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·October 17, 2013·3 min read

Brain May Flush Out Toxins During Sleep

A new study reports sleep can help clear brain molecules associated with neurodegeneration.

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·October 9, 2013·3 min read

‘Peanut Butter’ Test Can Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers use peanut butter as a new tool to diagnose early stage Alzheimer's disease.

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·September 23, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Addictive Video-Game Use Among Adults

Social interaction, reward and escapism fuel video game addiction in adults, a new study finds.

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·August 15, 2013·2 min read

Dragonflies Can See by Switching “On” and “Off”

Researchers have discovered a complex and novel visual circuit in the brains of dragonflies. They hope the findings could some day help to improve vision systems for robots.

The image shows the robotic needle test on a phantom blood clot.

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·August 12, 2013·5 min read

Robot Uses Steerable Needles to Treat Brain Clots

Researchers develop a steerable needle robot which can penetrate the brain and suction away blood clots.

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·July 24, 2013·4 min read

Novel Technology Seen as More Accurate Way to Diagnose and Treat Autism

Researchers have developed a new quantitative screening method for the diagnosis and longitudinal tracking of autism in children.

The illustration is a brain slice with advanced stage alzheimer's.

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·June 28, 2013·5 min read

Scientists View ‘Protein Origami’ to Help Understand, Prevent Certain Diseases

Using sophisticated imaging techniques, researchers observe a molecular protein folding process which could help better understand and treat neurodegenerative diseases and cancers.

This is a diagram of the cerebral cortex with the thalamus labeled.

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·June 27, 2013·4 min read

Study Appears to Overturn Prevailing View of How the Brain is Wired

Sensory information travels to two places at once; both the brain's mid-layer and the deeper layers, according to new research.

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·June 24, 2013·4 min read

‘Out-of-Body’ Virtual Experience Could Help Social Anxiety

According to researchers, new virtual imaging technology could be used to help people recover from social anxiety.

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·June 17, 2013·3 min read

Mice in a “Big Brother” Setup Develop Social Structures

A new study which developed a system designed to observe different strains of mice living together in a 'Big Brother house' pen and with no human intervention, provides some unusual insights into social behavior which enables social hierarchy.

The image shows Bell's palsy patient Audrey Rex before and after treatment.

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·June 11, 2013·3 min read

Surgeon Uses Electrical Stimulation to Speed Recovery in Bell’s Palsy Patients

A surgeon is using electrical stimulation as part of an advanced surgical technique to treat Bell's palsy. Stimulating the patient's damaged facial nerves with an electrical current helps 'jump start' the nerve in order to restore improved facial movement more quickly.