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Research: Fitness trackers discover connections between exercise, mental h
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): Exercise can improve your cognitive and mental health, but not all forms and intensities of exercise have the same effect on the brain. According to a new Dartmouth study, the effects of exercise are much more nuanced, with specific intensity levels of ex
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Researchers discover pyramidal neurons that gauge speed, location
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): A group of researchers has made an important contribution to scientists' understanding of the brain's navigation system by identifying a subtype of these neurons that can gauge speed with great precision, more than a decade after the role of pyramidal neu
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Cyril Shroff Scholarships instituted at University of Oxford
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Oxford [England]/Mumbai (Maharashtra)/New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI/BusinessWire India): To commemorate 40 years in legal practice of India's leading corporate lawyer, Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development ba
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Study suggests fungal intruder shrinks, develops to aid infection spread i
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): According to new research from the University of Utah Health, a fungus that is a major cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a remarkable change once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the brain.
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Antioxidants that target the spinal fluid to prevent 'chemo brain'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Boston [US], September 14 (ANI): Chemo brain, a chronic side effect that makes it difficult to recall things, pay attention, and learn new information, affects up to three-quarters of cancer patients getting chemotherapy. When it affects children, whose brains are still developing, it could
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Risk of behavioral, emotional issues in kids increases due to mild traumat
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience have found that kids who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI), even a mild one, have more emotional and behavioural problems than kids who do not.
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Researchers reveal how visual information travels from retina to midbrain
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): Neuroscientists have revealed the precise connections between sensory neurons inside the retina and the superior colliculus, a structure in the midbrain. Neuropixels probes are a relatively recent development, representing the next generation of electrode
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New insights on the importance of skull channels for brain health
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): Researchers who previously discovered channels in the skull have found that cerebrospinal fluid can exit the brain through these channels to reach the skull's bone marrow, which can detect and respond to infection or injury. Tapping into this process may
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Cravings for fatty foods traced to gut-brain connection: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI): A dieter wrestling with cravings for fatty foods might be tempted to blame their tongue: the delicious taste of butter or ice cream is hard to resist. But new research investigating the source of our appetites has uncovered an entirely new connection betw
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RSS to brainstorm on social challenges in Samanvay Baithak-2022: Sunil Amb
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 10 (ANI): The three-day Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak (coordination meeting) of the organisations inspired by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will start in the state capital of Chhattisgarh from today.
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Study: Hypertension in people features debilitating headaches, sight loss
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], September 9 (ANI): Patients suffering from a type of elevated brain pressure may have their disease recognised earlier thanks to new biochemical clues, according to new research.
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Researchers reveal how fasting affects neurons in brain
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Boston [US], September 9 (ANI): Calorie restriction has long been linked to fewer seizures in people with epilepsy. Novel research from Boston Children's Hospital helps to explain how fasting affects neurons in the brain and may pave the door for new treatments that do not require fasting or
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