Brain-computer interfaces have a structural impact on brain substance after one hour of training MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES The interdisciplinary study examined the influence of two different types of BCI on the brains of test subjects with no prior experience of this technology. The first subgroup was given the task...
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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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Biomarker for schizophrenia can be detected in human hair
RIKEN Working with model mice, post-mortem human brains, and people with schizophrenia, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered that a subtype of schizophrenia is related to abnormally high levels hydrogen sulfide in the brain. Experiments showed that this abnormality likely results from a DNA-modifying reaction during development that lasts throughout life. In addition to...
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Groundbreaking study improves understanding of brain function
Posted Yesterday Dr. Corrado Calì, a research scientist specializing in brain imaging at KAUST, and Swiss scientists from the Blue Brain Project (BBP) have shown how lactate is necessary for memory formation and learning, which could lead to improved learning and memory function. The project falls under the umbrella of the ambitious European Human Brain...
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Brain immune cells may protect against OCD, anxiety
By Catharine Paddock, Ph.D. Fact checked by Isabel Godfrey Over the last decade, scientists have been discovering that microglia, a type of immune cell that resides in the brain, do more than respond to illness and infection. Now, new research in mice has linked the dysfunction of microglia of a particular genetic lineage to anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)....
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Phoenix-based company believes it has discovered major breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment
By Linda Williams | Published 8 hours ago | Special Reports | FOX 10 Phoenix PHOENIX – Alzheimer’s disease robs millions of people of their memory and their lives, and even after years of research, there’s still no cure. A Phoenix-based company thinks it may have discovered a treatment that stops, even reverses the process....
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In Alzheimer’s research, scientists reveal brain rhythm role
by Massachusetts Institute of Technology In the years since her lab discovered that exposing Alzheimer’s disease model mice to light flickering at the frequency of a key brain rhythm could stem the disorder’s pathology, MIT neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai and her team at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have been working to understand what...
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More aggressive blood pressure control benefits brains of older adults
by Lauren Woods, University of Connecticut A major UConn School of Medicine study published in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation shows that more aggressively controlling daily blood pressure in older adults can improve brain health. It’s been estimated that approximately two-thirds of people over the age of 75 may have damaged small blood vessels in the brain which...
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Study Reveals Sex-Based Differences in the Development of Brain Hubs Involved in Memory and Emotion
Findings may help researchers understand why mental disorders present differently in males and females during adolescence October 2, 2019 • Press Release Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, have uncovered sex-based differences in the development of the hippocampus and amygdala. These brain areas have been implicated in the biology of several mental...
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Psychotic experiences are quite common even among people who don’t have a mental health condition
by Sophie Legge, James Walters and Stanley Zammit, The Conversation Have you ever seen or heard something that turned out not to exist? Or have you ever thought something was happening that no one else noticed—perhaps thinking you were being followed, or that something was trying to communicate with you? If so, you may have...