Babies as young as four months show signs of self-awareness: Study

byUniversity of BirminghamBaby wearing EEG cap for the study. Pictured with parent. Credit: University of Birmingham.Babies as young as four months old can make sense of how their bodies interac

Updated on: January 21,2024

Babies as young as four months show signs of self-awareness: Study

byUniversity of BirminghamBaby wearing EEG cap for the study. Pictured with parent. Credit: University of Birmingham.Babies as young as four months old can make sense of how their bodies interac

Updated on:January 21,2024

From odor to action: How smells are processed in the brain and influence behavior

by John Crimaldi, Brian H. Smith, Elizabeth Hong, Nathan Urban,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public DomainA dog raises its nose in the air before chasing after a scent. A mosquito zigzags back and

Updated on: February 18,2024

From odor to action: How smells are processed in the brain and influence behavior

by John Crimaldi, Brian H. Smith, Elizabeth Hong, Nathan Urban,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public DomainA dog raises its nose in the air before chasing after a scent. A mosquito zigzags back and

Updated on:February 18,2024

Deep brain stimulation shows immediate improvement in arm and hand function post-brain injury, study finds

byUniversity of PittsburghCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDeep brain stimulation may provide immediate improvement in arm and hand strength and function weakened by traumatic brain injury or s

Updated on: October 16,2024

Deep brain stimulation shows immediate improvement in arm and hand function post-brain injury, study finds

byUniversity of PittsburghCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDeep brain stimulation may provide immediate improvement in arm and hand strength and function weakened by traumatic brain injury or s

Updated on:October 16,2024

Model that maps relationships between neurons could help make deep brain stimulation treatment more viable

by Laurel Hamers,University of OregonRobustness of inferred CFs to time-dependent inputs. CF is robust to both private noise (a, i.i.d. realizations of noise in each unit) or shared noise. (b, a

Updated on: January 02,2024

Model that maps relationships between neurons could help make deep brain stimulation treatment more viable

by Laurel Hamers,University of OregonRobustness of inferred CFs to time-dependent inputs. CF is robust to both private noise (a, i.i.d. realizations of noise in each unit) or shared noise. (b, a

Updated on:January 02,2024

Propofol shows promise in treating epilepsy by targeting HCN1 channels

byWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAberrant signaling between neurons can result in epileptic seizures, which are characterized by bursts of high activity and can be detected by an electroencephalog

Updated on: August 26,2024

Propofol shows promise in treating epilepsy by targeting HCN1 channels

byWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAberrant signaling between neurons can result in epileptic seizures, which are characterized by bursts of high activity and can be detected by an electroencephalog

Updated on:August 26,2024

Test appraises brain patients' risk of becoming lost

by Bond UniversityCredit: David Wagner/public domainShowing photos of Queenslander houses to people with brain disorders could predict their risk of becoming lost during everyday outings.Thetest

Updated on: May 05,2024

Test appraises brain patients' risk of becoming lost

by Bond UniversityCredit: David Wagner/public domainShowing photos of Queenslander houses to people with brain disorders could predict their risk of becoming lost during everyday outings.Thetest

Updated on:May 05,2024

'Salty' immune cells surrounding the brain linked to hypertension-induced dementia

byNational Institutes of HealthFluorescent staining reveals the extensive network of blood vessels of the dura mater. These vessels contain T cells that, in a mouse model of chronic high blood p

Updated on: January 26,2024

'Salty' immune cells surrounding the brain linked to hypertension-induced dementia

byNational Institutes of HealthFluorescent staining reveals the extensive network of blood vessels of the dura mater. These vessels contain T cells that, in a mouse model of chronic high blood p

Updated on:January 26,2024

Brain neurons re-entering the cell cycle age quickly and shift to senescence, particularly in neurodegenerative disease

byPublic Library of ScienceSummary image of the article. The upper part highlights neuronal cell cycle re-engagement is a stage proceeding neuronal senescence and that their full molecular profi

Updated on: April 28,2024

Brain neurons re-entering the cell cycle age quickly and shift to senescence, particularly in neurodegenerative disease

byPublic Library of ScienceSummary image of the article. The upper part highlights neuronal cell cycle re-engagement is a stage proceeding neuronal senescence and that their full molecular profi

Updated on:April 28,2024

Deep neural networks show promise as models of human hearing

byMassachusetts Institute of Technology(A) Regression analysis (voxelwise modeling). (B) Representational Similarity Analysis. Credit:bioRxiv: DOI: 10.1101/2022.09.06.506680Computational m

Updated on: January 02,2024

Deep neural networks show promise as models of human hearing

byMassachusetts Institute of Technology(A) Regression analysis (voxelwise modeling). (B) Representational Similarity Analysis. Credit:bioRxiv: DOI: 10.1101/2022.09.06.506680Computational m

Updated on:January 02,2024

Screen-printed, flexible sensors allow earbuds to record brain activity and exercise levels

byUniversity of California - San DiegoThe screen-printed, flexible sensors are attached to the earbuds on a flexible, stamp-like surface. Credit: Erik Jepsen/University of California San DiegoA

Updated on: January 07,2024

Screen-printed, flexible sensors allow earbuds to record brain activity and exercise levels

byUniversity of California - San DiegoThe screen-printed, flexible sensors are attached to the earbuds on a flexible, stamp-like surface. Credit: Erik Jepsen/University of California San DiegoA

Updated on:January 07,2024

'Switching off' specific brain cells protects against stress

byOsaka UniversityActivation of the claustrum, identified as a reliable marker of the stressed brain, controls stress-induced anxiety-like and depression-like behaviors. Credit: Atsushi KasaiIt

Updated on: January 21,2024

'Switching off' specific brain cells protects against stress

byOsaka UniversityActivation of the claustrum, identified as a reliable marker of the stressed brain, controls stress-induced anxiety-like and depression-like behaviors. Credit: Atsushi KasaiIt

Updated on:January 21,2024

Combining the power of AI and the connectome to predict brain cell activity

byHoward Hughes Medical InstituteLight enters the compound eye of the fly, causing hexagonally arranged photoreceptors to send electrical signals through a complex neural network, enabling the f

Updated on: September 23,2024

Combining the power of AI and the connectome to predict brain cell activity

byHoward Hughes Medical InstituteLight enters the compound eye of the fly, causing hexagonally arranged photoreceptors to send electrical signals through a complex neural network, enabling the f

Updated on:September 23,2024