Collaborate Disseminate
Administering general anesthesia is a tricky business, as you don’t want to under- or overdo it. With that quandary in mind, scientists have now developed an automated system that continuously adjusts the dosage, based on the patient’s brain waves.Cont… Continue reading Brainwave-reading tech maintains optimum dosage of general anesthesia
Scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that causes a losing zebrafish to withdraw from a battle. While fighting fish in general may not spark a lot of interest, the fact that zebrafish and humans have very similar neurobiology means this di… Continue reading Scientists ID ‘tap out’ molecule that tells a loser when to leave a fight
While its movements are slow and gentle, Tai Chi is actually a martial art. Now, a new study shows that it can not only help people learn movements grounded in self defense, but it can also help them fight back against the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Parkinson’s Disease, Neuroscience, Exercise, Parkinson
Continue reading 5-Year study shows Tai Chi could help counter Parkinson’s advance
For the first time, scientists have found that the region in our brain that houses memory is made up of not one but two sections: one that deals with past experiences of time and places, and one that is more predictive, and actively constructs future behaviors.
Tags: Cornell University, Cornell, Neuroscience, Memory, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Brain, Neural Network
Continue reading In a first, memory shown to have two distinct past and future paths
Scientists have completed a successful human trial using new high-frequency technology to stimulate neurons in the hippocampus, the area responsible for forming, organizing and retrieving memories. This non-invasive, painless treatment is now being trialed in older individuals with cognitive impairment, as a potential way to improve memory loss and function caused by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
Tags: Imperial College, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuroscience, Neural Network, Brain stimulation, Memory
Continue reading Surgery-free brain stimulation offers new hope for dementia treatment
Using a new kind of neuroimaging tool, researchers have uncovered evidence to help explain how antidepressant medications work, and why they take so many weeks to kick in.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Depression, Neuroscience, Brain, Drugs Continue reading Research uncovers why antidepressants can take weeks to start working
In a move that echoes a sci-fi series, researchers have developed a super-small material that was able to not only stimulate nerves in rodents, but reconnect them as well. The finding could lead to injectable particles that take the place of larger imp… Continue reading Nanomaterial stimulates and regrows severed nerves like sci-fi tech
A drug that currently treats excessive daytime sleepiness due to narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnea could be repurposed to relieve debilitating symptoms of attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) in adults.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, Sc… Continue reading Sleep disorder drug shown to be effective in treating adult ADHD
Scientists at Stanford Medicine have tested a new potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The therapy involves transplanting blood stem cells from healthy mice into those with the disease, which helps replace defective neural cells.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Disease, Neuroscience, Stem Cells, Cells, Transplant, Stanford University, Brain
Continue reading Stem cell transplant refreshes brain cells to treat Alzheimer’s in mice
Following years of controversy, including whistleblowers reporting of rushed experimental “hack jobs” that resulted in as many as 1,500 animal fatalities, Elon Musk’s brain-chip implant company has begun recruiting for its landmark first human trial.Co… Continue reading With some 1,500 dead animals in its wake, Neuralink heads to humans