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New technique uses focused sound waves and holograms to control brain circuits

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study provides the first visual evidence showing that brain circuits in living animals can be activated by ultrasound waves projected into specific patterns (holograms).

Journal: Nature Biomedical Engineering
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health

Just rise: Study finds frequent standing may boost heart health after menopause

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The simple daily habit of standing up more often may impact heart health for postmenopausal women, according to a new study from University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science.

Journal: Circulation
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Resource-poor neighborhood conditions may increase gestational diabetes risk

University of Arizona, Office of Research and Partnerships
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Socioeconomic factors play a role in the development of diabetes in pregnant women living in resource-poor neighborhoods, according to new study.

Journal: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Metabolism may unlock the secret to a deeper understanding of neurodegeneration

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Findings could create new opportunities to treat and study neurodegenerative diseases

Journal: Molecular Metabolism
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Rita Allen Foundation, Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Brown University neuroscientists help identify a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease progression

Brown University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using a custom-built tool to analyze electrical activity from neurons, researchers at Brown University have identified a brain-based biomarker that could be used to predict whether mild cognitive impairment will develop into Alzheimer’s disease.The findings were published in Imaging Neuroscience.

Journal: Imaging Neuroscience
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health