Neuroscience
New imaging technique captures COVID-19's impact on the brain
A University of Waterloo engineer's MRI invention reveals better than many existing imaging technologies how COVID-19 can change the human brain.
Jun 14, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers illustrate how caregiver speech shapes the infant brain
A team led by a University of Texas at Dallas neurodevelopment researcher has uncovered some of the most conclusive evidence yet that parents who talk more to their infants improve their babies' brain development.
Jun 5, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study investigates how fibromyalgia changes the brain
One of the core symptoms experienced by patients with fibromyalgia is chronic pain. A team from the LWL Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, has investigated the brain changes ...
May 26, 2023
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Neuroscience
Comparing the polarimetric properties of fresh and preserved brain tissue
Gliomas are a group of tumors that originate from glial cells (non-neuronal cells) in the central nervous system and are characterized by diffuse infiltrative cell growth. They can spread quickly throughout the brain and ...
May 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Multiple sclerosis: Ultrastructural changes in brain tissue promote inflammatory processes
It is 7 am, the alarm clock rings—you open your eyes, swing your legs out of bed, give a talk at work, play a tennis match in the evening. Billions of nerve cells that make up the gray matter in our brain allow us to perform ...
May 25, 2023
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Neuroscience
Sleep apnea, lack of deep sleep linked to worse brain health
People who have sleep apnea and spend less time in deep sleep may be more likely to have brain biomarkers that have been linked to an increased risk of stroke, Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline, according to new research ...
May 10, 2023
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover anatomical changes in the brains of patients with restored sight
For many decades, neuroscientists believed there was a "critical period" in which the brain could learn to make sense of visual input, and that this window closed around the age of 6 or 7.
May 1, 2023
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Neuroscience
Language impairment in autism associated with gray matter volume
Researchers from Russia and the U.S. have found language impairment in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to be associated with a lower volume of gray matter and greater gyrification in the temporal and frontal ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Genetics
Bioinformatic exploration of perivascular space discovers 24 genomic risk loci
An international team of 79 researchers have collaborated on a study published in Nature Medicine to delve into perivascular spaces (PVS), a poorly understood artifact seen in magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral small ...
Health
Do you live in one of America's worst cities for dirty air?
Nearly one-third of Americans live in counties with unhealthy air, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.
Apr 19, 2023
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