by Lund University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain All biological activity in the body produces waste that needs to be removed. This is also true for the brain. Previous research has shown that mouse brains have their own cleaning system, which is called the glymphatic system. Researchers in Lund have now taken the next step and examined...
By Catherine Pearson There’s still a lot medical experts don’t know about COVID-19 and its effects on the brain, but there’s some data that suggests the virus can cause neurological issues. As researchers have learned more about COVID-19 and its impact on the body, they have begun to recognize that the well-documented pulmonary effects of the virus...
by Virginia Commonwealth University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Approximately 200,000 cancer patients are diagnosed with brain metastases each year, yet few treatment options exist because the mechanisms that allow cancer to spread to the brain remain unclear. However, a study recently published in the journal Cancer Cell by VCU Massey Cancer Center scientist Suyun Huang, M.D., Ph.D., offers...
by Diana Yates, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: public domain A proof-of-concept study conducted in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease offers new evidence that copper isotopes can be used to detect the amyloid-beta protein deposits that form in the brains of people living with—or at...
by Stony Brook University What happens in our brain that makes us experience the sweet taste of a donut or the bitter taste of tonic water? What are the patterns of neural activity responsible for the perception of taste? A new study from Stony Brook University found that the map of neural responses mediating taste perception...
by Steven Reinberg, Healthday, Reporter (HealthDay)—Everyone needs sleep, but too little or too much of it might contribute to declines in thinking, a new study suggests. Too little sleep was defined as four or fewer hours a night, while too much was deemed 10 or more hours a night. The ideal amount? Seven hours a night. “Cognitive...
by American Heart Association An investigation of the Finnish Twin Cohort reaffirmed a link between smoking and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a type of bleeding stroke that occurs under the membrane that covers the brain and is frequently fatal. The new study by researchers in Finland is published today in Stroke. In a 2010 study of nearly 80,000...
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK IMAGE: WMG’S 3XD SIMULATOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK. CREDIT: WMG, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Visuospatial training exercises can train the brain to reduce motion sickness, providing a potential remedy for future passengers riding in autonomous vehicles. Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick reduced motion sickness by over 50% using the training tool...
DGIST (DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) IMAGE: PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST DR JINUNG AN (LEFT) AND MR SANG HYEON JIN (RIGHT) IN THE LABORATORY OF BRAIN-ROBOT AUGMENTED INTERACTION FOR NEUROPLASTICITY AT DGIST. CREDIT: DGIST Have you ever wondered whether the brains of right-handed people work differently from those of left-handers? Is it possible to distinguish...
People love discussing potential harms and benefits of cannabis. It is primarily a recreational drug and there is no other way around – most people use it for pleasure. However, that is not to say that there are no benefits. Non-psychoactive substance cannabidiol (CBD) does help reducing inflammation, but it could also be useful in...
