Work on an “Internet of brains” takes another step By Robert Martone on October 29, 2019 We humans have evolved a rich repertoire of communication, from gesture to sophisticated languages. All of these forms of communication link otherwise separate individuals in such a way that they can share and express their singular experiences and work...
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Seeking better treatment for ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease
COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY There is currently no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). But new research could open up avenues for better diagnosis and more effective treatment. The study, led by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Associate Professor Molly Gale Hammell, analyzed the role proteins called TDP-43 play in ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s...
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How Deep Sleep May Help The Brain Clear Alzheimer’s Toxins
Heard on All Things ConsideredJON HAMILTON The brain waves generated during deep sleep appear to trigger a cleaning system in the brain that protects it against Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Electrical signals known as slow waves appear just before a pulse of fluid washes through the brain, presumably removing toxins associated with Alzheimer’s, researchers...
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Groundbreaking study improves understanding of brain function
Posted Yesterday Dr. Corrado Calì, a research scientist specializing in brain imaging at KAUST, and Swiss scientists from the Blue Brain Project (BBP) have shown how lactate is necessary for memory formation and learning, which could lead to improved learning and memory function. The project falls under the umbrella of the ambitious European Human Brain...
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Study Reveals Sex-Based Differences in the Development of Brain Hubs Involved in Memory and Emotion
Findings may help researchers understand why mental disorders present differently in males and females during adolescence October 2, 2019 • Press Release Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, have uncovered sex-based differences in the development of the hippocampus and amygdala. These brain areas have been implicated in the biology of several mental...
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Blood-brain barrier damage occurs even with mild head trauma — Ben-Gurion U study
AMERICAN ASSOCIATES, BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL…September 25, 2019 – In a new study of adolescent and adult athletes, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Stanford University and Trinity College in Dublin have found evidence of damage to the brain’s protective barrier, without a reported concussion. For the first time, the researchers were able to detect damage to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which protects the brain from...
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Technique can image individual proteins within synapses
Rapid imaging method could help reveal how conditions such as autism affect brain cells MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMBRIDGE, MA — Our brains contain millions of synapses — the connections that transmit messages from neuron to neuron. Within these synapses are hundreds of different proteins, and dysfunction of these proteins can lead to conditions such...
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Map of broken brain networks shows why people lose speech in language-based dementia
‘Now we know where to target people’s brains to attempt to improve their speech’ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CHICAGO — For the first time, Northwestern Medicine scientists have pinpointed the location of dysfunctional brain networks that lead to impaired sentence production and word finding in primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a form of dementia in which patients often...
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New method classifies brain cells based on electrical signals
by Massachusetts Institute of Technology For decades, neuroscientists have relied on a technique for reading out electrical “spikes” of brain activity in live, behaving subjects that tells them very little about the types of cells they are monitoring. In a new study, researchers at the University of Tuebingen and MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and...
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Scientists reverse aging process in rat brain stem cells
by University of Cambridge New research, published today in Nature, reveals how increasing brain stiffness as we age causes brain stem cell dysfunction, and demonstrates new ways to reverse older stem cells to a younger, healthier state. The results have far reaching implications for how we understand the ageing process, and how we might develop...