Persons with Alzheimer's disease have a higher risk of head injuries

by University of Eastern FinlandCredit: CC0 Public DomainPersons with Alzheimer's disease have approximately 30 percent higher risk of head injuries, and 50 percent higher risk of traumatic b

Updated on: June 07,2024

Persons with Alzheimer's disease have a higher risk of head injuries

by University of Eastern FinlandCredit: CC0 Public DomainPersons with Alzheimer's disease have approximately 30 percent higher risk of head injuries, and 50 percent higher risk of traumatic b

Updated on:June 07,2024

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

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

How the Parkinson's drug Levodopa causes psychiatric complications similar to drug abuse

byKarolinska InstitutetCredit: HeungSoon, PixabayResearchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a mechanism responsible for a serious psychiatric complication caused by dopamine replacemen

Updated on: September 21,2024

How the Parkinson's drug Levodopa causes psychiatric complications similar to drug abuse

byKarolinska InstitutetCredit: HeungSoon, PixabayResearchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a mechanism responsible for a serious psychiatric complication caused by dopamine replacemen

Updated on:September 21,2024

For immigrants to Canada, risk of multiple sclerosis increases with proportion of life spent there

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainImmigrants to Canada who have spent a greater proportion of their lives in Canada have a greater risk of developing multiple scle

Updated on: April 30,2024

For immigrants to Canada, risk of multiple sclerosis increases with proportion of life spent there

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainImmigrants to Canada who have spent a greater proportion of their lives in Canada have a greater risk of developing multiple scle

Updated on:April 30,2024

'Resetting' the injured brain offers clues for concussion treatment

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research in mice raises the prospects for development of post-concussion therapies that could ward off cognitive

Updated on: January 21,2024

'Resetting' the injured brain offers clues for concussion treatment

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research in mice raises the prospects for development of post-concussion therapies that could ward off cognitive

Updated on:January 21,2024

For epilepsy, yoga may be good for your mind

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor people with epilepsy, doing yoga may help reduce feelings of stigma about the disease along with reducing seizure frequency an

Updated on: January 10,2024

For epilepsy, yoga may be good for your mind

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor people with epilepsy, doing yoga may help reduce feelings of stigma about the disease along with reducing seizure frequency an

Updated on:January 10,2024

Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia. What is FTD?

by The Associated PressBruce Willis attends a movie premiere in New York on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Nearly a year after Bruce Willis’ family announced that he would step away from acting after being di

Updated on: May 05,2024

Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia. What is FTD?

by The Associated PressBruce Willis attends a movie premiere in New York on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Nearly a year after Bruce Willis’ family announced that he would step away from acting after being di

Updated on:May 05,2024

Researchers fully map neural connections of the fruit fly brain

byNational Institutes of Health50 largest neurons of the fly brain connectome. Credit: Tyler Sloan and Amy Sterling for FlyWire, Princeton University, (Dorkenwald et al., Nature, 2024)A scientif

Updated on: October 18,2024

Researchers fully map neural connections of the fruit fly brain

byNational Institutes of Health50 largest neurons of the fly brain connectome. Credit: Tyler Sloan and Amy Sterling for FlyWire, Princeton University, (Dorkenwald et al., Nature, 2024)A scientif

Updated on:October 18,2024

Reorganization of prefrontal cortex circuitry during adolescence enables cognitive maturation of mice

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressThe artistic image shows that the structural and functional development of neuronal circuits in the prefrontal cortex is supported by microglia mediated refinement of

Updated on: March 28,2024

Reorganization of prefrontal cortex circuitry during adolescence enables cognitive maturation of mice

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressThe artistic image shows that the structural and functional development of neuronal circuits in the prefrontal cortex is supported by microglia mediated refinement of

Updated on:March 28,2024

Magnet therapy for depression—here's how it works

by Amanda Ellison,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMagnets to treat depression? It may sound bizarre, but this treatment is nowavailable on the NHS. It's called transcr

Updated on: February 03,2024

Magnet therapy for depression—here's how it works

by Amanda Ellison,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMagnets to treat depression? It may sound bizarre, but this treatment is nowavailable on the NHS. It's called transcr

Updated on:February 03,2024

Study suggests optogenetics can drive muscle contraction with greater control, less fatigue than electrical stimulation

byMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMIT researchers have developed a way to help people with amputation or paralysis regain limb control. Instead of using electricity to stimulate muscles, th

Updated on: May 30,2024

Study suggests optogenetics can drive muscle contraction with greater control, less fatigue than electrical stimulation

byMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMIT researchers have developed a way to help people with amputation or paralysis regain limb control. Instead of using electricity to stimulate muscles, th

Updated on:May 30,2024