Surgery

Perfecting the performance of nerve implants

Researchers are extending their understanding of the effectiveness of electrical fields that are increasingly being used in implants to stimulate and repair damaged nerves. Effective nerve stimulation is the key to helping ...

Biomedical technology

ALS patient pioneering brain-computer connection

As a rare form of Lou Gehrig's disease paralyzes his body, Rodney Gorham hopes a pioneering link between his brain and a computer will help others after he is gone.

Neuroscience

Unique fingerprint: What makes nerve cells unmistakable?

Protein variations that result from the process of alternative splicing control the identity and function of nerve cells in the brain. This allows organisms to build a highly complex neuronal network with only a limited number ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Theories underpinning psychological practice 'wrong'

A computer game devised by University of Manchester psychologists has called into question the theories which have been the basis of psychology for over a century.

Neuroscience

Blue Brain Project releases first-ever digital 3-D brain cell atlas

The first digital 3-D atlas of every cell in the mouse brain provides neuroscientists with previously unavailable information on major cell types, numbers and positions in all 737 brain regions—which will potentially accelerate ...

Neuroscience

New evidence that computers change the way we learn

People who use computers regularly are constantly mapping the movements of their hand and computer mouse to the cursor on the screen. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on December 19 have shown that all that pointing ...

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