Human and mouse neurons became connected via synapses. Credit: Giovanni Cancemi/Shutterstock.comThink of if lost, deteriorated, or diseased brain parts could be regrown in the laboratory and transplanted for a new lease on life. Scientists at the University of California San Diego have gotten us closer to that fact. Human cortical organoids (or 'mini-brains') transplanted...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA team of neuroscientists led by a College of Pittsburgh Institution of Medicine scientist created a test to spot a new marker of Alzheimer's illness neurodegeneration in a blood sample. A research on their outcomes was released today in Brain.New BiomarkerThe biomarker, named brain-derived tau, or BD-tau, outperforms...
Hatice Yardım / UnsplashThe advantages of reading would not be understated, even when it concerns living a longer life. A current investigation discovers that reading manuals generally returns mental improvements that enhance longevity.Bibliomaniacs express joy! A current investigation in the journal Social Science and Medicine simply found that individuals who read manuals live longer...
UConn researchers have developed a way of charging deep brain stimulators that don't require the battery power that's currently standard. Credit: University of ConnecticutImplantable deep brain stimulators could aid lots of people with neurological and psychiatric illnesses when conventional therapies stop functioning. Nevertheless, surgery every time the batteries have to be transformed is a...
Credit: Queensland Brain InstituteThe clean-up of cellular "protein clumps" can prevent the beginning of some forms of dementia, according to new research from The University of Queensland.Scientists from the Queensland Brain Institute made the finding while emphasizing the relationship inbetween the enzyme Fyn and the protein Tau in frontotemporal dementia. The team, led by...
Researchers developed a "DishBrain" system that associated neurons to a computer running the typical computer game Pong. Within five minutes, the cells commenced "learning" and improved their efficiency. The device of "learning" could entail the free-energy concept, according to which the brain searches for to lessen entropy (unpredictability) in its atmosphere.Recently research announced in...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhat makes people brain distinct from that of all other animals-- including also our closest primate relatives? In an analysis of cell kinds in the prefrontal cortex of 4 primate species, Yale researchers identified species-specific-- particularly human-specific-- features, they report on Aug. 25th in the journal Science.And they discovered that what...
Credit: Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty ImagesA recent study published in the journal Nature suggests that when we experience surprise, our brains are more likely to be attentive. Researchers, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discovered that a hormone called noradrenaline can impact brain activity and behavior in response to unexpected events. Noradrenaline is one of several chemicals...
A small implant that wraps around nerves and cools them has been shown to deliver targeted pain relief in rats. If it is as safe and reliable in human beings, the "nerve cooler" could assist individuals in managing pain without addicting opioids.Why it is crucialApproximately 20% of Americans live with chronic pain, and millions...
Identifying how neural activity changes with learning is anything but black and white. Recently, some have presumed that learning in the brain, or biological learning, may be visualized in terms of optimization, which is how learning happens in artificial networks like computers or robots.A new approaches piece co-authored by Carnegie Mellon University and University...
