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Try exercise to improve memory and thinking, new guideline urges

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From the Mayo Clinic press release: For patients with mild cognitive impairment, don’t be surprised if your health care provider prescribes exercise rather than medication. A new guideline for medical practitioners says they should recommend… 

Study examines how odours are turned into long-term memories

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From the Ruhr-Universität-Bochum press release: The neuroscientists Dr Christina Strauch and Prof Dr Denise Manahan-Vaughan from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have investigated which brain area is responsible for storing odours as long-term memories. Some odours can… 

Mild traumatic brain injury causes long-term damage in mice

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From the Wiley press release: A new Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology study in mice found that mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) can precipitate not only acute damage but also a lifelong degenerative process. At 24… 

New method helps identify causal mechanisms in depression

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From the Elsevier press release: People with major depressive disorder have alterations in the activity and connectivity of brain systems underlying reward and memory, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.…