New Imaging Method Detects Alzheimer’s Risk Years before the Disease Strikes
Using a new imaging method that screens the brain’s connections, UCLA scientists have discovered a common abnormality in our genetic code that increases the risk…
Using a new imaging method that screens the brain’s connections, UCLA scientists have discovered a common abnormality in our genetic code that increases the risk…
By suppressing the Nogo Receptor 1 gene (NgR1) in older mice, scientists at Yale University have reset their brain to adolescent levels of plasticity, recreating…
In a newly published study, neuroengineers at Brown University detail the development of the first fully implanted neural interface microsystem, which has been operated wirelessly…
In a newly published study, Duke University researchers detail how they electronically linked the brains of rats for the first time, allowing them to communicate…
In a soon-to-be-published study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute show in mice that social stress reduces the volume of Homer-1 in the hippocampus, which…
Stanford scientists have developed a technique for observing real-time brain activity in live mice. The new tool may be useful in the fight against neurodegenerative…
Researchers at the Wyss Institute have completed the first clinical study of a new rapid neuroassessment device they developed to quantitatively measure neuromuscular performance and…
Neuroscientists at USC have isolated and ablated the neurons that express TRPM8, finding that mice depleted of TRPM8 neurons could not feel cold but still…
New research with mice shows that the growth factor neuregulin1 supports nerve repair and the redevelopment of the myelin layer. Unlike the brain and spinal…
New research from UC Berkeley suggests that sleep disruption in the elderly, mediated by structural brain changes, represents a contributing factor to age-related cognitive decline….
New research from stem cell biologists at Harvard University demonstrates the ability to turn one type neuron into another within the brain of young mice,…
A new study that involves implanting a pacemaker in the brain is underway to determine if deep brain stimulation (DBS), the same technology used to…
Using a brain-imaging tool developed for assessing neurological changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at UCLA have identified the abnormal tau proteins associated with sports-related…
Dyscalculia is a learning disability, which is sometimes called number blindness, and similar to dyslexia, but for numbers. Researchers estimate that as much as 7%…
According to a new study from researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, galactic cosmic radiation poses a…
Steve Chang and his colleagues from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, have discovered that monkeys have a specific area in their brains to keep…
Many normal situations have the potential to be unbelievably boring. Boredom is more than just one of life’s minor irritations; it has been linked to…
There’s a reason why people are spending money on television show DVDs and Blu-rays that are essentially reruns, but this behavior is more complicated than…