Neuroscience
EEG reveals information essential to users
For the first time, information retrieval is possible with the help of EEG interpreted with machine learning.
Dec 8, 2016
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Neuroscience
Scientists restore leg movement in paralyzed primates using wireless neural interface
An international team of scientists has used a wireless "brain-spinal interface" to bypass spinal cord injuries in a pair of rhesus macaques, restoring intentional walking movement to a temporarily paralyzed leg. The researchers, ...
Nov 9, 2016
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Diabetes
Alzheimer's disease found to be a diabetic disorder of the brain
Researchers at Tohoku University have found a promising treatment for Alzheimer's disease, by noticing a similarity in the way insulin signaling works in the brain and in the pancreas of diabetic patients.
Nov 9, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic signaling pathway blocks formation of a cancer in the cerebellum
A research team at the Krembil Research Institute has discovered that a signaling pathway which controls blood vessel development in the brain has the ability to stop brain tumor formation in animal models of medulloblastoma, ...
Nov 8, 2016
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Neuroscience
After blindness, the adult brain can learn to see again
More than 40 million people worldwide are blind, and many of them reach this condition after many years of slow and progressive retinal degeneration. The development of sophisticated prostheses or new light-responsive elements, ...
Oct 25, 2016
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Neuroscience
Can a brain-computer interface convert your thoughts to text?
Ever wonder what it would be like if a device could decode your thoughts into actual speech or written words? While this might enhance the capabilities of already existing speech interfaces with devices, it could be a potential ...
Oct 25, 2016
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Neuroscience
A neural code for emotion
Our daily experience rides along the backdrop of a dynamic stream of mental states, characterized by spontaneous changes is mood or emotion. For instance, as you take an important exam and perform above expectations, your ...
Oct 17, 2016
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover how we sense 'stiffness'
Every day, people use their hands effortlessly to assess an object's stiffness, like the ripeness of a piece of fruit. For the first time an international team of scientists led by University College London, have discovered ...
Oct 13, 2016
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Diabetes
How the stomach talks to the brain
We eat because we're hungry – and for a thousand other reasons too: for pleasure, out of frustration, or because we're stressed. We've known for a long time that the digestive tract and the brain together determine our ...
Oct 10, 2016
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Neuroscience
Research on normative brain development in children could help doctors test for depression
A focus on brain development, particularly in early childhood, may eventually be the key to detecting psychiatric risk before the symptoms have the chance to progress. Research at Binghamton University, State University of ...
Oct 3, 2016
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