Neuroscience
Brain implant helps completely 'locked-in' man communicate
Unable to move a single muscle, even to open your eyes. Completely locked into your own body, yet fully conscious and aware.
Mar 22, 2022
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News tagged with brain disease
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Neuroimaging study reveals functional and structural brain abnormalities in people with post-treatment Lyme disease
In a study using specialized imaging techniques, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report distinctive changes in the "white matter" and other brain tissue physiology of those with post-treatment Lyme disease, a condition ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Neuroscience
Wearable brain scanner technology expanded for whole head imaging
Scientists from the University of Nottingham developed an initial prototype of a new generation of brain scanner in 2018 which is a lightweight device that can be worn on the head like a hat, and can scan the brain even whilst ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease can be diagnosed before symptoms emerge
A large study led by Lund University in Sweden has shown that people with Alzheimer's disease can now be identified before they experience any symptoms. It is now also possible to predict who will deteriorate within the next ...
Nov 11, 2022
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Neuroscience
Alzheimer's: Can an amino acid help to restore memories?
Scientists at the Laboratoire des Maladies Neurodégénératives (CNRS/CEA/Université Paris-Saclay) and the Neurocentre Magendie (INSERM/Université de Bordeaux) have just shown that a metabolic pathway plays a determining ...
Mar 3, 2020
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Neuroscience
How our brain processes and stores movement has implications for multiple diseases, machine learning
From the moment we are born, and even before that, we interact with the world through movement. We move our lips to smile or to talk. We extend our hand to touch. We move our eyes to see. We wiggle, we walk, we gesture, we ...
Jun 9, 2022
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Scientists create nanobody that can punch through tough brain cells and potentially treat Parkinson's disease
Proteins called antibodies help the immune system find and attack foreign pathogens. Mini versions of antibodies, called nanobodies—natural compounds in the blood of animals such as llamas and sharks—are being studied ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Neuroscience
Research reveals cause of 'freezing' gait in Parkinson's
Researchers think they've figured out why Parkinson's disease causes a person's limbs to become so stiff that at times they can feel frozen in place.
Sep 12, 2022
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Neuroscience
Study unveils new clonal relations in the mouse brain
The human brain and the brain of other mammals contain numerous populations of specialized cells with unique functions, molecular structures and characteristics. These cells originate from a thin layer of neuroepithelial ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Florida is in midst of a meningococcal outbreak.' What to know now about meningitis
Florida is facing several disease outbreaks—COVID, monkeypox, dengue fever. But meningococcal disease is now on the minds of health experts, too.
Jul 25, 2022
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