…revealed long-term cognitive effects in COVID-19 patients, likening their post-recovery state to accelerated aging. Findings include diminished brain volume and increased brain injury proteins, emphasizing the severe and lasting impact…
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New mapping of the cuttlefish brain could explain how, and why, the marine animal employs its distinct camouflage ability. Credit: Dr. Wen-Sung Chung / Queensland Brain Institute A new brain…
…a possible key to repairing faulty brain circuits in Down syndrome. New research indicates that faulty brain circuits observed in Down syndrome could stem from insufficient levels of a specific…
…stimulant medications don’t affect attention-controlling regions of the brain, as previously thought. Brain scans show the drugs affect brain areas involved in wakefulness and reward, highlighted in yellow and orange….
…have evolved advanced brain regions to interpret others’ thoughts, connecting these areas with the amygdala, a part of the brain involved in emotional processing. Study sought to better understand how…
…way, how blood that leaks into the brain hijacks the brain’s immune system to cause toxic effects in brain diseases,” says Akassoglou, who is also director of the Center for…
…drops by 16-fold in the elderly brain. Instead, immune cells and microglia, a kind of macrophage, proliferate in the aging brain. But rather than protect the brain, they convert into…
…between brain cells and increases toxic molecules in the brain; and that a long-term high-fructose diet diminishes the brain’s ability to learn and remember information. “Food is like a pharmaceutical…
Artist’s rendering shows X-rays striking radioluminescent nanoparticles in the brain, which emit red light that triggers a sodium (Na+) and potassium (K+) ion influx and thereby activates brain neurons. Credit:…
…doing for your brain? Numerous studies have proven that exercise, particularly the kind that gets your heart pumping, has a whole host of positive effects on the brain, even to…
…device for connecting the brain directly to silicon-based technologies. While brain-machine interface devices already exist – and are used for prosthetics, disease treatment and brain research – this latest device…
…the brain, can have very different effects on healthy and diseased brain cells. “While short-chain fatty acids are largely beneficial to human health, we observed that under certain conditions they…
This is a visualization of brain activity in a multi-speaker environment. Credit: Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute The Columbia-led study offers new insight into the organization of the brain’s listening center; provides…
…mouse studies it successfully attacked glioblastoma by strengthening the brain’s immune defenses. The study was recently published in PNAS. Glioblastoma develops from astrocytes, which are a type of brain cell,…
Three complementary brain scans revealed previously unseen links between dopamine signaling, energy use, and brain-network communication in autistic adults. Credit: Shutterstock By analyzing three different types of brain scans, researchers…
A human brain organoid. Credit: Indra Niehaus, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life. Why do some children develop a…
…real-time speech decoding, offering hope and empowerment to those who have lost the ability to speak. Revolutionary Brain-Computer Interface Enables Communication A new brain-computer interface (BCI) developed at UC Davis…
…of the brain. “What we found is that, across many different types of tasks and animals, brain rhythms are closely tied to the rhythm of our breath. We are more…