The largest ever genetic study of schizophrenia has identified large numbers of specific genes that could play important roles in the psychiatric disorder.
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Electrical synapses are omnipresent and yet hardly explored. They are part of the brain of almost every animal species, yet they remain usually invisible even under the electron microscope.
Apr 5, 2022
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Persistent paralysis and coordination problems are among the most common consequences of a stroke. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, the University Medical Center Halle, ...
Mar 25, 2022
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Planned movement is essential to our daily lives, and it often requires delayed execution. As children, we stood crouched and ready but waited for the shout of "GO!" before sprinting from the starting line. As adults, we ...
Mar 14, 2022
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Scientists have discovered that even a mild case of COVID-19 might inflict damage on your brain.
Mar 7, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease usually is diagnosed based on symptoms, such as when a person shows signs of memory loss and difficulty thinking. Up until now, MRI brain scans haven't proven useful for early diagnosis in clinical practice. ...
Mar 3, 2022
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Exploring how brain areas communicate with each other is the focus of a long-standing research collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Champalimaud Research. The cross-continental ...
Mar 1, 2022
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A team from the University of Melbourne in Australia and the University of Birmingham demonstrated that magnetoencephalographic (MEG) imaging can be used to produce a dynamic map of the whole brain during a seizure. Their ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Focusing on what's important represents one of the main tasks of the brain. But how do we manage to separate the important from the unimportant? It has long been known that oscillatory neural activity is a key factor for ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Minor everyday rises in blood pressure due to short-term stressors can be linked to a brain area that controls conscious and learned motor skills. This discovery, presented by University of Gothenburg researchers, paves the ...
Feb 14, 2022
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