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Asian Rhinoplasty: A Comprehensive Guide to Nose Surgery for Patients of Asian Descent

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Asian rhinoplasty is a specific type of rhinoplasty surgery designed to address the unique needs of Asian patients seeking to …

How Long Does It Take to Recover from Rhinoplasty? Essential Insights

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Rhinoplasty, often called a “nose job,” is a cosmetic surgery procedure that can reshape the nose for aesthetic or medical reasons, such as …

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome ALS: Understanding the Connection

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Have you ever heard of thoracic outlet syndrome or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)? While they’re two very different conditions, they …

Infant learning forms lasting memory schemas that influence adult behavior 04/10/2026
Bessières, Prikas, et al. report that episodic-like learning in infant mice establishes enduring memory schemas that guide adult behavior. The schema facilitates relearning and the formation of new, congruent memories in adulthood. Infantile schemas undergo hippocampus-dependent systems consolidation. While adult relearning relies on the PFC, the facilitation of new congruent memories requires PFC and top-down […]
Human hippocampal ripples prioritize model-based learning 04/09/2026
Zhou et al. show how the human brain learns efficiently from sparse experience. Hippocampal ripples coordinate with the frontopolar cortex, a region at the apex of the frontal brain, to transform direct experience into learning that generalizes to related situations.
A genome-wide in vivo CRISPR screen identifies neuroprotective strategies in the mouse and human retina 04/09/2026
Shen et al. combine a genome-wide CRISPR screen in mice with an adult human retina model to identify broadly protective gene therapies for retinitis pigmentosa. They show that boosting UFD1 or UXT preserves photoreceptors and vision by helping the retina withstand stress from misfolded proteins.
Tau seeds induce neurofibrillary tangle formation across brain regions via individual-specific connectivity 04/08/2026
Weber and Ng et al. measured tau seed bioactivity of synaptosomes from 256 postmortem samples and integrated these data with genotype and antemortem fMRI measurements from the same individuals. Multimodal analysis revealed that tau seeds drive neurofibrillary tangle formation both locally and across distal brain regions via individual-specific brain connectivity.