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Deep sleep takes out the trash
A new Northwestern University study reaffirms the importance of getting a good night's sleep.
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Genetics
Researchers identify new genetic disorder that affects brain, craniofacial skeleton
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a new genetic disorder characterized by developmental delays and malformations of the brain, heart and facial features. Named linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced ...
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Study reveals immune driver of brain aging
Suppose Smokey the Bear were to go on a tear and start setting forest fires instead of putting them out. That roughly describes the behavior of certain cells of our immune system that become increasingly irascible as we grow ...
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Brain pressure disorder that causes headache, vision problems on rise
A new study has found a brain pressure disorder called idiopathic intracranial hypertension is on the rise, and the increase corresponds with rising obesity rates. The study is published in the January 20, 2021, online issue ...
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplants may provide long-term benefit for people with multiple sclerosis
A new study shows that intense immunosuppression followed by a hematopoietic stem cell transplant may prevent disability associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) from getting worse in 71% of people with relapsing-remitting ...
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Time to act on autism diagnosis deficiencies
Identification of autism, followed by appropriate intervention, has the potential to improve outcomes for autistic individuals—but Flinders University experts say that presently not enough qualified people can diagnose.
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Scientists investigate for the first time the long-term damage to women's brains caused by gender violence
The research team of the BELIEVE project at the University of Granada (UGR) has identified the numerous changes in the brain caused by gender violence among female victims. This is the first study of its kind to be carried ...
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Using VR training to boost the sense of agency and improve motor control
With Japan's society rapidly aging, there has been a sharp increase in patients who experience motor dysfunctions. Rehabilitation is key to overcoming such ailments. A researcher from Tohoku University has developed a new ...
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Where do our minds wander? Brain waves can point the way
Anyone who has tried and failed to meditate knows that our minds are rarely still. But where do they roam? New research led by UC Berkeley has come up with a way to track the flow of our internal thought processes and signal ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Low-frequency electrical stimulation to orbitofrontal cortex used to treat obsessive-compulsive behaviors
A team of researchers at Boston University has found that applying low-frequency electrical stimulation to the orbitofrontal cortex of obsessive-compulsive behavior patients proved to be effective in reducing such behaviors ...
Potential new biomarker for depression and bipolar disorder
UniSA scientists have developed the world's first test to accurately predict mood disorders in people, based on the levels of a specific protein found in the brain.
Jan 19, 2021
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Parkinson's: Initial steps to show nerves their growth direction magnetically
One reason why nerve damage in the brain cannot regenerate easily is that the neurites do not know in which direction they should grow. A team of researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), Sorbonne University Paris, ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Brain cell network supplies neurons with energy
The human brain has about as many neurons as glial cells. These are divided into four major groups: the microglia, the astrocytes, the NG2 glial cells, and the oligodendrocytes. Oligodendrocytes function primarily as a type ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Different types of neurons interact to make reaching-and-grasping tasks possible
Research conducted at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), has looked at the importance of specific neurons for seemingly simple, day-to-day tasks that involve reaching for and grasping ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Eye tests predict Parkinson's-linked cognitive decline 18 months ahead
Simple vision tests can predict which people with Parkinson's disease will develop cognitive impairment and possible dementia 18 months later, according to a new study by UCL researchers.
Jan 19, 2021
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Increased blood flow during sleep tied to critical brain function
Our brains experience significant changes in blood flow and neural activity during sleep, according to Penn State researchers. Such changes may help to clean out metabolic brain waste that builds up during the day.
Jan 19, 2021
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Blood test could bring new hope to Alzheimer's clinical trials
A team of scientists at UCL have found that blood tests measuring the hallmark Alzheimer's protein, b-amyloid (amyloid), could radically reduce the cost of clinical trials and potentially open the door to treating the disease ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Childhood neglect leaves generational imprint
Early life experiences can have an outsized effect on brain development and neurobiological health. New research is showing that those effects can be passed down to subsequent generations, reporting that the infant children ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Mental map of space is stabilized by sugar coated neurons
A reliable sense of space is essential for daily life and memory formation. Removing sugar coated proteins around neurons in the brains' internal gps makes the mental map of space unstable, shows a study published in the ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Are the brains of atheists different from those of religious people? Scientists are trying to find out
The cognitive study of religion has recently reached a new, unknown land: the minds of unbelievers. Do atheists think differently from religious people? Is there something special about how their brains work? To illustrate ...
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