Posts Tagged ‘neuroscience research’
Scientists Boost Memory by Stimulating Key Site in Brain
Mechanism holds potential for improving recall in dementia patients. Have you ever gone to the movies and forgotten where you parked the car? New UCLA research may one day help you improve your memory. UCLA neuroscientists have demonstrated that they can strengthen memory [Read More]
Explorers Use Uncertainty and Specific Area of Brain
As they try to find the best reward among options, some people explore based on how uncertain they are about the outcome of the options. Those who employ that thought process, unlike people who use other strategies, uniquely harness the computational power of the [Read More]
Molecular Path from Internal Clock to Cells Controlling Rest and Activity Revealed
The molecular pathway that carries time-of-day signals from the body’s internal clock to ultimately guide daily behavior is like a black box, says Amita Sehgal, PhD, the John Herr Musser Professor of Neuroscience and Co-Director, Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, at [Read More]
Researchers Increase Understanding of Gene’s Potentially Protective Role in Parkinson’s
Treatments for Parkinson’s disease, estimated to affect 1 million Americans, have yet to prove effective in slowing the progression of the debilitating disease. However, University of Alabama researchers have identified how a specific gene protects dopamine-producing [Read More]
Warning! Collision Imminent!
The brain’s quick interceptions help you navigate the world. When you are about to collide into something and manage to swerve away just in the nick of time, what exactly is happening in your brain? A new study from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The [Read More]
Sharp Images from the Living Mouse Brain
Max Planck scientists in Göttingen have for the first time made finest details of nerve cells in the brain of a living mouse visible. To explore the most intricate structures of the brain in order to decipher how it functions – Stefan Hell’s team of researchers at the [Read More]
Scientists Decode Brain Waves to Eavesdrop on What We Hear
Neuroscientists may one day be able to hear the imagined speech of a patient unable to speak due to stroke or paralysis, according to University of California, Berkeley, researchers. These scientists have succeeded in decoding electrical activity in the brain’s temporal [Read More]
Genetic Breakthrough for Brain Cancer in Children
Canadian-led research team identifies two mutations in crucial gene involved in deadly pediatric brain tumours. An international research team led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) has made a major genetic breakthrough that could [Read More]
Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain’s Speech Processing Center
New location of critical area provides hints on origin of language. Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed towards the back of the brain’s cerebral cortex, behind auditory cortex where all sounds are received — a place famously known as [Read More]
Diagnostic Brain Tumor Test Could Revolutionize Care of Patients with Low-Grade Gliomas
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed what they believe to be the first clinical application of a new imaging technique to diagnose brain tumors. The unique test could preclude the need for surgery in patients whose tumors are located in areas of the [Read More]
