Neuroscience News
What if we could transplant healthy neurons into patients with neurodegenerative diseases or brain and spinal cord injuries? And what’s more interesting is what if we can grow these neurons in the laboratory using a patient’s own cells with the help of a synthetic, highly bioactive material suitable for 3D printing. New research from Northwestern …
3D-Printed Novel Biomaterial Mimics Properties Of Brain Tissues Read More »
New research from the University of Illinois, Chicago has found that some cells increase their activity and grow in large proportions after our death. The study analyzed gene expression in fresh brain tissue, which was collected during routine brain surgery, at multiple times after removal for simulating the post-mortem interval and death. The results were …
We all know that people suffering from mental and neurological disorders like depression, addiction, and chronic pain are resistant to treatment. Studies show that almost 30% of depression patients don’t respond to any medication or psychotherapy. So, what to do? Any alternative? A team of researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering has developed …
COVID has changed our lives a lot. Physical distancing has become the thumb rule when one goes out. A new UCLA study reveals how the brain navigates places and monitors someone else in the same location. The study suggests how our brain generates a common code to mark where other people are in relation to …
How Our Brains Navigate And Monitor Others In A Location? Study Finds Read More »
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba Led by Professor Takeshi Sakurai have found neurons in the brain that link three serious sleep-related illnesses namely narcolepsy, cataplexy, and rapid eye movement (REM) and could provide a target for treatments. REM is rapid eye movement sleep which happens when we dream. Our eyes move back and forth while …
Study Finds How The Brain Paralyzes You While You Sleep Read More »
Researchers from Yale University have studied the brains of two people simultaneously while they were engaged in a discussion. The result is quite surprising. When two people are on the same note of agreeing on something their brains exhibit a calm synchronization of activity focused on sensory areas of the brain. However, when they disagree, …
Disagreeing Takes Up A Lot Of Brain Real Estate Compared To Agreeing, Study Reports Read More »
A team of researchers from Penn State University has shown that simple graphene field-effect transistors can be used to build computers which mimic the brain’s neural networks. A paper outlining the teams’ research recently appeared in Nature Communications journal. The team was led by Saptarshi Das, a professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn …
Graphene-Based Memory Resistors Can Mimic The Efficiency Of Brain’s Neural Networks Read More »
In a new paper, a team led by Adam Haar Horowitz, a neuroscientist from MIT describes how a wearable electronic device called Dormio enables what the team calls ‘Targeted Dream Incubation‘ (TDI). They have recently tested this prototype system on a group of people which have shown good results. The Targeted Dream Incubation (TDI) method …
MIT’s ‘Dream Incubator’ Device Can Direct And Enhance Your Dreams Read More »
We all know that nerve injuries are fatal and once a nerve gets affected it cannot be repaired causing that part of the body to be paralyzed. But this might change with a recent discovery. Scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University have shown that gains in functional recovery from these nerve …
Neurons Regenerated In Mice With Spinal Cord Injury And Optic Nerve Damage Read More »
Researchers from Cornell University have developed a new technique to image a zebrafish’s brain at all stages of its development, which could help in the study of human brain disorders, including autism. When young, Zebrafish are translucent which makes them good models for live imaging but as they become adult they become opaque and this …
A New Technique Developed For Imaging Zebrafish Brain Read More »
Did you ever feel a connection between a musician you are listening to and yourself? Generally, people feel some connection but an early-stage research published in NeuroImage indicates that this connection we feel goes down till our neurons. Researchers suggested that the brain activity of a performer and a listener goes into sync during the …
Research Suggests Our Brain Sync Up With Musicians During Performance Read More »
