By Michael FrancoMay 21, 2024 Brain imaging along with blood analysis has revealed which nutrients slow cognitive decline By combining brain scans and nutritional intake data, a new study has found a nutrient profile that puts the brakes on brain aging. What’s more, that profile matches an easy-to-follow popular eating plan that’s been proven to...
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Revolution in neuroscience: 2D nanomaterials propel advances in brain repair, treatment, and diagnosis
By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. Jun 11 2023 Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. Different types of nanomaterials have been used in neuroscience, including two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials widely known for their unique structures and physicochemical properties. In a recent Journal of Nanobiotechnology review, scientists discuss the applications of 2D nanomaterials in neuroscience. Types of 2D nanomaterials...
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A new statistical method for improved brain mapping
by Institut du Cerveau (Paris Brain Institute) Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Brain mapping involves finding the brain regions associated with different traits, such as diseases, cognitive functions, or behaviors, and is a major field of research in neuroscience. This approach is based on statistical models and is subject to numerous biases. To try to counter...
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Scientists Identify the Cause of Alzheimer’s Progression in the Brain – Very Different Than Previously Thought Neuroscience
By UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE OCTOBER 30, 2021 For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer’s disease and found that it develops in a very different way than previously thought. Their results could have important implications for the development of potential treatments. The international team, led by the...
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How the world’s biggest brain maps could transform neuroscience
Alison Abbott A human brain slice is placed in a microscope to visualize nerve fibres. Credit: Mareen Fischinger Imagine looking at Earth from space and being able to listen in on what individuals are saying to each other. That’s about how challenging it is to understand how the brain works. From the organ’s wrinkled surface,...
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Neuroscience doesn’t undermine free will after all
by Dartmouth College Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For decades, researchers have debated whether the buildup of certain electrical activities in the brain indicates that human beings are unable to act out of free will. Experiments spanning the 1960s and 1980s measured brain signals noninvasively and led many neuroscientists to believe that our brains make decisions before we do—that human actions...
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New study gives the most detailed look yet at the neuroscience of placebo effects
by Dartmouth College fMRI activity during pain is reduced in the areas shown in blue. Many of these are involved in constructing the experience of pain, including the feeling of suffering, and motivating actions to avoid it. Activity is increased in the areas shown in red and yellow. These are broadly involved in the control of...
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Real-world neuroscience experiments show diversity in learning new motor skills
by Alana Cullen, Imperial College London Credit: Imperial College London Researchers at Imperial College London have shown how the whole body changes while learning new movement-based skills. By using a new data-driven approach to analyse full-body movement during motor learning in the real world, the researchers both demonstrated the involvement of the whole body in the learning process and identified...
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Across the cell membrane
This news or article is intended for readers with certain scientific or professional knowledge in the field. Some of the most essential processes on the planet involves water and energy entering and leaving cells. The cellular doormen responsible for this access are known as aquaporins and glucose transporters, two families of proteins that facilitate the...
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People with less body response to stress task had more PTSD signs after COVID-19 began
Study findings surprised researchers, who had expected the reverse, Baylor University researcher says BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGIST ANNIE GINTY, PH.D. view more CREDIT: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY People who did not have a large heart rate response to a stress task surprised researchers later — after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — when they showed...