Neurodegenerative diseases- What are they? Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by damage to the nervous system, causing cognitive decline and changes in brain functions and how […]
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Sometimes you just don’t wake up feeling refreshed. Why is that? In this article, we will answer: what is light sleep, what are the […]
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You’ve probably heard of how dopamine plays a role in feelings of pleasure, or how serotonin levels influence depression. This barely scratches the surface […]
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Brain seizures: Some of us have to deal with them every single day, whilst others can be witnesses of someone having a brain seizure. […]
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What are the types of demyelinating diseases that affect the central nervous system? In this article, we answer all your questions: functions of myelin, […]
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Dyspraxia. It is commonly seen nowadays: On the one hand, you have the group of children that seems to be able to have no […]
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Addiction is a very common concept in today’s society. When we think about addiction, we usually picture drug addicts, looking for another fix. Addiction, […]
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Phantom pain is a sensation that various individuals perceive towards a part of the body or an internal organ that doesn’t exist. This phantom […]
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What is it like to hear colors and see sounds – people who have synesthesia might be able to give a little insight into […]
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Optogenetics is a new form of stimulating and controlling cells in the living tissue. Research is advancing in ways that we have not thought […]
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One of the ways psychology has progressed came from the use of various neuroimaging methods. In terms of experimental psychology history, neuroimaging started with the […]
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Brain facts. Our brain is exciting, it is the result of millions of years of evolution and although it is still an enigma, we […]
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We clarify all the questions you may have about neuropsychology: What it is, what does it study, neuropsychologist’s role and patients, what cognitive tests […]
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Mirror neurons. Imitation has always been a powerful learning tool. The human brain is enabled with different mechanisms that allow us to imitate actions. […]
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Fight or Flight. The sympathetic nervous system is one of two subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system, which is part of the peripheral nervous […]
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A synapse is the space between two neurons which allows for neural communication, or synaptic transmission. Synapses are found throughout the body, not just located […]
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Brainwaves are the collection of electrical activity in the brain. This electrical activity is caused by the communication of neurons in the brain. The […]
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In the current times, technology affects your brain in powerful ways that shape who you are as a person. This is especially the case […]
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The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. It controls everything, from the way we walk to the way we speak. Its […]
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Texts from your ex late on a Saturday night (or early Sunday morning?), compromising pictures that his friends post to Facebook… Social networks have robbed […]
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Fascinating Facts About the Brain – Part 2 In part one of Fascinating Facts About the Brain, we looked at the complexity and main […]
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5 Myths About the Brain The brain is truly an amazing organ. It is extremely intricate, and without it, we would not be able […]
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Brain stimulation helps with stroke Stroke is the No. 4 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States, according […]
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Chemical reaction keeps stroke-damaged brain from repairing itself. Nitric oxide, a gaseous molecule produced in the brain, can damage neurons. When the brain produces […]
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Newfound brain cells linked to high blood pressure. High blood pressure has just gotten a new culprit: a newly discovered brain cell. While the […]
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How to ‘take over’ a brain. The hottest field in science this past decade has been neuroscience. That explosion in research, and our understanding […]
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Neuristors: The future of brain-like computer chips. A neuristor is the simplest possible device that can capture the essential property of a neuron – […]
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How neuroscientists observe brains watching movies. Functional MRI can peer inside your brain and watch you watching a YouTube clip. Unless you have been […]
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Mouse brain cells activated, reactivated in learning and memory. Neuroscientists have for the first time shown individual mouse brain cells being switched on during […]
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Stress resilience, susceptibility traced to neurons in reward circuit. A specific pattern of neuronal firing in a brain reward circuit instantly rendered mice vulnerable […]
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Brain cells made from urine. Human excreta could be a powerful source of cells to study disease, bypassing some of the problems of using stem […]
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New biomaterials can promote regeneration of brain tissue after brain injury and disease damage. Research at the Universitat Politècnica de València has shown that […]
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World’s largest brain simulation has 2.5 million neurons. With 2.5 million simulated neurons, a team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have claimed […]
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In brain, competing thoughts come in waves and rhythms. Emerging evidence suggests that a group of neurons can represent each unique piece of information, […]
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Glowing Vulcan ears reveal brain’s lost neurons. These glowing shapes aren’t the ears of a rave-happy Vulcan – they’re slices from a mouse’s brain. […]
Continue reading »A better brain implant: Slim electrode cozies up to single neurons. The main problem that neurons have with electrodes is that they make terrible neighbors. […]
Continue reading »Neurons made from stem cells drive brain activity after transplantation in laboratory model. Sanford-Burnham researchers convince transplanted stem cell-derived neurons to direct cognitive function—getting us […]
Continue reading »Newborn neurons, even in the adult aging brain, are critical for memory. Newly generated neurons in the adult hippocampus are critical for memory retrieval, according […]
Continue reading »Brain protein mutation linked to autism. Researchers said they have discovered a genetic mutation in people with autism that cuts communication between brain cells to […]
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