Precision BrainHealth: Personalized measure, training protocols to impact global health
Center for BrainHealth trial unveils BrainHealth Index as powerful new tool in quest for lifelong brain healthCredit: Center for BrainHealth ...
Tag: neurobiology
Amyloid plaque mutation map opens new avenues for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, IBEC A study published in the journal eLife made all the possible mutations ...
Injectable porous scaffolds promote better, quicker healing after spinal cord injuries
Hydrogel scaffolds with regularly spaced pores encourage spinal cords cells to grow, improve regeneration of nerve cells.Credit: Seidlits et al. ...
CBD reduces plaque, improves cognition in model of familial Alzheimer’s
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University photographer A two-week course of high doses of CBD helps restore the function of two ...
New brain sensor offers Alzheimer’s answers
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed a tool to ...
A remote, computerized training program eases anxiety in children
Researchers first to explore relationship between anxiety, inhibitory control and EEG measures in preadolescentsCredit: Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D., IQ Mindware ...
Complement inhibition reverses mental losses in preclinical traumatic brain injury models
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina provide preclinical evidence that mental losses after traumatic brain injury can be ...
Time needed to sequence key molecules could be reduced from years to minutes
Research demonstrates potential for rapid, accurate glycan sequencingCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- Using a nanopore, researchers have demonstrated ...
Canadian innovators use video games to help children with neurodevelopment disabilities
Dino Island improves attention and executive function in children with neurodevelopmental disabilitiesCredit: http://uvicdinoisland.cogtrain.ca/ Dino Island Intervention Program Video Trailer: https://youtu.be/IB8p14momvo ...
Cognitive fatigue changes functional connectivity in brain’s fatigue network
Kessler Foundation research team confirms regions contributing to the brain's 'fatigue network', and demonstrates that network connectivity changes with cognitive ...
New molecular driver of frontal circuit maturation discovered
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai Researchers find a new way to prevent attention deficits associated with Fragile X, ...
Leading migraine researcher supported by the NIH wins The Brain Prize 2021
Credit: Courtesy of the Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark. WHAT: The Brain Prize has been awarded to Michael A. Moskowitz, M.D., a ...
How does your brain process emotions? Answer could help address loneliness epidemic
Study finds specific brain regions respond opposingly to emotions related to loneliness and wisdomCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Research ...
IU researchers discover new potential for functional recovery after spinal cord injury
Credit: IU School of Medicine Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have successfully reprogrammed a glial cell type in ...
Huntington’s disease driven by slowed protein-building machinery in cells
New study shows that mutant huntingtin protein slows ribosomesCredit: Image by Nicolai Urban of Max Planck Institute for Neuroscience in ...
New test enables rapid detection of mild cognitive impairment as well as dementia
Researchers from Kanazawa University develop a new efficient way to screen for mild cognitive impairment and dementiaCredit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, ...
RCSI researchers discover new way to halt excessive inflammation
Credit: Patrick Bolger DUBLIN, Friday, 5 March 2021: RCSI researchers have discovered a new way to 'put the brakes' on ...
Peter Goadsby, migraine expert, awarded the Brain Prize 2021
Credit: UCLA Health Dr. Peter Goadsby, professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been ...
Neural networks need more than neurons, new project posits
Credit: Vincent Breton-Provencher/MIT Picower Institute By encoding a feature of biological intelligence called reinforcement learning, in which we iteratively learn ...
Determination of glycine transporter opens new avenues in development of psychiatric drugs
Credit: Azadeh Shahsavar Glycine can stimulate or inhibit neurons in the brain, thereby controlling complex functions. Unraveling the three-dimensional structure ...