Erythropoietin (EPO) is primarily known to many as a hormone for blood formation. However, it has been known for some years that EPO also plays an important role in the brain—specifically where particularly demanding mental ...
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The most basic assumption about how psychedelic medicine works is at least partially flawed: Psychedelics are altering not just a few specific brain cells, but the vast majority of them, according to a new University of Michigan ...
Sep 29, 2025
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Scientists from the Nencki Institute and the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have revealed a key mechanism in how our brains change when we learn new information or form memories. A new study published in Science ...
Sep 24, 2025
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Concussion and other traumatic brain injuries impact an estimated 69 million people every year, as a result of sports collisions, falls, road accidents and interpersonal violence. There are few treatments, and no approved ...
Sep 17, 2025
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Robots designed for neurorehabilitation, specifically for supporting arm and leg movement and motor relearning, are increasingly being adopted for individuals with limited limb mobility due to illness or injury. However, ...
Sep 8, 2025
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A smartphone app, developed by University of Melbourne researchers, is helping speed up the process of diagnosing cerebral palsy in babies, by allowing parents to complete an early screening test from the comfort of their ...
Sep 8, 2025
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Teenagers who experience moderate or severe period pain are significantly more likely to develop chronic pain in adulthood, including pain beyond the pelvis, according to a major new study from the University of Oxford.
Sep 3, 2025
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To move around in their surroundings in meaningful and goal-directed ways, a skill known as navigation, humans and animals rely on a series of complex cognitive (i.e., mental) processes. Navigation is also supported by the ...
Conventional wisdom among neuroscientists suggests that the brain's motor functions are organized around the body, meaning certain brain areas control the hand; others the foot. An emerging alternative theory is that parts ...
Aug 20, 2025
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The human brain ages less than thought and in layers—at least in the area of the cerebral cortex responsible for the sense of touch. Researchers at DZNE, the University of Magdeburg, and the Hertie Institute for Clinical ...
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