Smoking damages mouse brains
Smoking damages mouse brains. Signs of Alzheimer’s disease appear after rodents breathe cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke damages the lungs, but it also wreaks havoc in […]
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Brain lesions can predict Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Brain lesions can predict Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Damage to small blood vessels in the brain could be a secondary risk factor leading to Alzheimer’s Disease, a […]
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Engineering control theory helps create dynamic brain models
Engineering control theory helps create dynamic brain models. Models of the human brain, patterned on engineering control theory, may some day help researchers control such […]
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How seals sleep with only half their brain at a time
How seals sleep with only half their brain at a time. A new study led by an international team of biologists has identified some of […]
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Brain scans may one day be used to predict dementia
Brain scans may one day be used to predict dementia. Using brain scans, researchers were able to monitor mental decline over a two-year period in […]
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Scans reveal intricate brain wiring
Scans reveal intricate brain wiring. Scientists are set to release the first batch of data from a project designed to create the first map of […]
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Brain implants give lab rats a sixth sense and let them “touch” light
Brain implants give lab rats a sixth sense and let them “touch” light Scientists from Duke University have found a way to make rats “feel” […]
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Mindfulness meditation: how it works in the brain
Mindfulness meditation: how it works in the brain. Mindfulness may be successful in helping with a range of conditions, from depression to pain, by working […]
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Sleep and memory in the aging brain
Sleep and memory in the aging brain. New findings reveal a connection between sleep and memory, and shed light on why forgetfulness is common in […]
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Mysterious brain clumps behind dementia identified
Mysterious brain clumps behind dementia identified. Certain forms of dementia may be caused by a gene mutation that makes proteins in the brain clump together, […]
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Chemical reaction keeps stroke-damaged brain from repairing itself
Chemical reaction keeps stroke-damaged brain from repairing itself. Nitric oxide, a gaseous molecule produced in the brain, can damage neurons. When the brain produces too […]
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Tool sprays brain to find tumors quickly
Tool sprays brain to find tumors quickly. A new tool that sprays a stream of charged solvent onto tissue may one day help brain surgeons […]
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Magnetic brain activity may reveal schizophrenia
Magnetic brain activity may reveal schizophrenia. Magnetic fields produced by the brain’s natural electrical currents may be used in the future as an objective test […]
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Shortage of brain tissue sets autism research back
Shortage of brain tissue sets autism research back. Research on autism is being hobbled by a shortage of brain tissue. The brain tissue comes from […]
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Medicare panel says Alzheimer’s brain scans may not help
Medicare panel says Alzheimer’s brain scans may not help. Advanced brain scans to detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease may be denied coverage by Medicare after […]
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President Obama concerned about brain injuries in football
Obama concerned about brain injuries in football. President Obama has weighed in on the subject of brain injuries in football, saying that as a parent, […]
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How brain cells lift mood in sleepless people
How brain cells lift mood in the sleepless. Neuroscientists have discovered an interesting biological link between depression and sleep. Researchers from Tufts University determined star-shaped […]
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Mediterranean diet may not protect the aging brain
Mediterranean diet may not protect the aging brain. Despite hopes that a Mediterranean-style diet would be as good for the head as it is for […]
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First brain pacemaker implanted to treat Alzheimer’s
First brain pacemaker implanted to treat Alzheimer’s. During a five-hour surgery last October at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a patient became the […]
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From genes to brain: Schizophrenia untangled
From genes to brain: Schizophrenia untangled. An early defect in a critical neurological pathway may be responsible for the onset of schizophrenia later in life. […]
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Oxygen chamber can boost brain repair years after stroke or trauma
Oxygen chamber can boost brain repair years after stroke or trauma. Stroke, traumatic injury, and metabolic disorder are major causes of brain damage and permanent […]
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Scan may detect signs of NFL players’ brain disease
Scan may detect signs of NFL players’ brain disease. An insidious, microscopic protein that has been found in the brain tissue of professional football players […]
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Hearing loss accelerates brain function decline in older adults
Hearing loss accelerates brain function decline in older adults. Older adults with hearing loss are more likely to develop problems thinking and remembering than older […]
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