Individuals with a language disorder called non-fluent aphasia—which may result from a stroke, head injury, or neurodegeneration find it difficult to speak in complex sentences, and they have various word-level abnormalities, ...
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Ask any neurologist: Parkinson's disease is a brain disorder. The conspicuous symptoms of Parkinson's disease—uncontrollable tremors, slowed down motions, and the feeling that one's feet are stuck to the ground—all stem ...
Aug 21, 2023
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To control our behavior, the brain must be able to form associations. This involves, for example, associating a neutral external stimulus with a consequence following the stimulus (e.g., the hotplate glows red—you can burn ...
Aug 17, 2023
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Brain imaging of neuron activity in certain areas of the brain may predict whether an individual is likely to successfully respond to interventions to reduce their drinking.
Aug 14, 2023
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It's often thought that if someone is depressed, they will feel sad or low most of the time. But what many don't realize is that these aren't the only symptoms of depression. Another common symptom of depression that is sometimes ...
Aug 10, 2023
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Neurotechnologies—devices that interact directly with the brain or nervous system—were once dismissed as the stuff of science fiction. Not anymore.
Aug 8, 2023
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Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered the regenerative capabilities of injured cellular protrusions from dormant neural stem cells (NSCs) in fruit flies. Published in Developmental Cell, the findings establish ...
Aug 8, 2023
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An international collaboration between researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan, the University of Tokyo, and University College London has demonstrated that self-organization of neurons as they learn ...
Aug 7, 2023
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A new editorial paper titled "Targeting H3K27me3 loss in pediatric brain tumors—a perspective on epigenetically guided cancer therapy" has been published in Oncotarget.
Aug 2, 2023
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Hearing impairment can affect children's ability to develop language and speech skills. Several diagnostic tests are required to determine the extent of hearing impairment in infants, leading to delays in treatment.
Jul 31, 2023
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