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Bungee Jumping For Science: Measuring Readiness Outside the Lab

Neuroscience NewsMarch 1, 2019

Asking participants to bungee jump helps researchers measure Bereitschaftspotential, or readiness potential, outside the lab setting. Researchers say their findings will help in the development of BCIs to assist quadriplegics to control neuroprosthetics.... Read More...

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Helping Cells to Help Themselves May Benefit Multiple Sclerosis

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 22, 2019

Researchers have discovered how the body is able to initiate repair mechanisms which can limit the extent of damage to the myelin sheath. The findings could help with the development of new therapies for multiple sclerosis.... Read More...

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Does Our Environment Affect the Genes in Our Brains?

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 24, 2018

A new study reports environmentally induced epigenetic alterations have a greater impact on intelligence that previously believed.... Read More...

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Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Patients

Neuroscience NewsAugust 29, 2018

Researchers report the adverse cognitive effects associated with DBS in Parkinson's patients are linked to a different neural pathway than the one responsible for the motor effects generated by the treatment.... Read More...

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Deep Brain Stimulation May Help Those With Multiple Sclerosis

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 7, 2018

A new study reports dTMS can help to reduce fatigue symptoms in those with multiple sclerosis.... Read More...

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Do Western Societies Promote Narcissism?

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 26, 2018

A new study in Charité reveals those who grew up in the former Western states of Germany between 1949 and 1990, tend to be more narcissistic than those who were raised in the East. The study raises the question of whether narcissism is associated with Western culture.... Read More...

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An Interconnection Between the Nervous and Immune System

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 19, 2017

Researchers reveal a neuroendocrine system reflex may trigger an increased susceptibility to contracting bacterial infections following injuries to the brain or spinal cord.... Read More...

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100 is the New 80

Neuroscience NewsJuly 21, 2017

A new study reveals those who die at 100 tend to suffer from fewer diseases than those who die at younger ages.... Read More...

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New Insights Into Activity Patterns Inside the Anesthetized Brain

Neuroscience NewsNovember 11, 2016

Under anesthesia, the nerve cells change their mode of operation by firing more synchronously, and by becoming surprisingly reactive to environmental stimuli, researchers report.... Read More...

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Male and female mice have different brain cells

First evidence of immune response targeting brain cells in autism

How hunger makes food tastier

Neurology

First evidence of immune response targeting brain cells in autism

Hormone therapy associated with improved cognition

Frontotemporal dementia is associated with alterations in immune system function

AI

Deep3DFly: the deep-learning way to design fly-like robots

Computer model helps make sense of human memory

AI helps scientists predict depression outcomes

Robotics

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Electronic glove offers ‘humanlike’ features for prosthetic hand users

Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain’s blood vessels

Psychology

Investigating the full spectrum of suicide

New insights into biological underpinnings of schizophrenia

Researchers discover potential therapy to treat detrimental effects of marijuana

Charite

Bungee Jumping For Science: Measuring Readiness Outside the Lab

Helping Cells to Help Themselves May Benefit Multiple Sclerosis

Does Our Environment Affect the Genes in Our Brains?

Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Patients

Deep Brain Stimulation May Help Those With Multiple Sclerosis

An Interconnection Between the Nervous and Immune System

100 is the New 80

New Insights Into Activity Patterns Inside the Anesthetized Brain