by Joel Streed, Mayo Clinic Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels Imagine being dropped off in a country where you aren’t fluent in the local language Even when the native speakers speak slowly, you may understand only portions of what’s being said. This is similar to how someone with aphasia may feel every day. Aphasia is...
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Research shows continued cocaine use disrupts communication between major brain networks
by University of North Carolina Health Care Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA collaborative research endeavor by scientists in the Departments of Radiology, Neurology, and Psychology and Neuroscience at the UNC School of Medicine have demonstrated the deleterious effects of chronic cocaine use on the functional networks in the brain. Their study titled “Network Connectivity Changes Following Long-Term...
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Wearable sticker turns hand movements into communication
Researchers combine PDMS and a fiber Bragg grating to create sensors that detect subtle movementsPeer-Reviewed Publication OPTICA RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED A WEARABLE PDMS SENSOR THAT USES A FBG TO SENSE MOVEMENTS. THE SENSORS COULD BE USED TO MONITOR WRIST, FINGER OR EVEN FACIAL MOVEMENTS.CREDIT: KUN XIAO, BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY IN CHINA WASHINGTON — Imagine wearing...
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The study of dreams: Scientists uncover new communication channels with dreamers
by Başak Türker and Delphine Oudiette, The Conversation Credit: Ron Lach from PexelsIn his sci-fi film “Inception,” (2010), Christopher Nolan imagined his protagonist slipping into other people’s dreams and even shaping their contents. But what if this story wasn’t so far away from real life? Our research suggests that it is possible to interact with volunteers...
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Anesthesia blocks sensation by cutting off communication within the cortex
Under propofol general anesthesia, sensory input still reaches the brain, but signals do not spread. Results suggest consciousness requires cortical regions to all be “on the same page”Peer-Reviewed Publication EARL K. MILLER AT THE PICOWER INSTITUTE IN 2022. CREDIT: DAVID ORENSTEIN/MIT PICOWER INSTITUTE General anesthesia evokes a dual mystery: How does it disrupt consciousness, including...
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Communication breakdown: How does your brain keep neurons from firing uncontrollably?
Seizures are suddenly triggered by stress, fever, flashing lights, or tiredness. Some cause the body to jerk and shake while others can produce strange sensations, make one lose a sense of awareness, or faint. They can happen when the person is awake or asleep. When they pass, after a few seconds or minutes, they leave people tired,...
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Scripps Research scientists eavesdrop on communication between fat and brain
SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE IMAGE: SCRIPPS RESEARCH SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED NEW SENSORY NEURONS, LIKE THE ONE SHOWN HERE IN FLUORESCENCE, THAT BEGIN NEAR THE SPINE AND BRANCH OFF INTO FAT TISSUE. CREDIT: SCRIPPS RESEARCH LA JOLLA, CA—What did the fat say to the brain? For years, it was assumed that hormones passively floating through the blood were...
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Which cells are involved in heart repair and how they communicate with each other
by Stefan Zorn, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Dr. Marc Reboll (left) and Professor Dr. Kai Wollert. Credit: Karin Kaiser / MHH More than 300,000 people suffer a heart attack in Germany every year. In this case, the heart muscle is no longer supplied with sufficient blood and oxygen, and part of the heart muscle tissue dies...
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Schizophrenia: Nurture cannot overcome nature
by Nicole Feldman, University of California, Irvine Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and other brain imaging technologies allow for the study of differences in brain activity in people diagnosed with schizophrenia. The image shows two levels of the brain, with areas that were more active in healthy controls than in schizophrenia patients shown in orange,...
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Medieval medicine remedy could provide new treatment for modern day infections
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK THE BALDS EYESALVE MIXTURE IN THE LAB.view more CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Antibiotic resistance is an increasing battle for scientists to overcome, as more antimicrobials are urgently needed to treat biofilm-associated infections. However scientists from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick say research into natural antimicrobials could provide...
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