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Research finds reason for return of brain cancer
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 27 (ANI): According to researchers working to develop a cure for brain cancer, the deadliest type of the disease returns because tumours adapt to therapy by recruiting help from nearby healthy tissue.
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Study: 'Synthetic' embryo with brain and beating heart grown from multiple
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): Researchers have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body a new avenue for recreating the first stages of life.
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Study reveals clues on what makes human brain different from all other ani
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): In an analysis of cell types in the prefrontal cortex of four primate species, researchers identified species-specific particularly human-specific features, they report.
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Mapping brain stem's control of eating can be better for treating obesity
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Michigan [US], August 26 (ANI): Every meal you eat leaves a lasting imprint, with meals either being saved as delectable things to seek out again or avoided in disgust if we associate the flavour with gut discomfort.
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Research at Yale University reveals how human brain is different
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], August 26 (ANI): What distinguishes the human brain from all other animal brains, even those of our closest primate relatives? Researchers from Yale University discovered species-specific characteristics in the prefrontal cortex of four different primate species.
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Researchers reveal new approach to clear toxic waste from brain
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): Researchers have found a new druggable pathway that potentially could be used to help prevent Alzheimer's dementia.
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Research: Brain's spatial mapping is supported by molecular processes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): Research in mice has cast new light on the molecular mechanisms that underlie spatial mapping in the brain. Scientists have found that a gene called Fos plays a key role in helping the brain use specialized navigation cells to form and maintain spatial maps.
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Medtronic launches SenSight directional lead system for deep brain stimula
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc, today announced the launch of SenSight™ directional lead system for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy as treatment of symptoms associated with mov
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16-month-old baby dies but saves many lives with his organs
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): The family of a 16-month-old baby who was declared brain dead at AIIMS Delhi, donated his organs to help save the lives of others.
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Change in appetite characterizes depressive disorders
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], August 25 (ANI): Major depressive disorders have a considerable health cost, including changes in appetite and body weight. Identifying biomarkers such as alterations in brain function to treat depression is difficult due to the diverse symptomatology of affected individuals.
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Study shows safety of neurosurgical technique used to assess dopamine and
Updated : 3 years, 7 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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Brain cells with same 'birthdate' are more likely to wire together into co
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): Brain cells with the same 'birthdate' are more likely to wire together into cooperative signalling circuits that carry out many functions, including the storage of memories, a new study finds.
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