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Frontal tau accumulation was associated with disrupted deep-sleep slow waves and poorer episodic memory performance in older adults, offering a potential physiological link between Alzheimer’s-related pathology and age-related memory decline.

Muscle ultrasound measurements obtained before and after exercise distinguished patients with generalized myasthenia gravis from healthy controls in a small case-control study, suggesting a potential imaging approach for assessing fatigability.

A 55-year-old man developed progressive weakness, areflexia, and respiratory compromise after a fall, despite spinal imaging that initially appeared to explain his presentation.

In a specialty-clinic cohort of 2,329 adults with Neuro-PASC, females reported more neurologic symptoms, greater fatigue, and, among nonhospitalized patients, poorer attention than males approximately 16 months after symptom onset.

Baseline activity in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and right precuneus during working memory and emotion-regulation tasks was associated with depression severity one year later in young adults at elevated risk for affective disorders, but not with future mania symptoms.

Prior ayahuasca experience was associated with lower self-reported depression, stress, and alcohol use among Brazilian ceremony participants, while also correlating with stronger spiritual wellbeing and metaphysical beliefs in an observational study that did not establish causality.