By JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE DECEMBER 24, 2022 Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that old mice are less able than young mice to “turn off” certain actively firing brain cells in the presence of ambient noise. This results in a “fuzzy” sound stage that makes it difficult for the brain to focus on a specific sound and...
Parkinson’s occurs when nerve cells that produce the chemical dopamine die By the time of diagnosis, most of these nerve cells have already died This limits patients’ treatment options and causes their symptoms to worsen Device is better than standard diagnosis smell test, which is 73% accurate Parkinson’s affects one in 500 people in the...
June 19, 2018 by George Wigmore, City University London An international team of scientists have developed a new way to screen for age-related cognitive decline at home using a test which asks people to detect sounds and flashes on their laptop or phone. Credit: leungchopan/Shutterstock.com Developed by researchers from Switzerland and the UK, the study shows...
