by University of Jyväskylä Researcher Sam van Bijnen instructs a child subject in the MEG laboratory. Credit: Petteri Kivimäki A study at the University of Jyväskylä indicated that children’s brains have special features not found in adult brains. For the brain, childhood and youth are special stages, as the neural networks are then especially adaptable and...
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Repairing leaky blood-brain barrier may rejuvenate brain function
New research in mice questions the idea that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” The answer may lie in preserving the blood-brain barrier, which tends to become leaky with age. New research looks at the decline of brain functions that accompanies aging. The blood-brain barrier is a complex set of blood vessel characteristics...
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To the brain, straight from the vein: IV treatment for TBI
by Charlene Betourney, University of Georgia A team of researchers from the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center has found that neural exosomes—”cargo” molecules within the nervous system that carry messages to the brain—can minimize or even avert progression of traumatic brain injury when used as part of a new cell-to-cell messaging technology. Steven Stice, left,...
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Mapping the relay networks of our brain
by VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) A team of scientists led by Karl Farrow at NeuroElectronics Research Flanders (NERF, empowered by imec, KU Leuven and VIB) is unraveling how our brain processes visual information. They identified specific roles for distinct neuronal cell types in passing on information from the eye to downstream brain regions...
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Study: Rapamycin prevents age-related brain vascular deterioration
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO A just-released study by UT Health San Antonio and collaborating institutions shows age-related decreases in blood flow to the brain and memory loss can be modified with the drug rapamycin. This finding, if furthered, holds implications for aging in general and perhaps offers an avenue to...
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Where does Parkinson’s disease start? In the brain or gut? Or both?
Scientists writing in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease hypothesize that Parkinson’s disease can be divided into two subtypes: brain-first, and gut-first IOS PRESS Amsterdam, NL, November 7, 2019 – Does Parkinson’s disease (PD) start in the brain or the gut? In a new contribution published in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, scientists hypothesize that PD...
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Building the first holographic brain ‘atlas’
by Mike Scott, Case Western Reserve University A team of researchers, led by Case Western Reserve University scientists and technicians using the Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality platform, has created what is believed to be the first interactive holographic mapping system of the axonal pathways in the human brain. The project, described by researchers as a “blending of advanced visualization hardware,...
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Exploring an unsung part of the brain: the choroid plexus
by Stephen Lyons, Children’s Hospital Boston If you’ve never heard of the choroid plexus, you’re not alone. In fact, few neuroscientists know much about this part of the brain. In the words of the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield, the choroid plexus “don’t get no respect.” But that’s beginning to change, thanks in part to Maria Lehtinen, Ph.D., who has made the choroid plexus the focus of her research....
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BARseq builds a better brain map
COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Anthony Zador has taken the next step in his quest to solve exactly how the brain is wired. Zador, a neuroscientist whose lab studies how the brain’s circuitry mediates and controls complex behaviors, set out about 10 years ago to map three pillars of brain function:...
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Menopause symptom may trigger brain fog in breast cancer survivors
By Amy Pashler Fact checked by Gianna D’Emilio A new study suggests that night sweats could have a negative impact on cognitive function in women who sleep for longer periods and who have a history of breast cancer. Lead study author John Bark and colleagues from the University of Illinois at Chicago have recently presented...