Could 'random noise' supercharge your brain?

by Michelle Wheeler,ParticleCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainApplying a weak electrical current to your brain could speed up learning and help people with neurological conditions.The technique i

Updated on: January 21,2024

Could 'random noise' supercharge your brain?

by Michelle Wheeler,ParticleCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainApplying a weak electrical current to your brain could speed up learning and help people with neurological conditions.The technique i

Updated on:January 21,2024

An Alzheimer's-defying brain offer clues to treatment and prevention of dementia

by Massachusetts General HospitalLongitudinal tau PET imaging measures in anAPOE3ch homozygote. A Surface rendering of tau PET (Flortaucipir) images (standardized uptake value ratio, SUVr),

Updated on: May 26,2024

An Alzheimer's-defying brain offer clues to treatment and prevention of dementia

by Massachusetts General HospitalLongitudinal tau PET imaging measures in anAPOE3ch homozygote. A Surface rendering of tau PET (Flortaucipir) images (standardized uptake value ratio, SUVr),

Updated on:May 26,2024

Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain aging and cognitive decline

byeLifeThis image shows the effects of aging effects on the brain, further exacerbated in type 2 diabetes. Credit: Lilianne Mujica-Parodi (CC BY 4.0)Scientists have demonstrated that normal brai

Updated on: January 21,2024

Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain aging and cognitive decline

byeLifeThis image shows the effects of aging effects on the brain, further exacerbated in type 2 diabetes. Credit: Lilianne Mujica-Parodi (CC BY 4.0)Scientists have demonstrated that normal brai

Updated on:January 21,2024

'Flash and Freeze-fracture' technique allows for neuronal insights into medial habenula

by Institute of Science and Technology AustriaA lunar surface-like electron microscopic image of an activated medial habenula neuron. SPO (light green), CAPS2 (dark blue), vesicles on the verge o

Updated on: June 26,2024

'Flash and Freeze-fracture' technique allows for neuronal insights into medial habenula

by Institute of Science and Technology AustriaA lunar surface-like electron microscopic image of an activated medial habenula neuron. SPO (light green), CAPS2 (dark blue), vesicles on the verge o

Updated on:June 26,2024

Preventive treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

by Fraunhofer-GesellschaftSemi-automatically generated biochemical networks help researchers map out and recognize connections. Credit: Fraunhofer SCAIA diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is de

Updated on: April 08,2024

Preventive treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

by Fraunhofer-GesellschaftSemi-automatically generated biochemical networks help researchers map out and recognize connections. Credit: Fraunhofer SCAIA diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is de

Updated on:April 08,2024

Birth control shots caused brain tumors and speech issues for Nevada mom, lawsuit says

by Irene Wright, The Charlotte ObserverCredit: Wikimedia CommonsA mother says years of painful headaches and speech issues from brain tumors were caused by prolonged use of a Pfizer birth control shot

Updated on: November 28,2024

Birth control shots caused brain tumors and speech issues for Nevada mom, lawsuit says

by Irene Wright, The Charlotte ObserverCredit: Wikimedia CommonsA mother says years of painful headaches and speech issues from brain tumors were caused by prolonged use of a Pfizer birth control shot

Updated on:November 28,2024

Researchers reconstruct speech from brain activity, illuminating complex neural processes

byNYU Tandon School of EngineeringCT reconstruction of an ECoG electrode grid placement (yellow) in one patient. Credit: NYU Tandon School of EngineeringSpeech production is a complex neural phe

Updated on: January 06,2024

Researchers reconstruct speech from brain activity, illuminating complex neural processes

byNYU Tandon School of EngineeringCT reconstruction of an ECoG electrode grid placement (yellow) in one patient. Credit: NYU Tandon School of EngineeringSpeech production is a complex neural phe

Updated on:January 06,2024

Evidence early, but emerging, that gamma rhythm stimulation can treat neurological disorders

byMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA surprising MITstudypublished inNatureat the end of 2016 helped to spur interest in the possibility that

Updated on: December 28,2023

Evidence early, but emerging, that gamma rhythm stimulation can treat neurological disorders

byMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA surprising MITstudypublished inNatureat the end of 2016 helped to spur interest in the possibility that

Updated on:December 28,2023

Digital training program improves quality of life for care residents with dementia—even during the COVID-19 pandemic

byUniversity of ExeterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainQuality of life for people with dementia living in residential and nursing home care substantially improved after staff took part in a digi

Updated on: December 28,2023

Digital training program improves quality of life for care residents with dementia—even during the COVID-19 pandemic

byUniversity of ExeterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainQuality of life for people with dementia living in residential and nursing home care substantially improved after staff took part in a digi

Updated on:December 28,2023

Validating the role of inhibitory interneurons in memory

byInstitute for Basic ScienceLabeling of intraregional synapses using LCD-eGRASP in the basolateral amygdala (BLA). Engram cells (Red), Non-engram cells (White), synapses from activated inhibito

Updated on: January 04,2024

Validating the role of inhibitory interneurons in memory

byInstitute for Basic ScienceLabeling of intraregional synapses using LCD-eGRASP in the basolateral amygdala (BLA). Engram cells (Red), Non-engram cells (White), synapses from activated inhibito

Updated on:January 04,2024

New biomarker predicts whether neurons will regenerate

byUniversity of California - San DiegoNeurons, shown here in red and yellow, are some of the slowest cells to regenerate after injury. In this section of a mouse brain, yellow neurons are regene

Updated on: January 06,2024

New biomarker predicts whether neurons will regenerate

byUniversity of California - San DiegoNeurons, shown here in red and yellow, are some of the slowest cells to regenerate after injury. In this section of a mouse brain, yellow neurons are regene

Updated on:January 06,2024

For people with memory struggles after brain injuries, the brain's processing speed is the main culprit: Study

by Jade McClain,New York UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainIf you try to save a file while your laptop lags, it won't save. Similarly, when our brains have delayed processing speeds, they &

Updated on: June 29,2024

For people with memory struggles after brain injuries, the brain's processing speed is the main culprit: Study

by Jade McClain,New York UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainIf you try to save a file while your laptop lags, it won't save. Similarly, when our brains have delayed processing speeds, they &

Updated on:June 29,2024