Neuroscience Study Suggests Role Of Sleep in Healing Traumatic Brain Injuries (Neuroscience) 13 Mar 2021 Technique developed at OHSU measures brain’s waste-clearance system through MRIs Sound sleep plays a critical role in healing traumatic brain injury, a new study of military veterans suggests. The study, published…
Neuroscience Are There Differences in the Brains of Autistic Men and Women? (Neuroscience) 12 Mar 2021 Large-scale brain imaging study suggest that atypical connectivity between brain hemispheres in autism reflects a combination of biological sex-dependent (i.e., specific to male or females) and independent (i.e., common across…
Neuroscience Diverse Neural Signals Are Key to Rich Visual Information! (Neuroscience) 9 Mar 2021 Low signal heterogeneity results in severe loss of neural information; optimal stimulation method increasing the heterogeneity of neural signals may improve prosthetic vision with richer artificial visual information Visual sensation…
Psychiatry… For Breakthroughs in Slowing Aging, Scientists Must Look Beyond Biology (Psychiatry / Psychology) 23 Feb 2021 Incorporating social and behavioral factors alongside biological mechanisms is critical for improving aging research, according to a trio of studies by leading social scientists A trio of recent studies highlight…
Neuroscience Precise Mapping Shows How Brain Injuries Inflict Long-term Damage (Neuroscience) 21 Feb 2021 Researchers have shown how forces acting on the brain during traumatic injury are linked to damage seen years after the initial trauma. The findings, from a cross-disciplinary team at Imperial College London, could…
Neuroscience Deep Brain Stimulation Prevents Epileptic Seizures in Mouse Model (Neuroscience) 19 Feb 2021 Experimental approach reveals new avenues for treating people with drug-resistant epilepsy Epileptic activity originating from one or more diseased brain regions in the temporal lobe is difficult to contain. Many…
Neuroscience Study Shows How Some Neurons Compensate For Death of their Neighbors (Neuroscience) 18 Feb 2021 University of Chicago research is a step in the direction of understanding the plasticity of the brain Our brains are complicated webs of billions of neurons, constantly transmitting information across…
