to the […]
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