A pacemaker for your brain.
Discover surveys the state of the research into deep-brain stimulation (DBS), using electrical implants to treat conditions from Parkinson’s to chronic pain, OCD, depression and […]
neurology
Shrews can shrink and regrow their brains.
The Scientist magazine investigates what’s going on inside the skulls of the tiniest terrestrial mammals. Etruscan shrews, it turns out, cope with winter’s demands by […]
Tiny robots stitch nerves together
Science News has a report on nanoneurosurgery, using super-small, magnetically controlled machines to encourage separated neuron fibers to make new connections: Engineers Eunhee Kim and […]
They’ve mapped the part of a bird’s brain that gives them consciousness like ours.
Science magazine shares an anatomical survey of birds’ brains that reveals details of the brain section that appears to function like our cerebral cortex – […]
The rhythm of an out-of-body experience.
Nature looks at dissociative states, and the specific rhythm in a single layer of neurons that can make everything around you seem unreal: The neurological […]
Puberty can erase childhood trauma’s brain effects
Science News has some optimistic news about the long-term neurological effects of childhood trauma. We know that they can create lasting physical changes inside the […]
Social isolation damages this brain circuit in kids. And we can fix it with light.
Science Daily has a Mt. Sinai School of Medicine study that isolates a specific cluster of brain cells that regulate social behavior – and that […]
Dancing is better than repetitive exercise for keeping elderly brains fit.
PLOS ONE has an interesting look at brain plasticity – that is, your ability to learn new things, change the way you do things, and […]
Smell makes music inside our brains. Each aroma, a different melody.
Scientific American organizes some notes on the neurology of scent, with experiments that show the brain distinguishes between similar scents in the same way we […]
Low-carb diet can keep your brain fit.
The Guardian looks back at memory researchers who’ve found that lower the carbohydrates you eat keeps your memory in better shape: “Neurobiological changes associated with […]
Christmas music and your brain.
The holiday spirit (or something) descended on The Washington Post, who have shared (non-paywalled, apparently) a statistical and neurological look at why Christmas music – […]
SONG: I Spent a Week in the Dark
SONG: “I Spent a Week in the Dark” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Science Daily, 8 December 2019, “A week in the dark rewires brain […]
SONG: Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget
SONG: “Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Scientific American, 18 November 2019, “Deeper Insights Emerge into How Memories Form,” […]
A week in the dark rewires the brain (and boosts hearing sensitivity)
Science Daily reports on a University of Maryland study that shows that (for mice at least) spending a week in darkness resets certain brain circuits, […]
Science Art: Neurons from rat brain tissue stained green with antibody to ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1)… by Gerry Shaw, 2005
Click to embiggen Glia are the cells around neurons that manufacture myelin (the insulation around nerve cells), help repair cell damage and, apparently, have something […]