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In 144 Finnish adults, smell loss rose from healthy aging to MCI to Alzheimer's, and nasal smell-tissue cells from MCI and Alzheimer's donors showed lower NRF2 antioxidant gene activity in a…
Read articleIn 53 South Korean women with memory decline, higher Alzheimer's blood markers were linked to a thinner cortex only in those with 7+ years of schooling.
Read articleIn a fetal MRI study of 105 pregnancies, chronic placental inflammation was linked to differences in fetal brain connectivity; one weaker connection went with higher autism trait scores at a…
Read articleIn a 2026 study of BTBR mice, a lab strain used to model autism, males and females showed different autism-like changes. Female BTBR mice formed fewer habits and engaged less with other mice…
Read articleBrain scans taken at ages 8 to 13 were linked to depression scores years later, in teens with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A 2026 study followed 76 children i…
Read articleAutistic young people who also have ADHD showed weaker resting brain connections than autistic peers without ADHD, according to a 2026 brain-imaging study of 69 people.1 Most autism-linked d…
Read articleIn an MRI study of 337 young people aged 8 to 18, autistic boys and autistic girls each showed their own cluster of brain structure differences compared with peers of the same sex.1 The boys…
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