Study suggests that attention networks support changes in cortical organization and cognition during childhood

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressVentral attention network areas demonstrate high population-level degree centrality but pronounced functional changes across development. Credit:Nature Neurosci

Updated on: September 23,2024

Study suggests that attention networks support changes in cortical organization and cognition during childhood

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressVentral attention network areas demonstrate high population-level degree centrality but pronounced functional changes across development. Credit:Nature Neurosci

Updated on:September 23,2024

How invisible presences hijack the social counting brain in Parkinson's disease

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIf you had to estimate the number of people in a room, without counting them one by one, by nature you would overcount

Updated on: March 19,2024

How invisible presences hijack the social counting brain in Parkinson's disease

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIf you had to estimate the number of people in a room, without counting them one by one, by nature you would overcount

Updated on:March 19,2024

Can slow walking speed in elderly signal Alzheimer's disease hallmarks?

by American Academy of NeurologyDiagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer's Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain.How fast elderly people walk may be related to the amount of amyloid

Updated on: February 27,2024

Can slow walking speed in elderly signal Alzheimer's disease hallmarks?

by American Academy of NeurologyDiagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer's Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain.How fast elderly people walk may be related to the amount of amyloid

Updated on:February 27,2024

How gut neurons communicate with the brain to control thirst

by Lori Dajose,California Institute of TechnologyFig. 1: The vagus nerve responds to visceral osmolality changes. Credit: DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04359-5Drinking a glass of water is often suffic

Updated on: February 05,2024

How gut neurons communicate with the brain to control thirst

by Lori Dajose,California Institute of TechnologyFig. 1: The vagus nerve responds to visceral osmolality changes. Credit: DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04359-5Drinking a glass of water is often suffic

Updated on:February 05,2024

From 'demented' to 'person with dementia': how and why the language of disability changed

by Roland Sussex,The ConversationThe initial aim of political correctness, to establish non-hateful language was, and still is, admirable. Credit: Nathan Anderson/UnsplashIn the second half of t

Updated on: May 13,2024

From 'demented' to 'person with dementia': how and why the language of disability changed

by Roland Sussex,The ConversationThe initial aim of political correctness, to establish non-hateful language was, and still is, admirable. Credit: Nathan Anderson/UnsplashIn the second half of t

Updated on:May 13,2024

'Care Chair' helps detect patients' movements, mental state

by Joe Mccune,Missouri University of Science and TechnologyDebraj De, a postdoctoral fellow at Missouri S&T, and S&T professor Sajal Das developed a chair sensor device that can detect a

Updated on: March 09,2024

'Care Chair' helps detect patients' movements, mental state

by Joe Mccune,Missouri University of Science and TechnologyDebraj De, a postdoctoral fellow at Missouri S&T, and S&T professor Sajal Das developed a chair sensor device that can detect a

Updated on:March 09,2024

How aggression-promoting brain peptide works in fruit flies

by Salk InstituteA fruit fly brain showing male-specific tachykininergic neurons (magenta), which make the neuropeptide tachykinin, and neurons that express TkR86C (green), which receive tachykin

Updated on: February 18,2024

How aggression-promoting brain peptide works in fruit flies

by Salk InstituteA fruit fly brain showing male-specific tachykininergic neurons (magenta), which make the neuropeptide tachykinin, and neurons that express TkR86C (green), which receive tachykin

Updated on:February 18,2024

Dementia is now the leading cause of disease burden for older Aussies

by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDementia has overtaken coronary heart disease as the leading cause of disease burden among Australians aged 65 and

Updated on: May 11,2024

Dementia is now the leading cause of disease burden for older Aussies

by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDementia has overtaken coronary heart disease as the leading cause of disease burden among Australians aged 65 and

Updated on:May 11,2024

Trials reveal that internet-based conversations help sustain brain function in older adults

by Brian Burns,Massachusetts General HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSocial isolation has been linked to faster cognitive decline and an increased risk of developing dementia, although

Updated on: April 28,2024

Trials reveal that internet-based conversations help sustain brain function in older adults

by Brian Burns,Massachusetts General HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSocial isolation has been linked to faster cognitive decline and an increased risk of developing dementia, although

Updated on:April 28,2024

Researchers identify three genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders

by Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaGraphical abstract. Credit:Journal of Clinical Investigation(2023). DOI: 10.1172/JCI171235An international study group led by researchers of

Updated on: June 19,2024

Researchers identify three genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders

by Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaGraphical abstract. Credit:Journal of Clinical Investigation(2023). DOI: 10.1172/JCI171235An international study group led by researchers of

Updated on:June 19,2024

Models show promise in predicting cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study, published in the July 10 online issue ofNeurology, looks at predicting how quickly people with early Alzheimer&

Updated on: July 11,2024

Models show promise in predicting cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study, published in the July 10 online issue ofNeurology, looks at predicting how quickly people with early Alzheimer&

Updated on:July 11,2024

A new breakthrough in Alzheimer's disease research: Visualizing reactive astrocyte-neuron interaction

by Institute for Basic ScienceFig. 1. Augmentation of acetate uptake, mediated by MCT1, facilitates Aβ-induced GABA release in reactive astrocyte. A. Blockade effect of MCT1 inhibitor on 14C-acet

Updated on: April 16,2024

A new breakthrough in Alzheimer's disease research: Visualizing reactive astrocyte-neuron interaction

by Institute for Basic ScienceFig. 1. Augmentation of acetate uptake, mediated by MCT1, facilitates Aβ-induced GABA release in reactive astrocyte. A. Blockade effect of MCT1 inhibitor on 14C-acet

Updated on:April 16,2024