Some antidepressants take weeks to kick in, and scientists may now know why

by Cara MurezMost folks know that certain antidepressants have to be taken for a few weeks before people start seeing improvement, and now a new study sheds light on that delay.Scientists have discove

Updated on: January 11,2024

Some antidepressants take weeks to kick in, and scientists may now know why

by Cara MurezMost folks know that certain antidepressants have to be taken for a few weeks before people start seeing improvement, and now a new study sheds light on that delay.Scientists have discove

Updated on:January 11,2024

Emerging from a coma: Response to language can help assess states of consciousness

by Charlène Aubinet, Olivia Gosseries,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageA man—for the sake of this exercise, let's call him "Paul"—has a heart attack and his brain is starv

Updated on: February 18,2024

Emerging from a coma: Response to language can help assess states of consciousness

by Charlène Aubinet, Olivia Gosseries,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageA man—for the sake of this exercise, let's call him "Paul"—has a heart attack and his brain is starv

Updated on:February 18,2024

Improving blood vessel health in the brain may help combat Alzheimer's

by Massachusetts General HospitalPET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainIn patients with Alzheimer's disease, amyloid-beta protein fragments accumulate i

Updated on: June 04,2024

Improving blood vessel health in the brain may help combat Alzheimer's

by Massachusetts General HospitalPET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainIn patients with Alzheimer's disease, amyloid-beta protein fragments accumulate i

Updated on:June 04,2024

Stimulating the hypothalamus can restore walking in paralyzed patients, study shows

byEcole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneDBSLHmediates immediate improvements in walking in humans with SCI. Credit:Nature Medicine(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03306-xResea

Updated on: December 18,2024

Stimulating the hypothalamus can restore walking in paralyzed patients, study shows

byEcole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneDBSLHmediates immediate improvements in walking in humans with SCI. Credit:Nature Medicine(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03306-xResea

Updated on:December 18,2024

Mature 'lab grown' neurons hold promise for neurodegenerative disease

by Northwestern UniversityFluorescent images of human neurons (stained with red, green and blue) growing on coatings with fast-moving molecules (left) or conventional laminin (right) for 72 hours

Updated on: February 05,2024

Mature 'lab grown' neurons hold promise for neurodegenerative disease

by Northwestern UniversityFluorescent images of human neurons (stained with red, green and blue) growing on coatings with fast-moving molecules (left) or conventional laminin (right) for 72 hours

Updated on:February 05,2024

Scientists uncover key brain pathway mediating panic disorder symptoms

bySalk InstitutePAC1R-expressing dorsal raphe neurons in the mouse brain (red) serve as the projection targets for PACAP parabrachial neurons to mediate panic-like behavioral and physical sympto

Updated on: January 09,2024

Scientists uncover key brain pathway mediating panic disorder symptoms

bySalk InstitutePAC1R-expressing dorsal raphe neurons in the mouse brain (red) serve as the projection targets for PACAP parabrachial neurons to mediate panic-like behavioral and physical sympto

Updated on:January 09,2024

More pain, more burdens: Researchers find link between chronic pain and dementia

by Chinese Academy of SciencesElevated dementia risk, cognitive decline, and hippocampalatrophy in multisite chronic pain. Credit: Tu YihengA research team led by Dr. Tu Yiheng from the Institute

Updated on: June 05,2024

More pain, more burdens: Researchers find link between chronic pain and dementia

by Chinese Academy of SciencesElevated dementia risk, cognitive decline, and hippocampalatrophy in multisite chronic pain. Credit: Tu YihengA research team led by Dr. Tu Yiheng from the Institute

Updated on:June 05,2024

Team develops app to help train the brain to overcome tinnitus

by MindEarThe MindEar app includes training and education on tinnitus, helping patients better manage symptoms. Credit: MindEarAn international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of

Updated on: January 09,2024

Team develops app to help train the brain to overcome tinnitus

by MindEarThe MindEar app includes training and education on tinnitus, helping patients better manage symptoms. Credit: MindEarAn international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of

Updated on:January 09,2024

Over 7 million US seniors have mental declines that threaten financial skills

by Alan MozesAs Americans age, millions end up struggling with dementia or some level of memory impairment and diminished capacity to think clearly and make decisions.Yet a new study says that despite

Updated on: May 05,2024

Over 7 million US seniors have mental declines that threaten financial skills

by Alan MozesAs Americans age, millions end up struggling with dementia or some level of memory impairment and diminished capacity to think clearly and make decisions.Yet a new study says that despite

Updated on:May 05,2024

Decoding six basic emotions from functional brain connectivity patterns

byScience China PressDistributions of the top 10 contributing brain nodes for each basic emotion. Credit: Science China PressEmotions are an important part of human intelligence. Identifying spe

Updated on: February 18,2024

Decoding six basic emotions from functional brain connectivity patterns

byScience China PressDistributions of the top 10 contributing brain nodes for each basic emotion. Credit: Science China PressEmotions are an important part of human intelligence. Identifying spe

Updated on:February 18,2024

Researchers find about a quarter of mitochondrial disease patients suffer from malnutrition

byChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaA BMI classification. Most subjects had appropriate BMI; 3/22 (13.6%) adults and 12/38 (31.6%) children were underweight. B Patient-reported gastrointest

Updated on: December 28,2023

Researchers find about a quarter of mitochondrial disease patients suffer from malnutrition

byChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaA BMI classification. Most subjects had appropriate BMI; 3/22 (13.6%) adults and 12/38 (31.6%) children were underweight. B Patient-reported gastrointest

Updated on:December 28,2023

Why most people are right handed but left eyed

by Gillian Forrester,The ConversationCredit:Scientific Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64372-2Whether you're left, right or ambidextrous, "handedness" is part of

Updated on: July 05,2024

Why most people are right handed but left eyed

by Gillian Forrester,The ConversationCredit:Scientific Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64372-2Whether you're left, right or ambidextrous, "handedness" is part of

Updated on:July 05,2024