News tagged with neural tissue

Evidence builds that meditation strengthens the brain, researchers say

Earlier evidence out of UCLA suggested that meditating for years thickens the brain (in a good way) and strengthens the connections between brain cells. Now a further report by UCLA researchers suggests yet another benefit.

Neuroscience Mar 14, 2012 | 5 / 5 (8) | 0 |

A better brain implant: Slim electrode cozies up to single neurons

(Medical Xpress)—A thin, flexible electrode developed at the University of Michigan is 10 times smaller than the nearest competition and could make long-term measurements of neural activity practical at ...

Neuroscience Nov 11, 2012 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 0 |

Researchers create short-term memories in-vitro

Ben W. Strowbridge, PhD, Professor of Neurosciences and Physiology/Biophysics, and Robert A. Hyde, a fourth year MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, ...

Neuroscience Sep 10, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Crucial advance in stem cell research: Human skin cells converted to neural precursor cells

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at The University of Auckland's Centre for Brain Research have succeeded in converting human skin cells directly into immature brain cells (or neural precursor cells).

Medical research Sep 27, 2012 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Natural process activating brain's immune cells could point way to repairing damaged brain tissue

The brain's key "breeder" cells, it turns out, do more than that. They secrete substances that boost the numbers and strength of critical brain-based immune cells believed to play a vital role in brain health. This finding ...

Neuroscience Oct 21, 2012 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 2 |

Triangles guide the way for live neural circuits in a dish

Korean scientists have used tiny stars, squares and triangles as a toolkit to create live neural circuits in a dish.

Neuroscience Jul 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Could a cancer drug potentially prevent learning disabilities in some kids?

A drug originally developed to stop cancerous tumors may hold the potential to prevent abnormal brain cell growth and learning disabilities in some children, if they can be diagnosed early enough, a new animal ...

Cancer Aug 29, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

New study finds brain tumors can arise from neurons

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the US and Japan have shown that an aggressive type of brain tumor can arise from normal cells in the central nervous system such as neurons. The cells revert to an earlier, ...

Cancer Oct 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Diabetes drug may reduce brain damage after stroke

In a study in mice, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new potential therapy that may reduce brain damage following stroke in type 2 diabetic patients. The suggested drug is already approved for ...

Diabetes Dec 03, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Pain is not one-dimensional, researchers say

Pain is not one-dimensional but a combination of inflammatory reactions as well as of processes in the central nervous system and memory cells. This is the result of a current study by pain researchers at ...

Medical research May 01, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Researchers visualize memory formation for the first time in zebrafish

In our interaction with our environment we constantly refer to past experiences stored as memories to guide behavioral decisions. But how memories are formed, stored and then retrieved to assist decision-making ...

Neuroscience May 16, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Study: Even the smallest stroke can damage brain tissue, impair cognitive function

Blocking a single tiny blood vessel in the brain can harm neural tissue and even alter behavior, a new study from the University of California, San Diego has shown. But these consequences can be mitigated ...

Neuroscience Dec 16, 2012 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Study: Preventive use of one form of natural vitamin E may reduce stroke damage

Ten weeks of preventive supplementation with a natural form of vitamin E called tocotrienol in dogs that later had strokes reduced overall brain tissue damage, prevented loss of neural connections and helped sustain blood ...

Cardiology Jul 05, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

The big picture: Long-term imaging reveals intriguing patterns of human brain maturation

Neuroimaging has provided fascinating insight into the dynamic nature of human brain maturation. However, most studies of developmental changes in brain anatomy have considered individual locations in relative isolation from ...

Neuroscience Dec 07, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

New high definition fiber tracking reveals damage caused by traumatic brain injury

A powerful new imaging technique called High Definition Fiber Tracking (HDFT) will allow doctors to clearly see for the first time neural connections broken by traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other disorders, much like X-rays ...

Surgery Mar 02, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

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