Posts Tagged ‘brain research’
Reduction of Excess Brain Activity Improves Memory in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment
Research published by Cell Press in the May 10th issue of the journal Neuron, describes a potential new therapeutic approach for improving memory and modifying disease progression in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. The study finds that excess brain [Read More]
Researchers Discover a New Family of Key Mitochondrial Proteins for the Function and Variability of the Brain
This family comprises a cluster of six genes that may be altered in neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. A team headed by Eduardo Soriano at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has published a study in Nature [Read More]
Female and Younger Athletes Take Longer to Overcome Concussions
New research out of Michigan State University reveals female athletes and younger athletes take longer to recover from concussions, findings that call for physicians and athletic trainers to take sex and age into account when dealing with the injury. The study, led by [Read More]
Psychopathy Linked to Specific Structural Abnormalities in the Brain
New research provides the strongest evidence to date that psychopathy is linked to specific structural abnormalities in the brain. The study, published in Archives of General Psychiatry and led by researchers at King’s College London is the first to confirm that [Read More]
Deep Brain Stimulation May Hold Promise for Mild Alzheimer’s Disease
Small phase I study suggests ‘brain pacemaker’ could slow progression of AD A study on a handful of people with suspected mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggests that a device that sends continuous electrical impulses to specific “memory” [Read More]
Scientists Show How a Gene Duplication Helped Our Brains Become ‘Human’
Extra copy of brain-development gene allowed neurons to migrate farther and develop more connections; findings may offer clue to autism and schizophrenia. What genetic changes account for the vast behavioral differences between humans and other primates? Researchers so far [Read More]
Glycogen Accumulation in Neurons Causes Brain Damage and Shortens Lives of Flies and Mice
Work by IRB Barcelona researchers will further the study of neurodegenerative diseases such as Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy. Collaborative research by groups headed by scientists Joan J. Guinovart and Marco Milán at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB [Read More]
Brain May Not Be Hard Wired to Link Numbers and Space
Neuroscience Intro: This is an introduction to an article posted on another website. The full article is available at the link below the article. Is our ability to map numbers onto a physical space – such as along a line – a cultural invention rather than an innate [Read More]
Agent Reduces Autism-like Behaviors in Mice
Boosts Sociability, Quells Repetitiveness – NIH Study National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of the three core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). An experimental compound, called GRN-529, increased social [Read More]
How Your Eyes Deceive You
Researchers at the University of Sydney have thrown new light on the tricks the brain plays as it struggles to make sense of the visual and other sensory signals it constantly receives. The research has implications for understanding how the brain interprets the world [Read More]
