Psychology & Psychiatry
Keys to keeping your brain healthy
Your brain is pretty fabulous. Around 100 billion nerve cells work together to keep you nimble and quick in your thinking.
Sep 22, 2022
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News tagged with brain nerve cells
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Academics make stronger connections between gum disease and Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the School of Dentistry, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) were the first to report the link between gum disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Sep 22, 2022
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Medical research
Cravings for fatty foods traced to gut-brain connection
A dieter wrestling with cravings for fatty foods might be tempted to blame their tongue: the delicious taste of butter or ice cream is hard to resist. But new research investigating the source of our appetites has uncovered ...
Sep 7, 2022
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Neuroscience
Using brain implants and machine learning to 'decode' intended speech of people who can't speak
UC Davis Health is recruiting people for a clinical trial with the goal of building a "neurological prosthesis" for restoring speech to people who have lost—or are losing—the ability to speak. The research is aimed at ...
Aug 22, 2022
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Medical research
Can the protein that defeats metabolic diseases conquer dementia?
Alzheimer's disease is a representative neurodegenerative disease showing up at an increasing rate in an aging society. Sufferers of this disease are not only portrayed in media, but can often be seen around us. Patients ...
Aug 18, 2022
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Neuroscience
Researchers visualize the intricate branching of the nervous system
Our nervous system is composed of billions of neurons that speak to one another through their axons and dendrites. When the human brain develops, these structures branch out in a beautifully intricate yet poorly understood ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Neuroscience
Gaining insights into spastic paraplegia
Rare diseases, as the name indicates, only affect a small part of the population. However, for those affected they are particularly challenging, often especially because research into such rare diseases tends to be less of ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Common viruses may be triggering the onset of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease can begin almost imperceptibly, often masquerading in the early months or years as forgetfulness that is common in older age. What causes the disease remains largely a mystery.
Jul 29, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study suggests SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the brain by using cells in the nose to make nanotube tunnels
A team of researchers at Institut Pasteur reports evidence that suggests the SARS-CoV-2 virus is able to enter the brain by using nose cells to make nanotube tunnels. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, ...
Health
Vitamin B6 supplements could reduce anxiety and depression
Scientists at the University of Reading measured the impact of high doses of Vitamin B6 on young adults and found that they reported feeling less anxious and depressed after taking the supplements every day for a month.
Jul 19, 2022
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