Tag: hippocampus
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Nemours Neurologist Wins NIH Award to Study Hippocampal Dysfunction Across Autism, Epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s
Nemours Neurologist Secures Prestigious NIH Transformative Research Award A leading physician-scientist at Nemours Children’s Health has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Transformative Research Award. Rodney Scott, MBChB, MRCP, DipStat, PhD, serves as Division Chief of Neurology for the Nemours Delaware Valley region and will channel a $2.6 million, five-year grant into…
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Nemours Neurologist Wins NIH Transformative Award to Study Hippocampal Dysfunction Across Autism, Epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s
Nemours neurologist wins prestigious NIH grant to study hippocampal dysfunction Rodney Scott, MBChB, MRCP, DipStat, PhD, Division Chief of Neurology at Nemours Children’s Health in the Delaware Valley, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Transformative Research Award. The $2.6 million, five-year grant will fund an ambitious project to investigate malfunctions in…
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Nemours Neurologist Wins NIH Transformative Award to Study Hippocampal Dysfunction Across Brain Disorders
Nemours Leader Receives NIH Transformative Research Award Rodney Scott, MBChB, MRCP, DipStat, PhD, Division Chief of Neurology at Nemours Children’s Health in the Delaware Valley, has been awarded a prestigious NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award. The $2.6 million grant spans five years and targets a novel, cross-disciplinary approach to hippocampal dysfunction that may cut across…
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Fetal Brain Development and Memory: Sex Differences in Aging
Overview: Why fetal development matters for memory aging Memory decline and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) loom large as the population ages. New evidence underscores a surprising source of risk that starts long before birth: the fetal brain’s exposure to the maternal immune environment. In particular, elevated pro-inflammatory cytokines during pregnancy may sculpt memory circuits in ways…
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Fetal Immune Activation Shapes Memory Aging: Sex Differences
Intro: How early brain development influences aging and memory Population aging in the United States is accelerating, with projections showing a growing share of adults aged 65 and older. While lifestyle, genetics, and health conditions influence memory in later life, mounting evidence points to prenatal periods as a foundational phase that can shape memory circuits…
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Fetal Origins of Memory Impairment: Sex Differences in Aging
Overview: How early-life factors shape memory in later life New evidence suggests that critical processes during fetal brain development can influence memory and cognitive resilience decades later. Researchers led by Jill Goldstein, PhD, MPH, from the Innovation Center on Sex Differences in Medicine at Mass General are examining how sex and reproductive history modulate the…
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The Brain’s Flicker Between Real and Remembered Spaces: How the Hippocampus Rewrites Our Maps
Introduction: A Brain That Reconfigures Its Own Maps The brain’s ability to navigate unfamiliar environments rests on the hippocampus, a seafaring captain of memory and space. Known for creating cognitive maps—internal representations of our surroundings—it doesn’t merely store a single route. In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers reveal how the hippocampus actively…
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Hippocampus Flickers Between Reality and Old Maps in Navigation
Overview: A Brain With Flexible Maps The hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped region deep inside the brain, serves as the brain’s GPS. It forms cognitive maps—internal representations of our surrounding environments—that help us orient, plan routes, and adapt when spaces change. Recent research published in Nature Communications reveals a dynamic mechanism by which these maps aren’t fixed…
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Hippocampus Flickers Between Maps for Flexible Navigation
The Brain as a Flexible Navigator The hippocampus is often described as the brain’s GPS, creating internal representations of our surroundings called cognitive maps. New findings deepen this view by showing how these maps aren’t fixed; they are continually modified to help us move through unfamiliar spaces. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers…