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Old Habit-Controlling Neurons may also Help the Brain Learn New Tricks

September 1, 2021
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New York, NY — Imagine working on your computer and typing the same long password you have used for years to access your email. By habit, you perform this sequence almost unconsciously. But then, one...

Researchers Link Brain Memory Signals to Blood Sugar Levels

August 16, 2021
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New York, NY — A set of brain signals known to help memories form may also influence blood sugar levels, finds a new study in rats. Researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine discovered that...

Amygdala Found to have Role in Important Pre-Attentive Mechanism in the Brain

August 3, 2021
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Amherst, MA — We’re all familiar with the startle reflex – that sudden, uncontrollable jerk that occurs when we’re surprised by a noise or other unexpected stimulus. But the brain also has an important...

Computer Simulations of the Brain can Predict Language Recovery in Stroke Survivors

June 8, 2021
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Boston, MA — At Boston University, a team of researchers is working to better understand how language and speech is processed in the brain, and how to best rehabilitate people who have lost their ability...

Researchers Find Cell Division Machinery that Makes Brain Cells

May 19, 2021
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Eugene, OR — High-resolution imaging of fruit flies at the University of Oregon has captured mechanical motions that stem cells use to make neurons, the cells that make up the brain. These motions...

For the Brain, Timing is Everything

May 13, 2021
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New York, NY — For decades the dominant approach to understanding the brain has been to measure how many times individual neurons activate during particular behaviours. In contrast to this “rate...

Diagramming the Brain with Colourful Connections

May 11, 2021
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY — There are billions of neurons in the human brain, and scientists want to know how they are connected. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Alle Davis and Maxine Harrison Professor...

How Proteins Control Information Processing in the Brain

May 11, 2021
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Halle, Germany — A complicated interaction between different proteins is needed for information to pass from one nerve cell to the next. Researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg...

New Blueprint of Brain Connections Reveals Extensive Reach of Central Regulator

April 7, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Thousands of our daily activities, from making coffee to taking a walk to saying hello to a neighbour, are made possible through an ancient collection of brain structures tucked away...

Mapping Functional Connectivities in 3D Artificial Brain Model by Analyzing Neural Signals

March 11, 2021
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Seoul, Korea — The human brain is less accessible than other organs because it is covered by a thick, hard skull. As a result, researches have been limited to low-resolution imaging or analysis of...

Beauty is in the Brain: AI Reads Brain Data, Generates Personally Attractive Images

March 8, 2021
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Helsinki, Finland — Researchers have succeeded in making an AI understand our subjective notions of what makes faces attractive. The device demonstrated this knowledge by its ability to create new...

Reactivating Ageing Stem Cells in the Brain

February 25, 2021
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Zürich, Switzerland — The stem cells in our brain generate new neurons throughout life, for example in the hippocampus. This region of the brain plays a key role for a range of memory processes. With...

Study Reveals that Brain Distributes Sensory Information Highly Efficiently

February 2, 2021
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Barcelona, Spain — It has sometimes been suggested that humans use a tiny fraction of their brains. But, is this statement true? The authors of a study published on 20 January in the journal Nature...

Study Reveals Immune Driver of Brain Ageing

January 21, 2021
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Stanford, CA — Suppose Smokey the Bear were to go on a tear and start setting forest fires instead of putting them out. That roughly describes the behaviour of certain cells of our immune system that...

Automated Imaging Reveals Where TAU Protein Originates in the Brain in Alzheimer’s Disease

January 21, 2021
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Washington, DC — Researchers have developed an automated method that can track the development of harmful clumps of TAU protein related to Alzheimer’s disease in the brain, according to work...

Research Strongly Suggests COVID-19 Virus Enters the Brain

December 18, 2020
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Seattle, WA — More and more evidence is coming out that people with COVID-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue. And researchers are discovering why. The SARS-CoV-2...

The Tree of Cortical Cell Types Describes the Diversity of Neurons in the Brain

December 3, 2020
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Houston, TX — The tree of life describes the evolution of life and seeks to define the relationships between species. Likewise, the tree of cell types aims to organize cells in the brain into groups...

How SARS-CoV-2 Reaches the Brain

December 1, 2020
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Berlin, Germany — Using post-mortem tissue samples, a team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have studied the mechanisms by which the novel coronavirus can reach the brains...

How Brain Forms Sensory Memories

November 17, 2020
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Halle (Saale), Germany — The brain encodes information collected by our senses. However, to perceive our environment and to constructively interact with it, these sensory signals need to be interpreted...

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