The hippocampal CA2 region discriminates social threat from social safety

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 15 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41593-024-01771-8The hippocampal dorsal CA2 enables the recognition of novel conspecifics. Kassraian et al. show that it is also required for discriminating safety- versus threat-associated...

A cross-disease resource of living human microglia identifies disease-enriched subsets and tool compounds recapitulating microglial states

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 15 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41593-024-01764-7Profiling >200,000 live human microglia from 74 donors across neurological diseases reveals 12 subtypes of microglia that were validated in situ. Camptothecin is also identified...

Integrated multimodal cell atlas of Alzheimer’s disease

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Monday, October 14, 2024 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41593-024-01774-5The affected cellular populations during Alzheimer’s disease progression remain understudied. Here the authors use a cohort of 84 donors, quantitative neuropathology and multimodal...

Median nerve conduction study findings in various arm positions

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Tuesday, October 8, 2024 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To investigate the effects of various arm positions on median nerve conduction studies (NCSs). Methods: This prospective cohort study, conducted at Adana City Training and Research Hospital between January and July 2023, included 20 healthy participants....

Hearing loss in patients with dementia in Saudi Arabia

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Tuesday, October 8, 2024 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of hearing loss in patients with dementia, examine the use of hearing aids in those with hearing loss, and ascertain if the cause of hearing loss is central or peripheral in origin. Methods: A retrospective cohort study...

Sleep patterns and quality during summer and academic year among female university students

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Tuesday, October 8, 2024 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To measure sleep patterns and quality during summer vacation and weeks 1–4 of the academic year among female university students. Methods: This retrospective prospective cohort study included female students at a university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia....