English
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
Dutch
Esperanto
French
German
Greek
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
UrduTweaking the numbers of receptors in a key brain area changes the daily rhythms of rest and wake in mice, according to research from WashU, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Tag: Neuroscience
Neuroscientists Discover Brain Circuits Involved in Placebo Effect for Pain Relief
Publishing in Nature, University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers and colleagues discovered a pain control pathway that links the cingulate cortex in the front of the brain, through the pons region of the brainstem, to cerebellum in the back of the brain.
Good Timing: UNLV Study Unravels How Our Brains Track Time
Ever hear the old adage that time flies when you’re having fun? A new study by a team of UNLV researchers suggests that there’s a lot of truth to the trope.
Study Pinpoints Origins of Creativity in the Brain
The new results could ultimately help lead to interventions that help spark creative thought or aid people who have mental illnesses that disrupt these regions of the brain.
UNC Researchers Identify Potential Treatment for Angelman Syndrome
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have identified a small molecule that could lead to a safe and effective treatment for the neurodevelopmental condition known as Angelman syndrome.
Pilot Study Provides ‘Blueprint’ for Evaluating Diet’s Effect on Brain Health
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging say their study of 40 older adults with obesity and insulin resistance who were randomly assigned to either an intermittent fasting diet or a standard healthy diet approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers important clues about the potential benefits of both eating plans on brain health.
Breakthrough UC San Diego Brain Recording Device Receives FDA Approval for a Clinical Trial
The Federal Drug Administration approved a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of an electronic grid that records brain activity during surgery, developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego.
New technology allows researchers to precisely, flexibly modulate brain
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a noninvasive technology combining a holographic acoustic device with genetic engineering that allows them to precisely target affected neurons in the brain, creating the potential to precisely modulate selected cell types in multiple diseased brain regions.
2024 Kavli Prize Laureates Announced
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced the 2024 Kavli Prize Laureates, recognizing groundbreaking science for the discovery and characterization of extra-solar planets and their atmospheres; foundational research integrating synthetic nanoscale materials for biomedical use; and the localization of areas in the brain specialized for face recognition and processing.
Exploring Our Sense of Touch from Every Angle
Harvard Medical School researchers are studying one of the most mysterious — and most essential — senses
Scientists Discover Surprising Details about Xylazine in Combination with Fentanyl
Xylazine, often found in street-drug combo with fentanyl, was thought to only bind to the α2-adrenergic receptor, but UNC-Chapel Hill scientists discovered it also binds to opioid receptors, which could have profound impacts on fentanyl overdose treatment.
FAU Researchers Receive $1M in FDOH Grants to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease
With this funding, FAU researchers will shed light on the biological functions of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by taking advantage of synthetic chemistry strategies; provide an innovative online screening tool for older drivers with cognitive decline; and gain a deeper understanding of the role of brain cholesterol in AD.
After spinal cord injury, neurons wreak havoc on metabolism
Conditions such as diabetes, heart attack and vascular diseases commonly diagnosed in people with spinal cord injuries can be traced to abnormal post-injury neuronal activity that causes abdominal fat tissue compounds to leak and pool in the liver and other organs, a new animal study has found.
Entendimento sobre os episódios de lucidez na demência
Um estudo recente da Mayo Clinic publicado na Alzheimer’s & Dementia: O Periódico da Associação de Alzheimer investigou episódios de lucidez em pessoas que vivem com estágios posteriores de demência, fornecendo informações sobre como esses episódios ocorrem.
Comprensión de los episodios de lucidez en la demencia
Un estudio reciente de Mayo Clinic publicado en Alzheimer’s & Dementia: El Periódico de la Asociación de Alzheimer investigó episodios de lucidez en personas que viven con etapas posteriores de demencia, brindando información sobre cómo ocurren estos episodios.
Everyday social interactions predict language development in infants
In a study published April 8 in Current Biology, University of Washington researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby’s brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention — and the level of this type of activity predicted enhanced language development at later ages.
Study documents safety, improvements from stem cell therapy after spinal cord injury
A Mayo Clinic study shows stem cells derived from patients’ own fat are safe and may improve sensation and movement after traumatic spinal cord injuries. The findings from the phase 1 clinical trial appear in Nature Communications.
Hormones, Anxiety, Video Games, and DNA: Autism Research and Experts Available
Hormones, Anxiety, Video Games, and DNA: Autism Research and Experts Available
Recent articles and Expert Profiles on Autism for media covering Autism Awareness Month in April
Psilera Welcomes Biopharma Executive Dr. Magali Haas to its Board of Directors
Psilera, a leading biotechnology company developing groundbreaking therapies for hard-to-treat neurological disorders, is pleased to announce the appointment of Magali Haas, M.D., Ph.D., to its esteemed Board of Directors.
Mount Sinai Is First in New York to Study a Brain-Computer Interface Designed to Record and Map the Brain’s Activity in Unprecedented Detail
A multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeons and neuroscientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are the first in New York to study a new brain-computer interface that’s engineered to map a large area of the brain’s surface, in real time, at resolutions hundreds of times more detailed than typical arrays used in neurosurgical procedures.
Researchers Reveal Roadmap for AI Innovation in Brain and Language Learning
A new study co-led by Georgia Institute of Technology’s Anna (Anya) Ivanova uncovers the relationship between language and thought in artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT, leveraging cognitive neuroscience research on the human brain. The results are a roadmap to developing new AIs — and to better understanding how we think and communicate.
Two New CZI Awards Power Studies of Metabolism and Intergenerational Memory
$2 million in total funds will accelerate interdisciplinary neurobiology research and scale up a search for new rules of human biochemistry.
Five Cutting-edge Advances in Biomedical Engineering and Their Applications in Medicine
Bridging precision engineering and precision medicine to create personalized physiology avatars. Pursuing on-demand tissue and organ engineering for human health. Revolutionizing neuroscience by using AI to engineer advanced brain interface systems. Engineering the immune system for health and wellness. Designing and engineering genomes for organism repurposing and genomic perturbations.
How Does the Brain Make Decisions?
Mouse study provides insights into communication between neurons during decision-making
Nanomedicine paves the way for new treatments for spinal cord injury
A Study by Politecnico di Milano and Istituto Mario Negri has been published in Advanced Materials.
Are you depressed? Scents might help, new study says
Smelling a familiar scent can help depressed individuals recall specific autobiographical memories and potentially assist in their recovery, discovered a team of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers and UPMC social workers in a study published today in JAMA Network Open.
How the Brain’s Internal Compass Guides the Body
A study in fruit flies reveals how the brain’s compass and steering regions make course corrections
Researchers uncover potential non-opioid treatment for chronic pain
Among the most difficult types of pain to alleviate is neuropathic pain, pain that is usually caused by damage to nerves in various body tissues, including skin, muscle and joints.
University Hospitals Selected as Study Site for the Black and African American Connections to Parkinson’s Disease (BLAAC PD) Study
University Hospitals has been selected by the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program as one of four new study sites for the Black and African American Connections to Parkinson’s Disease (BLAAC PD) study.
Physicists overturn common assumptions regarding brain activity
For the last 75 years a core hypothesis of neuroscience has been that the basic computational element of the brain is the neuronal soma, where the long and ramified dendritic trees are only cables that enable them to collect incoming signals from its thousands of connecting neurons.
Unraveling the mysteries of the brain with the help of a worm
Do we really know how the brain works? In the last several decades, scientists have made great strides in understanding this fantastically complex organ. Scientists now know a great deal about the brain’s cellular neurobiology and have learned much about the brain’s neural connections, and the components that make up these connections.
Will machines soon be conscious?
The rise of the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) systems has led to the view that these systems might soon be conscious. However, we might underestimate the neurobiological mechanisms underlying human consciousness.
Jersey Shore University Medical Center is the First New Jersey Hospital Utilizing the Leading-Edge ARTIS icono Angiography Imaging System
The Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center recently added the new Siemens Healthineers ARTIS icono biplane system to its interventional imaging services thanks to an extraordinarily generous gift from Mrs. Mary Ellen Harris and the Golden Dome Foundation.
