[ad_1] New Vanderbilt research finds how long humans and other live – and when they reach badual maturity – may have more to do with their brain than their body. More specifically, …
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[ad_1] Australian researchers are about to embark on a world-first clinical trial to determine if medicinal cannabis can slow the growth of a common and highly aggressive type of brain tumour. The …
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[ad_1] A new Australian study finds that the visual hallucinations are experienced by patients with macular degeneration (MD) may be linked to abnormally heightened activity in the visual cortex of the brain. …
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[ad_1] Lying and forgetfulness of age-related memory are a common complaint for many older people, but what is still not understood is what is causing these changes. Recent research published by scientists …
Read More »Alcohol ‘hijacks’ the brain to impair memory and cause long-lasting cravings, study suggests
[ad_1] A single molecular change could help explain why a few glbades of wine can impair your memory for days and why alcoholics are liable to relapse after decades of abstinence, scientists have said. …
Read More »Study reveals no benefit to costly and risky brain cooling after brain injury
[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain The study, published today, in the Journal of the American Medical Association and presented at the same time at the Congress of European Society of Intensive Care …
Read More »‘Brain training’ app could help OCD patients to manage symptoms
[ad_1] A ‘brain training’ app developed at the University of Cambridge could help people who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) manage their symptoms, which may typically include excessive handwashing and contamination …
Read More »The Electric Signals That Make the Human Brain Unique
[ad_1] MIT neuroscientists can now record electrical activity from the dendrites of human neurons. Credit: Lou Beaulieu-Laroche and Mark Harnett Neurons in the human brain receive electrical signals from thousands of other …
Read More »A woman thought to have a hangover but it was a brain tumor
[ad_1] A 23-year-old Houston nursing student woke up with a headache after a family birthday party and said "that was a hangover from wood". In the middle of the night, she had …
Read More »3D human neural network could aid studies in brain diseases
[ad_1] Scientists have built all kinds of human tissue models to help them understand disease progression, optimize drug discovery, and even to regenerate diseased organs. A Tufts University-led team has now developed …
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