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Research continues to uncover the surprising ways that physical activity can improve our well-being, and this includes how different forms of exercise can offer unique benefits to the brain. The latest study to dig into this relationship reveals how ju… Continue reading 10 minutes of moderate jogging found to boost mood and brain function
Using data from an ongoing long-term health study spanning 35 years, researchers have found men who participated in amateur boxing in their youth are almost three times more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s-like cognitive impairment in their senior years compared to those who did not box when young.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Boxing, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Brain, Sports, Cardiff University, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Long-term study links amateur boxing to earlier onset of dementia
Robust new research published in the journal Nature Communications is demonstrating how a particular species of gut bacteria can directly improve long-term memory in bumblebees. The study found a bacterial metabolite can improve cognitive function in t… Continue reading Bee study identifies gut bacteria that can improve memory
Birds do it. Bees do it. Anything with even a rudimentary nervous system does it. Sleep is a crucial biological phase, but exactly why we need it remains mysterious. Now a study has uncovered a new piece of the puzzle, finding that a protein involved i… Continue reading New sleep study suggests DNA repair protein tells us we’re tired
Researchers in Korea have developed microbots made of stem cells that can be delivered through the nose into the brain. These “Cellbots,” which bypass the blood-brain barrier, could one day be used to treat brain cancers and neurodegenerative diseases…. Continue reading Stem cell microbots travel from nose to brain to treat disease
Researchers at the University of Sussex have demonstrated how an emerging type of quantum sensor could help doctors catch neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s earlier. The scanners precisely detect tiny changes in magnetic fields produced by firing neurons.
Tags: Brain, Neuroscience, Magnetometer, Magnetic field, Alzheimer’s Disease, Quantum, University of Sussex, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Quantum brain sensors could enable earlier Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Glioblastoma is a type of brain cancer that can be aggressive and, unfortunately, tricky to diagnose without a risky biopsy. But a new noninvasive method, tested in mice and pigs, could one day diagnose the disease with ultrasound pulses and a basic bl… Continue reading Ultrasound and blood test could replace invasive brain cancer biopsies
The past decade of research into deep brain stimulation (DBS), in which implanted electrodes are used to target specific brain regions with electrical impulses, has brought to light its potential to tackle a variety of neurological disorders. Depressio… Continue reading Stimulation of brain’s “depression switch” offers rapid, sustained relief
A landmark pilot study has demonstrated how a brain implant can deliver targeted bursts of electrical stimulation to improve cognitive functions. In real-time the implant senses electrical biomarkers of cognitive deficits and responds by stimulating sp… Continue reading Computer-controlled brain implant enhances mental function in human trial
With no cure to speak of, scientists are exploring every avenue possible when it comes improving therapies for Parkinson’s disease, a condition affecting more than 10 million people around the world. A new study has opened up a promising pathway in this area, pinpointing a protein that plays a regulatory role in the neurodegeneration associated with the condition, and showing how it can be inhibited to protect key cells from damage.
Tags: Parkinson’s Disease, Medical University of South Carolina, Brain
Continue reading New drug protects neurons to alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms in mice