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·November 30, 2017·4 min read

Obesity Increases Dementia Risk

UCL researchers report people with a higher body mass index are more likely to develop dementia than those of a lower weight.

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·May 28, 2014·3 min read

Journey of Discovery Starts Toward Understanding and Treating Networks of the Brain

DARPA's SUBNETS program includes two complementary research pathways that emphasize neural plasticity and single-neuron recording.

This diagram shows how the HAPTIX system can help restore touch sensation to upper limb amputees.

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·May 1, 2014·4 min read

By Restoring Sense of Touch to Amputees, HAPTIX Seeks to Overcome Physical and Psychological Effects of Upper Limb Loss

DARPA's HAPTIX program seeks to provide amputees with natural touch sensations.

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·June 10, 2014·3 min read

‘All Systems Go’ for a Paralyzed Person to Kick off the World Cup

A paralyzed person is expected to make the first kick in the World Cup this year, thanks to a new brain controlled exoskeleton with a sense of touch, designed by researchers at TUM.

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·March 14, 2018·4 min read

Study Links Physical Characteristics and Brain Health in Psychosis

A new study reports on a link between age, body mass index and brain integrity in psychosis. Researchers discovered higher age, BMI and severity of psychotic symptoms were negatively associated with cortical thickness and brain activity when patients were asked to perform cognitive tasks.

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Featured Neuroscience

·April 3, 2014·2 min read

Bioengineer Studying How the Brain Controls Movement

Researchers use computer technology to help understand how the brain circuitry controls movement.

This image shows a prefrontal-limbic-midbrain circuit is responsible for the genetic transfer of an anxious temperament.

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·July 9, 2015·5 min read

Brain-to-Brain Networks Established in Rodents and Primates

Researchers have been able to link the brains of primates and the brains of rodents, allowing the animals to exchange motor and sensory information to control movement or complete computations in real time.

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·May 2, 2019·6 min read

How the Brain Learns New Skills

Neurons in the anterior intraparietal cortex learn to modulate their activity to compensate for errors in brain-machine interface tasks. Findings suggest the extent to which a person can learn a new skill is constrained by preexisting neural networks.