Fluctuating blood pressure: a warning sign for dementia and heart disease
The link between high blood pressure and a range of health problems is well known, and Australian researchers have now found that fluctuating blood pressure can be just as risky and a potential precursor to dementia and vascular disease.
What makes us human? Detailed cellular maps of the entire human brain reveal clues
Scientists have just unveiled a massive effort to understand our own brains and those of our closest primate relatives.
Cellular Atlas of Amygdala Reveals New Treatment Target for Cocaine Addiction
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have used single-cell sequencing to identify a potential new treatment for cocaine addiction and shed new light on the molecular underpinnings of addiction.
Emily Rogalski joins UChicago to lead new center for healthy brain aging, Alzheimer’s and related diseases
The new University of Chicago Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Research Care (HAARC) Center will focus on building deep multidisciplinary expertise and bridging the gap between scientific disciplines to accelerate breakthroughs in cognitive resilience.
$50 million gift to expand health sciences research at Virginia Tech
The Richmond, Virginia-based Red Gates Foundation recently committed $50 million to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to accelerate health sciences research at Virginia Tech. The gift is among the largest ever made to the university.
Using neuroscience to stop phantom braking
When customers began complaining that their vehicles with driver-assistance technologies were “phantom braking” or slamming on the brakes without any visible obstacles present, researchers at Michigan State University wanted to learn more about this phenomenon — why it happens and how to stop it.
Fundamental understanding of a molecule‘s normal function could inform treatments for a variety of brain disorders
John Chappell, a cardiovascular scientist in the Center for Vascular and Heart Research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, didn’t quite believe what he was seeing.
Scientists discover a previously unknown way cells break down proteins
Short-lived proteins control gene expression in cells to carry out a number of vital tasks, from helping the brain form connections to helping the body mount an immune defense. These proteins are made in the nucleus and are quickly destroyed once they’ve done their job.
Sliman Bensmaia, leading expert on the neuroscience of touch, 1973-2023
Pioneering neuroscientist at the University of Chicago, Sliman Bensmaia helped develop prosthetic limbs that can restore a realistic sense of touch to amputees and paralyzed patients.
UTSW Q&A: Experts talk about opioid abuse, risks, treatment
Overdose deaths from opioids, including prescription painkillers and synthetics like fentanyl, continue to rise.
Study identifies characteristics specific to human brains
Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified cellular and molecular features of the brain that set modern humans apart from their closest primate relatives and ancient human ancestors. The findings, published in Nature, offer new insights into human brain evolution.
Hormone alters electric fish’s signal-canceling trick
New research shows that the hormone testosterone — which naturally triggers male electric fish to elongate the electric pulses they send out during the breeding season — also alters a system in the fish’s brain that enables the fish to ignore its own electric signals.
Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute Now Using QuicktomeTM Brain Mapping Technology To Visualize Key Areas of the Brain Related To Speech and Other Key Functions During Complex Brain Surgery
Brain mapping technology now available for complex brain surgeries at Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute.
NIH funds study of ultrasound with genetics to treat brain disorders
Researchers have developed methods to study and manipulate areas of the brain, though many of those methods are restricted by the limited depth that light can reach within the brain. A multidisciplinary team at Washington University in St. Louis plans to overcome that limitation by integrating ultrasound with genetics to precisely modify neurons in the brain.
UCI neuroscientists discover a novel inhibitory cortical neuron type that is implicated in neuropsychiatric conditions.
A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers working at the Center for Neural Circuit Mapping find links between brain disorders and dysfunction of newly identified inhibitory brain cell types.
Mount Sinai Fellow Salman E. Qasim, PhD, Awarded Prestigious Essay Prize From Lasker Foundation
The Lasker Foundation announced today that Salman E. Qasim, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is among five winners of its 10th annual Lasker Essay Contest.
A new sensor shows brain cells making and then breaking contact
Researchers from SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research) and the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences at Osaka University reported the development of a sensor to look at Pcdh interactions in live neurons, which brings us closer to understanding this mystery.