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Imagine a beautiful old library that starts to fall apart. The shelves sag, the books lose their spines, and the librarian’s desk becomes wobbly. Similarly, in Alzheimer’s disease, the brain undergoes changes: regions like the hippocampus become softer and show increased astrogliosis – a response of astrocytes to injury or disease. Recent research used high-resolution […]
Imagine your brain as a muscle that gets stronger with exercise. Well, bilingualism might just be the ultimate brain workout! In a recent longitudinal study, researchers found that bilingualism is associated with higher gray matter volume (GMV) in crucial brain regions involved in language processing. Just like how weightlifting builds muscle, being bilingual seems to […]
In the world of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), scientists are delving into the relationship between bulbar involvement (BI) and cognitive impairment (CI). Imagine ALS as a complex recipe, with different ingredients affecting the final result. One ingredient in particular, BI, seems to be linked to executive impairment, while its severity may be associated with memory […]
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