University College London researchers have developed an innovative way to understand how the brain works by using flashes of light, allowing them to both 'read' and 'write' brain signals.
Dec 22, 2014
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Scientists can now monitor and record the activity of hundreds of neurons concurrently in the brain, and ongoing technology developments promise to increase this number manyfold. However, simply recording the neural activity ...
Aug 24, 2014
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The brain is an extremely adaptable organ – but it is also quite conservative. That's in short, what scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried and their colleagues from the Friedrich Miescher ...
Oct 16, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology—and not limited to the brain.
May 23, 2013
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A study based at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that the local functional connectivity of the brain – the extent to which the activity of within a small brain region ...
Jan 14, 2013
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Researchers at McMaster University have discovered new genetic evidence about why some people are happier than others.
Nov 20, 2012
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Canada is on the verge of becoming a "super-aged" nation—a term that refers to nations where 21 percent or more of the population is aged 65 or older. At present, Japan, Italy, Finland and Germany all meet this criteria, ...
Jun 25, 2024
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New research published in Aging Cell provides insights into how exercise may help to prevent or slow cognitive decline during aging.
May 15, 2024
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The prevalence of early knee osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms faced by patients after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is staggering—but not much is being done to address it, according to new research published ...
Apr 8, 2024
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A common new year's resolution for many is to improve health and fitness for the year ahead. Achieving optimal immune health while working on your fitness can be tough following the festive period in the peak cold and flu ...
Dec 19, 2023
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