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An EPFL scientist has pinpointed the signs of brain activity that make up our brain fingerprint, which — like our regular fingerprint — is unique.
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When the brain stores memories of objects, it creates a characteristic pattern of activity for each of them. Stress changes such memory traces.
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The immune cells, known as microglia, also help regulate blood flow and maintain the brain’s critical blood vessels, researchers have discovered. The findings may prove important in cognitive decline, dementia and stroke, among other conditions linked …
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Researchers may have an uncovered new answers on how to create safer opioids. Design a new opioid to bypass the part of brain that feels pleasure, but retain the analgesic properties, which make opioids one of the most effective pain relievers. Researc…
October 14, 2021 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have discovered how neurons in a small area of the mammalian brain help filter distracting or disruptive signals — specifically from the hands — to coordinate dexterous movements. Their results may hold lessons in how the brain filters ot…
A new study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the brain activity…
Conflicting parties experience threats to both their agency and morality, but the experience…
In this one-hour webinar, NHLBI-funded investigator, Dr. Bonnie Spring, will present her current…
October 14, 2021 by NewsBot - No Comment
It remains a central challenge in psychiatry to reliably judge whether a patient will respond to treatment. Researchers now show that moment-to-moment fluctuations in brain activity can reliably predict whether patients with social anxiety disorder wil…
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Scientists report that children benefited most from 60 hours of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) over four weeks. The study also showed that the intensive therapy did not add stress for families.
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The way a person’s brain responds to stress following a traumatic event, such as a car accident, may help to predict their long-term mental health outcomes, according to new research. The study followed more than 3,000 people for up to a year after exp…
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The ability to detect and react to the smell of a potential threat is a precondition of our and other mammals’ survival. Using a novel technique, researchers have been able to study what happens in the brain when the central nervous system judges a sme…
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Researchers have revealed that non-mammalian vertebrates might have a much more simple and effective way of deciphering between colour and greyscale information than humans, tracking explanations back to early evolution.
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At the beginning of neurodegenerative disease, the immune cells of the brain — the ‘microglia’ — take up glucose, a sugar molecule, to a much greater extent than hitherto assumed. These results are of great significance for the interpretation of brai…
