Researchers have used super-resolution microscopy to observe key molecules at work inside living brain cells, further unraveling the puzzle of memory formation and the elusive causes of dementia.
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How side hit to the head could damage brain, lead to concussion
August 1, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Play contact sports for any length of time and at one point or another you’re probably going to have your ‘bell rung’ by a powerful blow to the head from a hard hit or fall. Researchers have reconstructed ting the inertial stresses and strains that pre…
What to know about skin picking
August 1, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Skin picking involves consistently picking, pulling, or tearing healthy skin. It is a psychological symptom in many cases. Treatment includes therapy and medication. Learn more here.
Call it Mighty Mouse: Breakthrough leaps Alzheimer’s research hurdle
July 31, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have made it possible to learn how key human brain cells respond to Alzheimer’s, vaulting a major obstacle in the quest to understand and one day vanquish it. By developing a way for human brain immune cells known as microglia to grow and f…
How MND affects multiple brain networks
July 31, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have identified characteristic changes in the patterns of electrical brain wave activity in motor neurone disease (MND). This ground breaking observation will help to develop treatments for the disease that affects over 350 people in Irelan…
Ketamine isn’t an opioid and treats depression in a unique way
July 31, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Ketamine has gotten a bad rap as an opioid when there’s plenty of evidence suggesting it isn’t one, experts say. They believe this reputation may hamper patients from getting necessary treatment for the kinds of depression that don’t respond to typical…
What the brains of people with excellent general knowledge look like
July 31, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are particularly efficiently wired. This was shown by neuroscientists using magnetic resonance imaging.
Telling a ‘white lie’ may affect one’s ability to recognize emotions
July 31, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
New research finds that dishonest acts impair ‘interpersonal cognition,’ or the empathic ability to accurately tell what another person is feeling.
Faulty brain circuits repaired using nanotechnology
July 30, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Working with mouse and human tissue, researchers report new evidence that a protein pumped out of some — but not all — populations of ‘helper’ cells in the brain, called astrocytes, plays a specific role in directing the formation of connections amon…
Why is sex pleasurable?
July 30, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
There are many biological reasons that sex is pleasurable for males and females. In this article, we examine how sex affects both the body and the brain.
