Even moderate drinking can damage your brain cells!
A couple of glasses of wine daily may be a good way to promote cardiovascular and brain health, but it also comes with a hidden risk – lowering brain cell production by 40 percent, new research says....
View ArticleEmpathy can fool the smartest of brains
Empathy can trick the smartest of brains into being fooled by a swindler, says a new US research. The network of neurons (nerve cells) that allows us to empathise also dumbs down the brain’s analytical...
View ArticleType 2 diabetes linked to the brain?
Type 2 diabetes, a lifelong chronic disease, has a neural connection with the human body, according to a study conducted by genomic scientist and clinical partners, an official said Monday. The Indian...
View ArticleFlip flopping brain cell discovery might hold key to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
A new discovery shows that flip flopping brain cells or converting one type into another may now be possible, which could pave the way for improved therapies in neurodegenerative diseases like...
View ArticleExercise helps rescue mutated neural stem cells
Washington (ANI): A new study has found that CHD7 mutant neurons (a mutation in a gene) were fully rescued after a running exercise. The study also found that they were able to create functioning...
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How brain balances learning new skills while retaining old ones
Researchers have developed a new computational model that explains how the brain maintains the balance between plasticity and stability, and how it can learn very similar tasks without interference...
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Why do neurons die in Alzheimer’s disease?
Researchers have said that massive neuron death that occurs in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) seems to be caused by raw ingredients of plaques and tangles working in concert, rather than by plaques and...
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Your neurons inform your brain of every function it performs
Research group led by Professor Silvia Arber at the University of Basel’s Biozentrum and the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research has now discovered, that many neurons in the spinal...
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One dose of antidepressants enough to change connections in the brain
Are you on antidepressant medications? Here’s what could be happening inside your brain. A new study published in the Cell Press journal Current Biology has revealed the effects of antidepressants on...
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Discovered — new type of brain cells with different signalling pattern
We all know that the brain is made up of cells called neurons that transmit signals in the brain and throughout the body. But according to researchers, neurons are not the only type of brain cells you...
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