How the brain generates rhythmic behavior

by Sarah McDonnell,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA fluorescent image shows viral traced whisking oscillator neurons (green) expressing parvalbumin (blue) and inhibitory neuron marker vGat

Updated on: February 21,2024

How the brain generates rhythmic behavior

by Sarah McDonnell,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA fluorescent image shows viral traced whisking oscillator neurons (green) expressing parvalbumin (blue) and inhibitory neuron marker vGat

Updated on:February 21,2024

How the brain coordinates speaking and breathing

by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMIT researchers have discovered a brain circuit that drives vocalization and ensures that you talk only when you breathe o

Updated on: March 19,2024

How the brain coordinates speaking and breathing

by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMIT researchers have discovered a brain circuit that drives vocalization and ensures that you talk only when you breathe o

Updated on:March 19,2024

Post-COVID condition is not linked to ongoing infection or active brain damage, study shows

by Gustav Löfgren,Swedish Research CouncilPrincipal component analysis plot of 5 neurobiomarkers in CSF. The centroids for each group are indicated and surrounded with ellipses indicating 95% co

Updated on: January 11,2024

Post-COVID condition is not linked to ongoing infection or active brain damage, study shows

by Gustav Löfgren,Swedish Research CouncilPrincipal component analysis plot of 5 neurobiomarkers in CSF. The centroids for each group are indicated and surrounded with ellipses indicating 95% co

Updated on:January 11,2024

Is radon linked to health conditions other than lung cancer?

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainRadon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas produced when metals like uranium or radium break down in rocks and soil, is a known

Updated on: January 09,2024

Is radon linked to health conditions other than lung cancer?

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainRadon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas produced when metals like uranium or radium break down in rocks and soil, is a known

Updated on:January 09,2024

Sleepless nights show ties to Alzheimer's risk

by Dennis Thompson, Healthday ReporterEven one night of lost sleep may cause the brain to fill with protein chunks that have long been linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease, a new study

Updated on: May 05,2024

Sleepless nights show ties to Alzheimer's risk

by Dennis Thompson, Healthday ReporterEven one night of lost sleep may cause the brain to fill with protein chunks that have long been linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease, a new study

Updated on:May 05,2024

Brain ripples may help bind information across the human cortex

by University of California - San DiegoCortical ripple generation during NREM and waking. (A) Average broadband LFP (i) and time-frequency (ii) across cortical ripples and example broadband rippl

Updated on: February 21,2024

Brain ripples may help bind information across the human cortex

by University of California - San DiegoCortical ripple generation during NREM and waking. (A) Average broadband LFP (i) and time-frequency (ii) across cortical ripples and example broadband rippl

Updated on:February 21,2024

Immune cells identified as key players in brain health

byThe Mount Sinai HospitalThe Icahn Mount Sinai researchers nominated and validated transcription factors BHLHE40 and BHLHE41 that regulate clearance processes in immune cells, including brain i

Updated on: March 27,2024

Immune cells identified as key players in brain health

byThe Mount Sinai HospitalThe Icahn Mount Sinai researchers nominated and validated transcription factors BHLHE40 and BHLHE41 that regulate clearance processes in immune cells, including brain i

Updated on:March 27,2024

Osteoarthritis linked to higher Parkinson's disease risk

by WileyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA study published inArthritis Care & Researchhas uncovered an elevated risk of Parkinson's disease in individuals with osteoarthritis.

Updated on: May 29,2024

Osteoarthritis linked to higher Parkinson's disease risk

by WileyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA study published inArthritis Care & Researchhas uncovered an elevated risk of Parkinson's disease in individuals with osteoarthritis.

Updated on:May 29,2024

Retraining the brain for better vision

by Eric Bender,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyProfessor Mark Bear. Credit: David Sella/MIT Corporate RelationsHundreds of millions of people worldwide suffer from a vision condition called

Updated on: January 12,2024

Retraining the brain for better vision

by Eric Bender,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyProfessor Mark Bear. Credit: David Sella/MIT Corporate RelationsHundreds of millions of people worldwide suffer from a vision condition called

Updated on:January 12,2024

Scientists map the neural pathways for vomiting after eating infected food

by Cell PressCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe urge to vomit after eating contaminated food is the body's natural defensive response to get rid of bacterial toxins. However, the process of

Updated on: June 03,2024

Scientists map the neural pathways for vomiting after eating infected food

by Cell PressCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe urge to vomit after eating contaminated food is the body's natural defensive response to get rid of bacterial toxins. However, the process of

Updated on:June 03,2024

New study reveals how the brain orchestrates motions in partnership with sensory cues from the body

byColumbia UniversityMicroscope image of a fly brain (gray) with magenta visual neurons connecting to a motor neuron in this study (green). Credit: Stephen Huston, Zuckerman Institute; Rebecca J

Updated on: March 28,2024

New study reveals how the brain orchestrates motions in partnership with sensory cues from the body

byColumbia UniversityMicroscope image of a fly brain (gray) with magenta visual neurons connecting to a motor neuron in this study (green). Credit: Stephen Huston, Zuckerman Institute; Rebecca J

Updated on:March 28,2024

Protein that regulates brain cell connections could be new target for treating Alzheimer's disease

by Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineDiagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer's Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain.In experiments with a protein called Ephexin5 that app

Updated on: May 22,2024

Protein that regulates brain cell connections could be new target for treating Alzheimer's disease

by Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineDiagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer's Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain.In experiments with a protein called Ephexin5 that app

Updated on:May 22,2024