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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Science magazine shares an anatomical survey of birds’ brains that reveals details of the brain section that appears to function like our cerebral cortex – […]
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 […]
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 […]
Science Daily has a Mt. Sinai School of Medicine study that isolates a specific cluster of brain cells that regulate social behavior – and that […]
PLOS ONE has an interesting look at brain plasticity – that is, your ability to learn new things, change the way you do things, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Science Daily, 8 December 2019, “A week in the dark rewires brain […]
SONG: “Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Scientific American, 18 November 2019, “Deeper Insights Emerge into How Memories Form,” […]
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, […]
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 […]
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