A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing ...
In A Nutshell Researchers used a light-based brain imaging technique in mice to watch, in real time, what happens in the brain during a psychedelic experience and found a specific electrical rhythm ...
Research suggests that high use of social media and AI chat tools may affect your attention and memory. But there is ...
The reality is more complicated. Several commonly used over-the-counter medicines carry a real risk of dependence, misuse or harm when taken in higher than recommended doses, for longer than needed, ...
On April 18, 2005, a Canadian woman named Rani Jamieson gave birth to a healthy boy. It was an unremarkable pregnancy but a painful delivery; a doctor had to use surgical scissors to make room for her ...
In 2024, researchers completed the first-ever map of the circuitry of a fruit fly’s brain. Despite its diminutive size, the organ packs almost 500 feet of wiring and 54.5 million synapses into the ...
OREGON, USA — Nearly two decades after first being identified, a rare and life-threatening brain-inflammation disease may soon have new treatment candidates. The disorder, called anti-NMDA ...
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What would it mean to simulate a human brain? Today’s most powerful computing systems now contain enough computational firepower to run simulations of billions of neurons, comparable to the ...
No one likes to do something they find unpleasant. Who among us hasn’t put off icky things such as a tedious work assignment, a fridge deep clean or a difficult conversation? The reason why someone ...
The brain constantly blends split-second reactions with slower, more thoughtful processing, and new research shows how it pulls this off. Scientists discovered that brain regions operate on different ...