In a groundbreaking review paper published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, scientists have shed new light on the role of GABA, a key signaling molecule in the brain.
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The same neurons that help bats navigate through space may also help them navigate collective social environments, finds a new study published today in the journal Nature.
Aug 30, 2023
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A trailblazing study conducted by researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) in Tulsa, Okla., has made significant strides with a novel technique for treating anorexia nervosa (AN), an eating disorder ...
Aug 29, 2023
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The more we like our ideas, the faster we give them shape. But to be creative, we need to focus on out-of-the-box thinking. This is what Alizée Lopez-Persem and Emmanuelle Volle, Inserm researchers at Paris Brain Institute, ...
Aug 14, 2023
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When patients undergo general anesthesia, their brain activity often slows down as they sink into unconsciousness. Higher doses of anesthetic drugs can induce an even deeper state of unconsciousness known as burst suppression, ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Children with autism have memory challenges that hinder not only their memory for faces but also their ability to remember other kinds of information, according to new research from the Stanford School of Medicine. These ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Have you ever felt the strong sensation that someone is behind you, so intense that you turn around, only to see that no-one is there? This is a "presence hallucination." Presence hallucinations are particularly frequent ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Have you ever made a great catch—like saving a phone from dropping into a toilet or catching an indoor cat from running outside? Those skills—the ability to grab a moving object—takes precise interactions within and ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Studies of consciousness often run into a common conundrum of science—it's hard to measure a system without the measurement affecting the system. Researchers assessing consciousness, for instance as volunteers receive anesthesia, ...
Apr 6, 2023
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A team of researchers from the U.K. and U.S. conducted the first ever investigation into how a facial transplant recipient started to accept their new appearance as part of their own identity.
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