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Learning stress-reducing techniques may benefit people with epilepsy

Learning techniques to help manage stress may help people with epilepsy reduce how often they have seizures, according to a study published in the February 14, 2018, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

15 Feb 2018

TUM scientists observe formation of myelin sheaths around nerve fibers

Nerve fibers are surrounded by a myelin sheath. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich have now made the first-ever "live" observations of how this protective layer is formed.

15 Feb 2018

Researchers study how unexpected event makes people to stop an action

Imagine reaching to pet your cat, and it hisses at you. How does your brain take stock of the sound and communicate with your body to pull back your hand?

14 Feb 2018

Researchers use upconversion nanoparticles to understand brain functions

Scientists from the National University of Singapore have worked with an international research team to jointly develop a novel approach for deep brain stimulation.

14 Feb 2018

Emotional state affects operation of the entire brain instead of being restricted to specific regions

The brain mechanisms of basic emotions such as anger and happiness are fairly similar across people. Differences are greater in social emotions, such as gratitude and contempt.

14 Feb 2018

Mice study raises hope to successfully treat Alzheimer's disease

A team of researchers from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute have found that gradually depleting an enzyme called BACE1 completely reverses the formation of amyloid plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's disease, thereby improving the animals' cognitive function.

14 Feb 2018

Researcher makes breakthrough discovery in process of fear relapse

Steve Maren, the Claude H. Everett Jr. '47 Chair of Liberal Arts professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University, and his Emotion and Memory Systems Laboratory have made a breakthrough discovery in the process of fear relapse.

14 Feb 2018

High-tech brain scans can provide new way to define intelligence

High-tech scans of the resting human brain can provide a new way to define and interpret the brain's actual mental capacity, new research suggests.

14 Feb 2018

New Blink Reflexometer could provide more objective measures of concussion severity

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that between 1.6 and 3.8 million concussions occur each year in the US. In addition, research indicates that nearly a quarter of annual traumatic brain injuries among children are sustained during high-contact/collision recreational activities or sports.

13 Feb 2018

Researchers develop new method to map dopamine system in Parkinson's patients

With the aid of a PET camera, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new method for investigating the dopamine system in the brains of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease.

13 Feb 2018

MRI scans reveal why people often become aggressive after drinking alcohol

Researchers have used magnetic resonance imaging scans that measure blood flow in the brain to better understand why people often become aggressive and violent after drinking alcohol.

12 Feb 2018

Chemist finds how to control blood sugar without usual side effects

Chemist Robert Doyle in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University has figured out how to control glucose levels in the bloodstream without the usual side effects of nausea, vomiting or malaise.

11 Feb 2018

Salk scientists uncover how the liver can have a speedy response to food

Minutes after you eat a meal, as nutrients rush into your bloodstream, your body makes massive shifts in how it breaks down and stores fats and sugars.

9 Feb 2018

Findings reveal dramatic landscape of genetic changes in the brain in response to visual stimulation

"Nature and nurture is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed.

9 Feb 2018

Research funded by NIH grant aims to discover crucial role of 'invisible' cells

Neurons are the star of the show in brain science, but they don't work alone to process information. In new research funded by a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, a team at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory aims to discover the likely crucial role of the supporting cast member with a stellar-sounding name: the astrocyte.

9 Feb 2018

Star-shaped brain cells may help control rhythm of breathing, NIH study suggests

Traditionally, scientists thought that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes were steady, quiet supporters of their talkative, wire-like neighbors, called neurons. Now, an NIH study suggests that astrocytes may also have their say.

8 Feb 2018

Altered immune cell clocks may contribute to metabolic diseases in shift workers

About 15 million Americans don't have a typical nine-to-five workday, and many of these--nurses, firefighters and flight attendants, among many other professions--may see their schedule change drastically one week to the next.

7 Feb 2018

Excitatory magnetic brain stimulation reduces emotional arousal to fearful faces, study shows

A new study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging reports that processing of negative emotion can be strengthened or weakened by tuning the excitability of the right frontal part of the brain.

6 Feb 2018

Australian researchers given a helping hand for stroke research

Australian researchers have been given a helping hand to build projects with the potential to impact future treatment and care for stroke survivors.

6 Feb 2018

MILabs completes installation of latest VECTor5CT system at University of Copenhagen

MILabs announced today that it has successfully completed the installation of its top-of-the-line multimodality PET-SPECT-UHR CT in the laboratory of Prof. Maiken Nedergaard, M.D, D.M.Sci. – Center for Translational Neuroscience, Division of Glial Disease and Therapeutics.

6 Feb 2018

Neuroscience News and Research

Learning stress-reducing techniques may benefit people with epilepsy

TUM scientists observe formation of myelin sheaths around nerve fibers

Researchers study how unexpected event makes people to stop an action

Researchers use upconversion nanoparticles to understand brain functions

Emotional state affects operation of the entire brain instead of being restricted to specific regions

Mice study raises hope to successfully treat Alzheimer's disease

Researcher makes breakthrough discovery in process of fear relapse

High-tech brain scans can provide new way to define intelligence

New Blink Reflexometer could provide more objective measures of concussion severity

Researchers develop new method to map dopamine system in Parkinson's patients

MRI scans reveal why people often become aggressive after drinking alcohol

Chemist finds how to control blood sugar without usual side effects

Salk scientists uncover how the liver can have a speedy response to food

Findings reveal dramatic landscape of genetic changes in the brain in response to visual stimulation

Research funded by NIH grant aims to discover crucial role of 'invisible' cells

Star-shaped brain cells may help control rhythm of breathing, NIH study suggests

Altered immune cell clocks may contribute to metabolic diseases in shift workers

Excitatory magnetic brain stimulation reduces emotional arousal to fearful faces, study shows

Australian researchers given a helping hand for stroke research

MILabs completes installation of latest VECTor5CT system at University of Copenhagen

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