Medications

Exploring how psychedelic drugs affect a rat's brain

Researchers at Lund University have developed a technique for simultaneously measuring electrical signals from 128 areas of the brain in awake rats. They have then used the information to measure what happens to the neurons ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Exploring how the human brain takes stock of blame

The human mind does not like to make mistakes—and makes time to avoid repeating them. A new study from University of Iowa researchers shows how the human brain, in just one second, can distinguish between an outcome caused ...

Neuroscience

Research into axon degeneration hits a nerve

(Medical Xpress)—University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have made a significant discovery that could one day halt a number of neurodegenerative diseases.

Neuroscience

New treatment hope for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A previously unknown link between the immune system and the death of motor neurons in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, has been discovered by scientists at the CHUM Research Centre ...

Neuroscience

Action recognition without mirror neurons

When someone stands opposite us and purposefully raises their arm to make some kind of movement, our brain asks itself whether they intend to attack us or, perhaps, simply greet us. Scientists from the Department of Human ...

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