New device for detecting traumatic brain injury at the point of care
A method for detecting traumatic brain injury at the point of care has been developed by scientists at the University of Birmingham.
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A method for detecting traumatic brain injury at the point of care has been developed by scientists at the University of Birmingham.
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Anesthetics have been used for patients undergoing medical procedures for about 175 years, but doctors and scientists have never known exactly how these drugs disrupt consciousness in the brain.
Aug 12, 2020
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Eighteen months ago, eight female researchers in the lab of Gretchen Neigh, Ph.D., at Virginia Commonwealth University began studying how early life experiences and exposure to chronic stress can have lingering effects into ...
Jul 28, 2020
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Using "BPA-free" plastic products could be as harmful to human health—including a developing brain—as those products that contain the controversial chemical, suggest scientists in a new study led by the University of ...
Feb 18, 2020
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The human-made chemicals that make our kitchen pans stick-free, our athletic wear water-repellent and firefighting chemicals more efficient do their jobs incredibly well, but it's at the expense of lingering in the body and ...
Feb 5, 2020
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Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a unique pattern of DNA damage that arises in brain cells derived from individuals with a macrocephalic form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The observation, published ...
Jan 30, 2020
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The size of the human brain increased profoundly during evolution. A certain gene that is only found in humans triggers brain stem cells to form a larger pool of stem cells. As a consequence, more neurons can arise, which ...
Jan 7, 2020
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How does the brain translate information from the outside world into something we remember? An international team of researchers working in the Human Brain Project have zoomed in on the neuronal circuits in the striatum, ...
Nov 8, 2019
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Human-made toxic chemicals that linger indefinitely in the environment disrupt the performance of critical helper cells in the mouse brain, leading to impaired function over long-term exposures, say neuroscientists at Georgetown ...
Oct 22, 2019
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A brain chemical could be responsible for triggering heart disease and high blood pressure in people with the snoring condition obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), Sydney scientists have discovered.
Sep 25, 2019
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