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MEG Is An Efficient Way Of Detecting Concussion
Researchers from Simon Fraser University have shown that magnetoencephalography (MEG), a high-resolution scan of the brain, along with computational analysis, might play a vital...
Brain Gene Rap1 as Potential Drug Target for Obesity
Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have determined a new mechanism (Rap1 gene)...
Brain Vesicles Play A Role in Septic Shock
Researchers at VIB and Ghent University have located an essential mechanism of sepsis and septic shock, an overreaction of the body's immune machine to...
Alcohol Cravings May Be Precipitated By Brain Glutamate Levels
Alcohol Cravings
Cravings are created by cognitive, emotional, and behavioral elements concerning a wish to drink alcohol, and may also be affected by the duration...
Breastfeeding Leads to Healthy Brain Function
Breastfeeding and The Brain
New research, which followed 180 pre-term babies from birth to age 7, determined that infants who have been fed more breast...
The Benefits of Beer on the Brain
Can Beer Have Health Benefits?
Even as most humans will agree that too much consumption of alcohol can have a hazardous outcome on the mind,...
Brain Shows First Stage of Aging
The brain gives a full credit of what is happening in the body, including the early signs of aging.
Microglial cells, as they mature,...
Emotion-processing areas in the brain disrupted during depression
According to neuroscientists, parts of the brain that usually coordinate to process emotion become decoupled in people who experience multiple episodes of depression.
The findings...
Cellular ‘switch’ that the brain uses to distinguish safety from danger
In this new pathway, the neurons unusually acted from a long distance, which is why they were called long-range inhibitory projections, abbreviated LRIPs.
The goal...
Parasite that ‘hijacks’ host cells could alter brain behavior
Scientists from Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered how a common parasite hijacks host cells where it lies dormant for a long...
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