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Study discovers how preterm infants do not become used to repeated pain
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A study led by UCL (University College London) researchers discovered that preterm infants do not become accustomed to repeated pain in the same way that full-term infants, children, and adults do.
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Researchers find neurons that learn to smell a threat
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
We use our sense of smell to determine whether a new environment is safe or dangerous, whether we are aware of it or not. In fact, much of the animal kingdom relies on this ability for survival and reproduction.
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Researchers find connection between artificial sweetener, anxiety
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers at Florida State University College of Medicine have discovered a connection between anxiety-like behaviour in mice and aspartame, an artificial sweetener present in roughly 5,000 diet items and beverages.
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Study: Synchronized neural oscillations induce empathic behaviour in brain
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The underlying neurological mechanism that enables humans to feel empathy has been identified by researchers. Empathy is brought on by synchronised neuronal oscillations in the right hemisphere of the brain, which enables the creatures to sense and share each other's dread.
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Study finds how gut, stroke-induced cognitive impairment are associated
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Depression is more common in stroke patients, which has an adverse influence on the recovery of cognitive and functional abilities, according to researchers.
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Researchers find connection between gut and stroke-induced cognitive impai
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers at the Texas A&M University School of Medicine are leading research on the relationship between stroke-induced intestinal permeability, or leakiness, and cognitive impairment with the goal of improving stroke outcomes.
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Researchers discover amygdale in brain is reason behind overeating
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 20 (ANI): Fear is controlled by the amygdala, a part of the brain. Researchers have shown that the amygdala is also responsible for overeating. Professor Bo Li of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) uncovered a set of neurons in the amygdala that causes mice to devour
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Study reveals how serotonin helps to improve mental health
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Ithaca (New York) [US], October 14 (ANI): Anxiety and depression have been rising globally for decades, a tendency that has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent study revealed how researchers found new treatments to help alleviate this worldwide mental health burden.
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Research reveals working memory depends on cross-brain interactions
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL examined the reciprocal relationships between two brain areas that encode visual working memory in mice.
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Study provides new insight into brain complexity
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): The way to a deeper insight into the complexity of the human brain, one of the largest and most sophisticated organs in the human body, has been paved by a recent study by the Complexity Science Hub (CSH).
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