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Brain wiring directly impacts performance of simple and complex tasks

The way a person's brain is "wired" directly impacts how well they perform simple and complex tasks, according to a new study from researchers at Rice University.

5 Oct 2017

Study captures economic burden of frontotemporal degeneration in the United States

You may not have heard of it, but frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) accounts for 20 to 50 percent of dementia cases in people under the age of 65. FTD ravages an individual's quality of life by dramatically altering their language, personality, behavior, cognition and motor function. But it doesn't end there.

4 Oct 2017

Women with high blood pressure in their 40s may more likely develop dementia later

Women who develop high blood pressure in their 40s may be more likely to develop dementia years later, according to a study published in the October 4, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

4 Oct 2017

MPFI scientist receives $2.4 million NIH grant to study neural circuits in the cerebral cortex

Dr. David Fitzpatrick, Scientific Director and CEO at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, has been awarded a $2.4 million five-year grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to study the functional organization of neural circuits in the cerebral cortex, specifically, in the area of brain responsible for processing visual information.

3 Oct 2017

Cooling treatment for babies deprived of oxygen at birth can reduce childhood epilepsy

Cooling babies deprived of oxygen at birth (perinatal asphyxia) can reduce the number of children who develop epilepsy later in childhood, according to a new study published in the journal Epilepsia.

3 Oct 2017

Different genres of video games may affect cognitive training

Video games are quickly becoming a hot topic in cognitive training. Many see them as a potential tool to help patients improve their performance and memory, yet little is known about how different types of video games may affect white matter in the brain and cognition.

3 Oct 2017

Study looks at impact of mental health risk factors on extremely low birth weight survivors

Decreased exposure to bullying and family problems during childhood and adolescence could help reduce adult mental illness in extremely low birth weight preemies, according to a new study from McMaster University.

3 Oct 2017

Grant awarded to UDA for Quantum Technology-based brain imaging system

Unitive Design & Analysis Ltd, a London-based SME, announced today their success in being awarded an Innovate UK grant to develop a commercial roadmap for a Quantum Technology- based brain imaging system.

3 Oct 2017

Researchers win $2 million grant to refine and expand use of unique microscope

Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Colorado Boulder have won a $2 million grant allowing them to refine a unique microscope they have developed while expanding its use to other scientists across the country.

3 Oct 2017

Impairing critical partnership between brain cells can lead to Alzheimer's disease

Researchers have discovered that impairing a critical partnership between brain cells can lead to neurodegeneration. The study published in Cell Metabolism reports a mechanism by which two types of brain cells, neurons and glia, normally support each other's functions.

30 Sep 2017

Researchers discover new class of molecules that may protect brain from injury or diseases

Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans, has discovered a new class of molecules in the brain that synchronize cell-to-cell communication and neuroinflammation/immune activity in response to injury or diseases.

28 Sep 2017

Caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's

Contrary to previous research, caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the September 27, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

28 Sep 2017

FAU neuroscientist develops innovative program to prevent dementia

More than 5 million Americans today are affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD). If nothing is done to stop this upward trajectory, there will be more than 16 million people with AD in the United States and more than 60 million people with AD worldwide by 2050.

27 Sep 2017

Feeling stiff does not reflect true biomechanical back stiffness, study suggests

"My back feels so stiff!" We often hear our friends say. Well, that doesn't mean your friend's back is actually stiff, according to a new study at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.

27 Sep 2017

Study uses new approach to model brain connections for understanding Parkinson's disease

Some 10 million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's disease -- a debilitating condition that causes degeneration of brain nerve cells that control movement. The exact reasons for this degeneration remain unknown.

27 Sep 2017

Discovery of key brain cells that control appetite could revolutionize dieting

Dieting could be revolutionized, thanks to the ground-breaking discovery by the University of Warwick of the key brain cells which control our appetite.

27 Sep 2017

Study finds no evidence of auditory nerve injury after recreational noise exposure

Exposure to loud noises during common recreational activities is widely cited as a cause of "hidden hearing loss." A new study of young adults, however, finds that while hearing is temporarily affected after attending a loud event, there is no evidence of auditory nerve injury or permanent hearing difficulties.

26 Sep 2017

New pig model for stroke could accelerate drug discovery process

It is well-known in the medical field that the pig brain shares certain physiological and anatomical similarities with the human brain. So similar are the two that researchers at the University of Georgia's Regenerative Bioscience Center have developed the first U.S. pig model for stroke treatments, which will provide essential preclinical data and speed the drug discovery process.

26 Sep 2017

Breakthrough research offers new insight into function of the brain's anterior cingulate cortex

After four years of lab testing and complex neuro-decoding, a research team led by UNLV psychology professor James Hyman has struck a major breakthrough that could open the floodgates for research into the anterior cingulate cortex, or ACC, and how human brains learn.

26 Sep 2017

Study identifies novel molecular interactions that explain cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease

A study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, from Nature publishing group, describes the identification of a novel molecular pathway that can constitute a therapeutic target for cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease.

25 Sep 2017

Neuroscience News and Research

Brain wiring directly impacts performance of simple and complex tasks

Study captures economic burden of frontotemporal degeneration in the United States

Women with high blood pressure in their 40s may more likely develop dementia later

MPFI scientist receives $2.4 million NIH grant to study neural circuits in the cerebral cortex

Cooling treatment for babies deprived of oxygen at birth can reduce childhood epilepsy

Different genres of video games may affect cognitive training

Study looks at impact of mental health risk factors on extremely low birth weight survivors

Grant awarded to UDA for Quantum Technology-based brain imaging system

Researchers win $2 million grant to refine and expand use of unique microscope

Impairing critical partnership between brain cells can lead to Alzheimer's disease

Researchers discover new class of molecules that may protect brain from injury or diseases

Caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's

FAU neuroscientist develops innovative program to prevent dementia

Feeling stiff does not reflect true biomechanical back stiffness, study suggests

Study uses new approach to model brain connections for understanding Parkinson's disease

Discovery of key brain cells that control appetite could revolutionize dieting

Study finds no evidence of auditory nerve injury after recreational noise exposure

New pig model for stroke could accelerate drug discovery process

Breakthrough research offers new insight into function of the brain's anterior cingulate cortex

Study identifies novel molecular interactions that explain cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease

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