by FAPESP The scientists detected incapacities related to gait timing and foot placement. Their discoveries serve as a basis for the development of an exercise protocol that mitigates the difficulty. Credit: Movi-Lab A multidisciplinary research group affiliated with the Department of Physical Education’s Human Movement Laboratory (Movi-Lab) at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Bauru, Brazil, measured step...
by Sarah Avery, Duke University School of Nursing Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Two different COVID vaccines are predicted to be protective against a rapidly spreading variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus that arose in California, reports a Duke Health led research team. However, the vaccines were found to be less effective against a variant that first emerged...
by Indiana University School of Medicine Alexander B. Niculescu, MD, PhD. Credit: IU School of Medicine Worldwide, 1 in 4 people will suffer from a depressive episode in their lifetime. While current diagnosis and treatment approaches are largely trial and error, a breakthrough study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers sheds new light on the biological basis...
by Amy Norton (HealthDay)—After a concussion, women may be at heightened risk of lasting physical and mental symptoms, a new study finds. The study of 2,000 concussion sufferers found that women were more likely than men to still have some symptoms one year later. The problems included fuzzy memory and difficulty concentrating, as well as...
by University of Oregon Astrocytes are star-shaped cells that support neural circuit structure and function. In this light microscopy image of the larval fruit fly brain (8 hours after hatching from the egg), individual astrocytes are fluorescently labeled in different colors. Astrocytes tile the nervous system to support the diverse neurons needed for larval locomotion. The...
Researchers believe a factor is a chemical used in dry cleaning and household products such as shoe polishes and carpet cleaners ‘The EPA estimates that 250 million pounds of TCE are used annually in the US.’ Photograph: Justin Kase/Alamy Stock PhotoWed 7 Apr 2021 09.04 EDT Asked about the future of Parkinson’s disease in the US,...
By IAN RANDALL FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 11:00 EDT, 7 April 2021 | UPDATED: 11:03 EDT, 7 April 2021 Lung damage in patients with COVID-19 might be preventable using an antiparasitic drug that is commonly employed to treat tapeworm infections, a study has found. Supported by the British Heart Foundation, the researchers used robotic technology to screen more than 3,000 approved drugs for...
By Andy Meek @aemeek April 5th, 2021 at 11:28 PM Among the many buzzy pet projects and aspirations which you sometimes hear tech moguls like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg talk about that fall outside of their company’s core missions is the development of a dystopian-sounding direct link between computers and the human brain. The creepiness factor notwithstanding, they’ll...
Heart problems cause disturbed gene activity in the brain’s memory center, from which cognitive deficits arise. Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) come to this conclusion based on laboratory studies. They consider that they have found a possible...
An Aalto-led team is developing new transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) technology to treat pain, depression and other neurological conditions. The aim is faster and more effective treatment. Imagine experiencing chronic pain or depression so severe that no medication will bring relief. Such conditions may not be common, but they do exist. For patients fortunate enough...
