Cognitive decline, mental health and heart disease are all shaped by the deep links between heart and brain – with major implications for diagnoses and treatment ...

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The screen worked, flagging expected cancer genes. But it also kept returning something that seemed impossible: genes for synapses, glutamate receptors, and neural signaling pathways. “We absolutely ...

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Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

The cerebellum, a part of the brain traditionally associated with balance and movement, is also important for more complex ...