Latest

UCSD

·May 20, 2023·5 min read

Non-Invasive Brain Imaging Deciphers Hand Gestures

Researchers have developed a non-invasive method to identify hand gestures through brain imaging. The technique utilizes magnetoencephalography (MEG) and could contribute to the evolution of brain-computer interfaces.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·May 19, 2023·5 min read

AI Unlocks Custom-Tailored DNA Sequences

Researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to dig deep into the mechanisms of gene activation, a crucial process in growth, development, and disease. Utilizing machine learning, the team identified “synthetic extreme” DNA sequences that play specific roles in gene activation. These sequences were discovered by testing millions of DNA sequences and comparing gene activation elements in humans and fruit flies.

This shows a chat screen with a doctor and patient on a chatbot page

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 28, 2023·8 min read

ChatGPT Beats Doctors in Compassion and Quality of Advice to Patients

Researchers compared written responses from physicians and ChatGPT to real-world health questions and found that a panel of licensed healthcare professionals preferred ChatGPT's responses 79% of the time, rating ChatGPT's responses as higher quality and more empathetic. While AI assistants like ChatGPT won't replace doctors, the study suggests that physicians working together with such technologies may revolutionize medicine.

This shows the outline of a child's head

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·March 23, 2023·11 min read

Autism Rates Continue to Rise in California

1 in 22 children in California is diagnosed with autism, a new study reports. The number is higher than previous estimates in December which stated 1 in 44 children were on the autism spectrum. Earlier diagnosis and extensive early services may account for the higher number of children diagnosed with ASD in California.

This is a drawing of a cell taking out trash

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·March 21, 2023·5 min read

To Ward off Aging, Stem Cells Must Take Out the Trash

Blood stem cells use an unexpected method to remove misfolded proteins, and the pathway's activity declines with age. However, boosting the aggrephagy pathway could help prevent age-related diseases.

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·March 16, 2023·5 min read

DNA Treatment Could Delay Paralysis That Strikes Nearly All Patients With ALS

DNA designer therapeutics restored levels of a protein critical to motor neuron function, restoring the activity that is impaired as a result of ALS.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 9, 2023·4 min read

Complex Learned Social Behavior Discovered in Bee’s Waggle Dance

A bee's "waggle dance", an intricate series of motions that signals the location of critical resources to other bees, is improved by social learning and can be culturally transmitted.

This shows a statue of a mom and little girl

Autism Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 8, 2023·3 min read

Toddlers’ Attention to ‘Motherese’ Speech May Be Used to Diagnose Autism

Toddlers on the autism spectrum who pay less attention to "motherese", or baby-talk, exhibited weaker social and language skills in later tests.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 25, 2023·5 min read

More Steps and Moderate Physical Activity Cuts Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Risk

Older women who walked or partook in moderate-to-vigorous exercise each day had a reduced risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

This shows a building and car on fire during the Camp Fire wildfire in 2018

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 22, 2023·4 min read

In the Wake of a Wildfire, Embers of Change in Cognition and Brain Function Linger

People exposed to the Camp Fire California wildfire in 2018 showed significant brain and cognitive function changes many months after the event. Findings add to the growing body of evidence that supports a growing phenomenon known as "climate trauma".

Featured Neuroscience

·January 18, 2023·3 min read

Study Identifies Cause for Excessive Folding of Gyri in Human Cerebral Cortex

Study identifies the role the TMEM161B gene plays in excessive folding of the gyri in the cerebral cortex of those with polymicrogyria.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 29, 2022·5 min read

Human Brain Organoids Implanted Into Mouse Cortex Respond to Visual Stimuli for First Time

Researchers used innovative recording technology to show human brain organoids transplanted into mice establish functional connectivity in the cortex and respond to visual stimuli.