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“Larger brain structures like those observed in our study may reflect improved brain development and improved brain health,” ...

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Increases in brain volume and surface area may be linked to the reducted frequency of Alzheimer's disease, new research ...

A University of Massachusetts Amherst sleep scientist, funded with $6.7 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health, has launched two unprecedented studies that will track over time the ...

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University of California, Irvine biomedical engineering researchers have uncovered a previously unknown source of two key ...