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Study: Obesity associated with poor brain development in children
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers revealed the connection between poorer brain health and higher weight and body mass index (BMI) in pre-adolescence using MRI data from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health conducted in the United States.
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Researchers find new target for Alzheimer's therapies
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The protein medin is deposited in the blood vessels of the brains of Alzheimer's patients along with the protein amyloid-b. Researchers from DZNE have discovered this so-called co-aggregation. They have now published their observation in the renowned journal Nature. "Medin has been known for
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Research finds gut-brain connection for social behavior
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Social behavior is a complex phenomenon involving many parts of the brain. Researchers found that gut microorganisms cut out excess connections in brain circuits for social development.
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Research finds how single brain hemisphere can support words, face recogni
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
During recent brain plasticity and visual perception research, it was found that individuals who had had surgery as children to remove half of their brains correctly detected differences between words or faces more than 80 per cent of the time.
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Neurofeedback shows promise for addressing 'chemo brain': Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Restoring normal functioning in the brains of cancer patients through neurofeedback could potentially alleviate the mental fogginess that many report after treatment, according to a new pilot study from UCLA researchers.
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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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New research shows our brains use quantum computation
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], October 19 (ANI): Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have modified a concept created to demonstrate the presence of quantum gravity to examine the human brain and its functioning and come to the conclusion that our brains might use quantum computation.
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Research suggests brain simultaneously processes linguistic, extralinguist
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): An international team of scientists conducted an experiment demonstrating that people automatically integrate extralinguistic information into grammatical processing during verbal communication.
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Study shows safety of neurosurgical technique used to assess dopamine and
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Winston-Salem (North Carolina) [US], August 25 (ANI): In order to study and measure dopamine and serotonin in the human brain, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have shown that a neurosurgical technique is safe.
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No plans for separate state of North Karnataka: CM Bommai
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The government is not thinking or planning to propose a separate state of North Karnataka, state chief minister Basavaraj Bommai assured on Thursday.
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PM Modi inaugurates Centre for Brain Research at IISc Bengaluru
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the Centre for Brain Research and laid the foundation stone for Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital at IISc Bengaluru, said a press release by Prime Minister's Office on Monday.
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PM Modi inaugurates Centre for Brain Research at IIS in Bengaluru
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a two-day visit to Karnataka, inaugurated the Centre for Brain Research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru on Monday.
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