Neurons that fire together really do wire together, says a new study in Science, suggesting that the three-pound computer in our heads may be more malleable than we think. In the latest issu... Read more
A Korean research team jointly led by Professor Chan Beum Park of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at KAIST and Dr. Kwon Yu from the Bionano Center at the Korea Research Inst... Read more
Major depression now believed to be caused by abnormalities in immune cells of the brain; may revolutionize next-generation psychiatric medication treatment, according to Hebrew University o... Read more
Brown University researchers have created a new type of optoelectronic implantable device to access brain microcircuits, synergizing a technique that enables scientists to control the activi... Read more
Next step, nanobots, right? Pic Researchers have found a way to make tiny 3D structures out of silicon that “pop up” into shape when glued to an elastic substrate, paving the way... Read more
A new generation of neural network models — called spiking neural networks For every thought or behavior, the brain erupts in a riot of activity, as thousands of cells communicate via electr... Read more
New research conducted by neuroscientists from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) published in Nature Medicine has identified a new gene involved in epilepsy and could potential... Read more
In clinical trial, mixture developed at MIT appears to help overcome loss of connections between brain cells. A clinical trial of an Alzheimer’s disease treatment developed at MIT has found... Read more
A single genetic tweak is all that is needed to turn ordinary skin cells into functioning brain cells The research could help to treat Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other brain diseases. Work... Read more
This potential represents a major breakthrough in the stem cell field Scientists at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) led by Vladimir Serikov, MD, PhD, and... Read more
Scientists stop cells dying in mouse brains – offering hope to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s sufferers
What’s exciting is the emergence of a common mechanism of brain cell death, across a range of different neurodegenerative disorders A chemical command that halts brain cells dyi... Read more
British scientists are claiming to have made a major breakthrough after creating brain tissue from human skin. The researchers have for the first time generated crucial types of human... Read more
Cannabis can kill or rescue neurons--children are at risk, whereas adults may benefit Read more
Finland’s VTT has developed a rapid image analysis method to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in just a few minutes. The accuracy of the analysis is comparable to manual measure... Read more
There are more than 30 million people with dementia worldwide There is no cure for Alzheimer’s, the insidious fatal disease which slowly kills all your brain cells. Already the seventh leadi... Read more
