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e-Flower records neuronal activity with electronic petals

A new device consists of four flexible petals equipped with platinum electrodes, which curl around the spheroid when exposed to the liquid that supports the cell structure. This actuation is driven by the swelling of a soft hydrogel, making the device …

Controlling prosthetic hands more precisely by the power of thought

Researchers have developed a novel training protocol for brain-computer interfaces in a study with rhesus monkeys. The method enables precise control of prosthetic hands using signals from the brain alone. Researchers were able to show that the neural …

Fearful memories of others seen in mouse brain

Researchers have revealed that the CA1 and CA2 regions in the brain respectively encode the locations and individuals linked with a threatening experience. The results show that, beyond simply recognizing individuals, CA2 helps record more complex aspe…

Feeling sleepy and worried about your mental alertness?

Australian researchers have identified a new, brain-based measure of chronic sleepiness that could be diagnosed in just two minutes, predicting whether someone is safe to drive, operate machinery, or even alert enough to sit an exam.

How do you remember how to ride a bike? Thank your cerebellum

Researchers have shown that, just like declarative memories, short-term and long-term memories for motor skills form in different regions of the brain, with the cerebellum being critical for the formation of long-term skill memories.

Alzheimer’s disease may damage the brain in two phases

Alzheimer’s disease may damage the brain in two distinct phases, based on new research using sophisticated brain mapping tools. According to researchers who discovered this new view, the first, early phase happens slowly and silently — before people e…

A new target for anxiety disorders

By generating mice with genetic mutations that disrupt the brain’s TrkC-PTP protein complex, researchers find a key way that brain cells communicate.

Evidence builds for near infrared light treatment in traumatic brain injury

New research indicates that a novel method could result in a new treatment option in an area of medicine that currently has few, if any, treatment options.

Magnetically regulated gene therapy tech offers precise brain-circuit control

A new technology enables the control of specific brain circuits non-invasively with magnetic fields, according to a preclinical study. The technology holds promise as a powerful tool for studying the brain and as the basis for future neurological and p…

Bilingualism makes the brain more efficient, especially when learned at a young age

A new study from The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of McGill university, the University of Ottawa and the University of Zaragoza in Spain elaborates on bilingualism’s role in cognition, showing increased efficiency of communication b…