Neuroscience
Detailed structure illuminates brain-enhancing drug's action
A detailed picture of a brain-boosting experimental drug could one day help researchers tailor it for use in human clinical trials.
Mar 29, 2018
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Neuroscience
A vaccine against COVID-19 found to protect against infection and brain damage caused by the virus
Although the pathology of the respiratory system is the main impact of COVID-19, many patients also manifest important neurological symptoms, such as loss of smell (anosmia), headaches, malaise, cognitive loss, epilepsy, ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Neuroscience
Overlooked signal in MRI scans reflects amount, kind of brain cells
An MRI scan often generates an ocean of data, most of which is never used. When overlooked data is analyzed using a new technique developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, they surprisingly reveal ...
Sep 24, 2018
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Health
Researchers find 89% of sports supplement labels false, ingredients fraudulent and some laced with illegal drugs
What is actually in a sports supplement? It might be assumed that whatever is on the label reflects what people swallow. Supplement manufacturing is not monitored, and according to a recent study, the reality can be quite ...
Neuroscience
Study targets 'fingerprint' of human consciousness
Western researchers have moved a step closer to identifying a 'brain fingerprint' for consciousness—a discovery that will unlock further understanding into why some patients, presumed to be vegetative, are still aware of ...
Oct 11, 2019
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Neuroscience
Scientists restore youthful plasticity to the brains of adult mice
Like much of the rest of the body, the brain loses flexibility with age, impacting the ability to learn, remember, and adapt. Now, scientists at University of Utah Health report they can rejuvenate the plasticity of the mouse ...
Aug 8, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New drug may protect against memory loss in Alzheimer's disease
A new drug discovered through a research collaboration between the University at Buffalo and Tetra Therapeutics may protect against memory loss, nerve damage and other symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Sep 9, 2019
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Neuroscience
Brain scans reveal how the human brain compensates when one hemisphere is removed
Researchers studying six adults who had one of their brain hemispheres removed during childhood to reduce epileptic seizures found that the remaining half of the brain formed unusually strong connections between different ...
Nov 19, 2019
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Neuroscience
New study describes how dopamine tells you it isn't worth the wait
How do we know if it was worth the wait in line to get a meal at the new restaurant in town? To do this our brain must be able to signal how good the meal tastes and associate this feeling with the restaurant. This is done ...
Oct 16, 2017
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Neuroscience
Team constructs whole-brain map of electrical connections key to forming memories
A team of neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has constructed the first whole-brain map of electrical connectivity in the brain based on data from nearly 300 neurosurgical patients with electrodes implanted ...
Nov 22, 2017
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