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Researchers discover brain cells that express sense of time within experiences, memories

Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Trondheim, Norway have discovered a network of brain cells that express our sense of timewithin experiences and memories.

30 Aug 2018

Component of cannabis could help in psychosis

Researchers from King’s College London have now found how the chemical cannabidiol or CBD from cannabis can reduce the abnormal brain activity in patients who are at risk of psychosis. The study was published in the latest issue of the journal JAMA Psychiatry.

30 Aug 2018

New study supports motor cortex 'excitability' as cause of restless legs syndrome

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say new experiments using magnetic pulse brain stimulation on people with moderate to severe restless legs syndrome have added to evidence that the condition is due to excitability and hyperarousal in the part of the brain's motor cortex responsible for leg movement.

29 Aug 2018

The connection between brain anatomy, genes and obesity

Clinicians should consider how the way we think can make us vulnerable to obesity, and how obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and mental performance, according to new research.

29 Aug 2018

New approach to assess kidney tumors could prevent patients from undergoing unnecessary surgery

A research team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has discovered a way to use computed tomography imaging to assess kidney tumors that test positive for the biomarker CD117 and accurately determine before surgery, whether the tumor is benign or malignant.

29 Aug 2018

Variability in the way neurons respond to visual stimuli is not just noise, finds research

Take a look at your favorite mug; it probably looks the same as it always has, but your neurons may not think so. Neurons are firing in response to the visual stimuli they see but they don't fire in exactly the same way every time.

24 Aug 2018

Study: Motor cortex necessary for movement control in response to unexpected situations

Scientists have demonstrated that the motor cortex is necessary for the execution of corrective movements in response to unexpected changes of sensory input but not when the same movements are executed spontaneously.

23 Aug 2018

Researchers analyze how brains of doers differ from those of procrastinators

Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have analyzed why certain people tend to put tasks off rather than tackling them directly.

22 Aug 2018

BrainsWay receives FDA clearance for Deep TMS system to treat adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder

BrainsWay Ltd., the parent company of BrainsWay USA, Inc., and a global leader in the advanced non-invasive treatment of brain disorders, today announces that it has received De Novo clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (Deep TMS) system for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in adults.

22 Aug 2018

Researchers discover new subtype of multiple sclerosis

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered a new subtype of multiple sclerosis, providing a better understanding of the individualized nature of the disease.

22 Aug 2018

'Compulsivity circuit' may drive alcohol-seeking behavior in heavy drinkers

Heavy alcohol drinkers attempt to acquire alcohol despite the threat of a negative consequence more so than light drinkers, a study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging has found, and this behavior is associated with unique activation of brain circuitry in heavy drinkers.

21 Aug 2018

New information on the brain regions related to metacognition, tactile sense

Sense of touch provides information about textures, objects and physical forces acting on our body. Tactile information is also needed for successful execution of motor tasks such as grasping objects.

20 Aug 2018

Researchers create the world’s first artificial retina

Scientists have developed an ultrathin artificial retina that could provide a superior alternative to the visual implants currently available to the blind.

20 Aug 2018

Common antidepressant restores significant degree of lost plasticity to aging brain cells in mice

A new study provides fresh evidence that the decline in the capacity of brain cells to change, called "plasticity," rather than a decline in total cell number may underlie some of the sensory and cognitive declines associated with normal brain aging.

20 Aug 2018

Chronic perinatal hypoxia linked to locomotor miscoordination, long-term cerebellar learning deficits

Oxygen deprivation associated with preterm birth leaves telltale signs on the brains of newborns in the form of alterations to cerebellar white matter at the cellular and the physiological levels. Now, an experimental model of this chronic hypoxia reveals that those cellular alterations have behavioral consequences.

18 Aug 2018

Study offers possibility of squelching a focal epilepsy seizure before symptoms appear

Patients with focal epilepsy that does not respond to medications badly need alternative treatments.

17 Aug 2018

Researchers find mechanism that prepares brain to replicate repeated actions

Researchers in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that a computerized study of 36 healthy adult volunteers asked to repeat the same movement over and over became significantly faster when asked to repeat that movement on demand--a result that occurred not because they anticipated the movement, but because of an as yet unknown mechanism that prepared their brains to replicate the same action.

17 Aug 2018

Higher social dominance linked to faster decision-making in men

Hierarchies exist across all human and animal societies, organized by what behavioral scientists refer to as dominance. Dominant individuals tend to climb higher up the hierarchy ladder of their particular society, earning priority access to resources.

16 Aug 2018

Mount Sinai study could transform treatment for patients with retinal degenerative diseases

Researchers at Mount Sinai have successfully restored vision in mice through activating retinal stem cells, something that has never been done before. Their study, published in the August 15 online issue of Nature, could transform treatment for patients with retinal degenerative diseases, which currently have no cure.

16 Aug 2018

Scientists reverse congenital blindness in mouse model

A study funded by the National Eye Institute has shown that congenital blindness in mice can be reversed by regenerating rod photoreceptors in the retina.

15 Aug 2018

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Researchers discover brain cells that express sense of time within experiences, memories

Component of cannabis could help in psychosis

New study supports motor cortex 'excitability' as cause of restless legs syndrome

The connection between brain anatomy, genes and obesity

New approach to assess kidney tumors could prevent patients from undergoing unnecessary surgery

Variability in the way neurons respond to visual stimuli is not just noise, finds research

Study: Motor cortex necessary for movement control in response to unexpected situations

Researchers analyze how brains of doers differ from those of procrastinators

BrainsWay receives FDA clearance for Deep TMS system to treat adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Researchers discover new subtype of multiple sclerosis

'Compulsivity circuit' may drive alcohol-seeking behavior in heavy drinkers

New information on the brain regions related to metacognition, tactile sense

Researchers create the world’s first artificial retina

Common antidepressant restores significant degree of lost plasticity to aging brain cells in mice

Chronic perinatal hypoxia linked to locomotor miscoordination, long-term cerebellar learning deficits

Study offers possibility of squelching a focal epilepsy seizure before symptoms appear

Researchers find mechanism that prepares brain to replicate repeated actions

Higher social dominance linked to faster decision-making in men

Mount Sinai study could transform treatment for patients with retinal degenerative diseases

Scientists reverse congenital blindness in mouse model

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