Deep learning provides new view on 300 million years of brain evolution
In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...
What happens in the brain when there’s a word ‘on the tip of the tongue’?
Having a word “on the tip of the tongue” has happened to all of us. Behind this everyday phenomenon lie complex brain ...
MRI mapping identifies a brain circuit for creativity
A new study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that different brain regions activated by creative tasks are ...
Branching channels: How tree-structured representations in the brain maintain and update information
Tree structures have been widely used to model intelligent behavior, such as reasoning, problem-solving, and language ...
Macaques demonstrate human-like skill by associating words with pictures
A team of cognitive neuroscientists at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, working with colleagues from Instituto ...
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The exceptionally rare disease that causes holes to form in your brain
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an extremely rare and fatal brain-wasting disease that's like a human version of "mad cow." ...
Yale Scientists Just Cracked the DNA Code That Built the Human Brain
What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.
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Lost keys, forgotten faces: Newly discovered brain cells solve memory mystery
From recognizing a friend’s face to finding our keys, our ability to remember objects shapes how we navigate daily life. But ...
Biohaven Announces FDA Acceptance And Priority Review Of Troriluzole New Drug Application For The Treatment Of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Melissa Beiner, M.D., SCA Clinical Development Lead at Biohaven, commented, Our NDA filing is the culmination of over 8 years of clinical research a ...
Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says
It’s the part of the brain which is most affected by frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and later stages of Alzheimer’s disease. whereas some of the larger particles that are a micrometer to five ...
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Disentangling acute motor deficits and adaptive responses evoked by the loss of cerebellar output
In a previous work, Prut and colleagues had shown that during reaching, high-frequency stimulation of the cerebellar outputs resulted in reduced ... Because at least part of this work was previously ...
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Types of Neurons and Their Function
Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...