Alzheimer's Pathology and COVID; Human Brain Cell Maps Unveiled; TCE Ban Proposed

— News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Researchers teased apart possible relationships between pathology. (Journal of Neurochemistry)

COVID infection was tied to an increased risk of a diagnosis of within 6 weeks, while mRNA vaccination was linked with a decreased risk. (Neurology)

Scientists from the NIH BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network unveiled detailed cell maps of the human brain in a collection of in Science, Science Advances, and Science Translational Medicine.

CMS relaxed its for dementia and neurodegenerative diseases, opening the door for wider use of scans in prescribing anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies for early Alzheimer's disease.

The EPA (TCE), which has been linked to cancer and neurotoxicity, including Parkinson's disease.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was associated with an increased risk of dementia. (JAMA Network Open)

Prenatal lead exposure and its might jointly contribute to the risk of cognitive development delay, observational data in China showed. (JAMA Network Open)

People who were sleeping could . (Nature Neuroscience)

Ten predictors were strongly associated with . (CMAJ)

Hippocampal functions of were separable in rats. (Science)

Treating with HMGB1 inhibitors ameliorated the development of APOE4-driven gliosis, tau pathology, neurodegeneration, and myelin deficits. (Cell Reports)

Post-zygotic rescue of meiotic errors may cause , brain tissue analyses suggested. (Nature Genetics)

A cardiologist confronted the when his father was dying with dementia. (New York Times)

  • Judy George covers neurology and neuroscience news for , writing about brain aging, Alzheimer’s, dementia, MS, rare diseases, epilepsy, autism, headache, stroke, Parkinson’s, ALS, concussion, CTE, sleep, pain, and more.