Ann McKee Is on a Quest to Save Humanity's Brains
The medical community's leading authority on traumatic brain injuries wants to make contact sports—which she loves—safer for everyone.
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The medical community's leading authority on traumatic brain injuries wants to make contact sports—which she loves—safer for everyone.
Millions of older adults likely have minor memory issues that can later become dementia. But only a fraction of them are diagnosed early enough for new treatments to stand a chance.
A device in her brain delivers jolts of electricity when it detects abnormal neural activity associated with obsessive thoughts.
A clinical trial reveals the first evidence of how the brain restructures physically in the first month on SSRIs—and the link between neuroplasticity and depression.
A five-year “adversarial collaboration” of scientists led to a stagy showdown in front of an audience. It crowned no winners—but it’s still progress.