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Neuroplasticity is increased but dysregulated in the aging brain, study finds

They say you can't teach old dogs new tricks, but new research shows you can teach an old rat new sounds, even if the lesson doesn't stick very long.

19 Sep 2018

Effects of prematurity found to be more severe for the brains of males than females

Brains of baby boys born prematurely are affected differently and more severely than premature infant girls' brains. This is according to a study published in the Springer Nature-branded journal Pediatric Research.

19 Sep 2018

Macaque brain study provides insight into emotion of envy when others are rewarded

A study on macaques by researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences has identified part of the brain that specifically registers when another macaque receives a reward, showing that this affects the subjective value placed on one's own resources and rewards, providing insight into the emotion of envy.

18 Sep 2018

Use of transcranial electrical stimulation to bolster creativity has far-reaching implications

What is creativity, and can it be enhanced -- safely -- in a person who needs a boost of imagination? Georgetown experts debate the growing use of electrical devices that stimulate brain tissue, and conclude there is potential value in the technique. However, use of these machines also raises neuro-ethical, legal, and social issues that must now be addressed.

18 Sep 2018

Scientists find alterations in blood flow in response to body position change

For the first time ever, an international research group detected alterations in capillary blood flow around the face caused by body position change.

18 Sep 2018

Logos Biosystems releases new electrophoretic tissue clearing system with twice the features in half the space

Logos Biosystems has released the latest system for electrophoretic tissue clearing, the X-CLARITY™ Tissue Clearing System II. The new system has been upgraded with new features that make it streamlined, easier to use and more intuitive.

From Logos Biosystems 18 Sep 2018

Researchers study neuronal activity in brain that prevents individuals from doing physical activity

About 30% of adults and 80% of teenagers today do not meet the minimum levels of daily physical activity for staying healthy, as recommended by the World Health Organisation.

18 Sep 2018

Researchers study if brain regions activated after negative facial stimulus are activated in people with MCI

Greek researchers investigated whether specific brain regions, which have been found to be highly activated after negative facial stimulus, are also activated in different groups of people with subjective cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's Disease compared to healthy controls.

17 Sep 2018

Researchers identify a new cause of chronic stress in the brain

In an international collaboration between MedUni Vienna, Semmelweis University in Budapest, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and Yale University in the USA, researchers have identified a new process in the brain that is responsible for the delayed stress response and the long-term effects of stress: with a delay of 10 minutes after the "danger", the area of the brain that reacts to stress and responsible for further action is activated via the cerebral fluid.

14 Sep 2018

Prenatal cannabinoid use can cause behavioral and neuronal deficits in male offspring

Taking cannabinoids during pregnancy can cause behavioral and neuronal deficits in adult male offspring, while females remain unaffected, says new research published in eLife.

12 Sep 2018

Russian scientists develop model for predicting hand trajectories based on electrocorticograms

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have developed a model for predicting hand movement trajectories based on cortical activity: Signals are measured directly from a human brain.

10 Sep 2018

New study gives insight into metabolic interactions that occur throughout the body

A recent paper published in the scientific journal Cell gives an unprecedented insight into the metabolic interactions that occur throughout the body over 24 hours.

7 Sep 2018

Study analyzes what happens in the brain when humans forget something on purpose

Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University Hospital of Gieβen and Marburg, in collaboration with colleagues from Bonn, the Netherlands, and the UK, have analyzed what happens in the brain when humans want to voluntarily forget something.

7 Sep 2018

Mimicking Human Brain Development Using Organoids

Dr. Paul Tesar from the Tesar Laboratory at Case Western University, Ohio, discusses the importance of organoids in biological research and the development of organoids which are capable of simulating the early stages of human myelin.

7 Sep 2018

Transcranial direct current stimulation may help aphasia patients recover use of language

Neuroscientists at the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina have collaborated on a study in the field of aphasia that has successfully paved the way for a large clinical trial.

7 Sep 2018

Whole brain analysis reveals why 'mindful people' feel less pain

Ever wonder why some people seem to feel less pain than others? A study conducted at Wake Forest School of Medicine may have found one of the answers – mindfulness.

7 Sep 2018

Researchers identify communication networks among organs and tissues that regulate metabolism

An international research team led by the University of California, Irvine has identified a system of communication networks that exists among organs and tissues that regulate metabolism.

7 Sep 2018

Brains of professional beatboxers and guitarists respond to music differently, finds study

The brains of professional beatboxers and guitarists respond to music differently when compared to each other and non-musicians, finds a new UCL-led study.

6 Sep 2018

Brain’s attention network plays key role in vision restoration after stroke, trauma

About one third of patients who have suffered a stroke end up with low vision, losing up to half of their visual field. This partial blindness was long considered irreversible, but recent studies have shown that vision training after optic nerve and brain damage can help restore or improve vision. A new study published in the journal Clinical Neurophysiology reports on key mechanisms of vision restoration: attention.

4 Sep 2018

Single dose of cannabidiol showed effective results in rats with symptoms of depression

Commercial antidepressants typically take two to four weeks to have a significant effect on a depressed patient. They are also inneffective in approximately 40% of the cases.

31 Aug 2018

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Neuroplasticity is increased but dysregulated in the aging brain, study finds

Effects of prematurity found to be more severe for the brains of males than females

Macaque brain study provides insight into emotion of envy when others are rewarded

Use of transcranial electrical stimulation to bolster creativity has far-reaching implications

Scientists find alterations in blood flow in response to body position change

Logos Biosystems releases new electrophoretic tissue clearing system with twice the features in half the space

Researchers study neuronal activity in brain that prevents individuals from doing physical activity

Researchers study if brain regions activated after negative facial stimulus are activated in people with MCI

Researchers identify a new cause of chronic stress in the brain

Prenatal cannabinoid use can cause behavioral and neuronal deficits in male offspring

Russian scientists develop model for predicting hand trajectories based on electrocorticograms

New study gives insight into metabolic interactions that occur throughout the body

Study analyzes what happens in the brain when humans forget something on purpose

Mimicking Human Brain Development Using Organoids

Transcranial direct current stimulation may help aphasia patients recover use of language

Whole brain analysis reveals why 'mindful people' feel less pain

Researchers identify communication networks among organs and tissues that regulate metabolism

Brains of professional beatboxers and guitarists respond to music differently, finds study

Brain’s attention network plays key role in vision restoration after stroke, trauma

Single dose of cannabidiol showed effective results in rats with symptoms of depression

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