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Molecule offers hope for halting Parkinson’s

A promising molecule has offered hope for a new treatment that could stop or slow Parkinson’s, something no treatment can currently do.

Researchers Were Not Right About Left Brains, Study Suggests

Brain imprints on cranial bones from great apes and humans refute the long-held notion that the human pattern of brain asymmetry is unique, according to new research.

Brief bursts, big insights

Researchers use new method to investigate neural oscillations.

A good blood supply is good for memory

Memory performance and other cognitive abilities benefit from a good blood supply to the brain. This applies in particular to people affected by a condition known as ‘sporadic cerebral small vessel disease’. Researchers suggest that blood perfusion of …

WWI helmets protect against shock waves just as well as modern designs

Biomedical engineers have demonstrated that, despite significant advancements in protection from ballistics and blunt impacts, modern military helmets are no better at protecting from shock waves than their World War I counterparts. One model in partic…

World’s first congenital pituitary hypoplasia model developed using patient-derived iPS cells

Researchers have developed the world’s first congenital pituitary hypoplasia (CPH) model using patient-derived iPS cells. The research group succeeded in using the model to illuminate the mechanisms underlying CPH. The team has been attempting to apply…

Unraveling mechanisms of ventricular enlargement linked to schizophrenia

Scientists have implicated two microRNAs in the biological processes that underlie the ventricle enlargement observed in models of schizophrenia.

Brain inflammation in veterans with Gulf War illness

In a new discovery, researchers have detected widespread inflammation in the brains of veterans diagnosed with Gulf War Illness.

New drug leads could battle brain-eating amoebae

Brain-eating amoebae can cause particularly harmful forms of encephalitis, and more than 95% of people who develop these rare but devastating infections die. Despite the high mortality rate, there is currently no single effective drug available to figh…

Researchers stimulate areas vital to consciousness in monkeys’ brains — and it wakes them up

One of the central questions in neuroscience is clarifying where in the brain consciousness, which is the ability to experience internal and external sensations, arises. Researchers report that a specific area in the brain, the central lateral thalamus…