by Rachel Gordon, MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab Experimental validation of adDEGs. a. Chromogenic RNAscope for ABCC9 and SLC6A1. Prefrontal cortex brain sections (n = 4 for AD and n = 4 for nonAD) were sectioned at 20 µm (3 images per slide), then stored at -80 °C. Sections were then prepared for RNAscope using the manufacturer’s instructions. Scale...
by University of California, San Francisco Credit: CC0 Public Domain When the Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry makes a free throw, his brain draws on motor memory. Now researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have shown how this type of memory is consolidated during sleep, when the brain processes the day’s learning to make the...
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IMAGE: DISTINCT REGIONS OF THE AUDITORY CORTEX LOCATED IN SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS AND SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS ARE SPECIALIZED AT RECOGNIZING VOICE SOUNDS (SHOWN IN DARK BLUE) AND DO NOT RESPOND TO NON-VOICE ACOUSTIC SIGNALS. CREDIT: KYLE RUPP AND TAYLOR ABEL PITTSBURGH, July 28, 2022 – Specific parts of the brain recognize complex cues...
by Zach Sweger, Pennsylvania State University Penn State researchers used advanced imaging to study vascular networks within an adult mouse brain. Credit: Penn State College of Medicine Areas of the brain vulnerable to neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease tend to have less-dense vascular networks—which supply the brain with energy via blood—than other areas of the brain,...
BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY IMAGE: IT IS CURRENTLY KNOWN THAT BRAIN WAVES EXPRESS SYNCHRONIZED ACTIVITY OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NERVE CELLS (NEURONS), SO A NORMAL INCREASE IN WAVE INTENSITY EXPRESSES SYNCHRONIZED ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF NEURONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION. BUT WHY AND HOW DO THESE WAVES CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROPER TRANSMISSION OF...
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a novel set of experiments with mice trained to do a sequence of movements and “change course” at the spur of the moment, Johns Hopkins scientists report they have identified areas of the animals’ brains that interact to control the ability to perform...
by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study by scientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT provides the most comprehensive and rigorous evidence yet that the mammalian brain stores a single memory across a widely distributed, functionally connected complex spanning many brain regions, rather than in just...
WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH March 29, 2022 – Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is associated with reductions in brain volume in areas involved in pain processing, reports a study in PAIN®, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The journal ispublished in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. “These findings suggest that CLBP...
by Stony Brook University Findings from a positron emission tomography (PET) brain imaging study of the amygdala reveals that low levels of the enzyme aromatase, which catalyzes estrogen biosynthesis, are associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) and lower self-control, as measured by a standard personality test. Published in PNAS, the study is led...
by Public Library of Science Regions of Italy with higher family fragmentation and a high number of residential nursing homes experienced the highest rate of COVID-19 infections in people over age 80, according to a new study published May 21, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Giuseppe Liotta of the University of Rome,...
