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Study: Untapped stem cell potential may help heal damaged spinal cord
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): Scientists have identified a group of latent stem cells that respond to injury in the central nervous system of mice. If a similar type of cell exists in humans, they could offer a new therapeutic approach to treat brain and spinal cord injuries.
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New study explores why brain cancer returns
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): Researchers who are trying to find a cure for brain cancer say that the deadliest form of the disease returns because tumours adapt to treatment by recruiting help from nearby healthy tissue.
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Dr Dre opens up about being close to death following brain aneurysm diagno
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): American rapper and record producer Dr Dre has spoken up about the severity of his health when he was hospitalized for a brain aneurysm.
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Alzheimer's degrades cells that cross hemispheres, visual memory suffers:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): New research reveals cells that span brain hemispheres to coordinate activity in visual processing centres and shows that Alzheimer's degrades their structure and therefore their function.
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Unnoticed eye movements can be key for better self-driving cars: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 21 (ANI): Artificial neural networks that learn to recognize objects more quickly and accurately have been developed by Andrea Benucci and colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science.
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Study suggests therapy for treatment-resistant depression
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): According to the researchers, deep brain stimulation (DBS) to the superolateral branch of the medial forebrain bundle (MFB), which is linked to reward and motivation. The study revealed metabolic brain changes over 12 months after DBS implantation, making it
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Study reveals Alzheimer's may lead to loss of visual memory
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): According to a new MIT study, Alzheimer's disease impacts at least one form of visual memory by deteriorating a recently discovered circuit that connects the image processing areas of each brain hemisphere.
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Do you know brain gathers threat cues and turns them into fear? Study reve
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): Salk Institute researchers have found that a biochemical pathway that combines potentially dangerous sights, sounds, and odours into a single message: Be afraid. CGRP is a protein that permits neurons in two distinct sections of the brain to combine dangerou
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Putin's close aide Aleksander Dugin could have been the target of explosio
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 21 (ANI): After the daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's close aide killed in a car explosion in Moscow, several reports have pointed out that Aleksander Dugin himself could have been the target of the explosion in place of his daughter Daria Dugina.
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Study reveals 'Misophonia' is more than just hating the sound of chewing
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): Researchers for the first time have identified the parts of the brain involved in a less-commonly studied trigger of misophonia, a condition associated with an extreme aversion to certain sounds.
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Did daughter of Aleksander Dugin, known as 'Putin's brain', die in Moscow
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 21 (ANI): Daria Dugina, daughter of Aleksandr Dugin, a close aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin, may have been killed in a car explosion in Moscow, media reports said.
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Blood tests in newly brain-injured patients predict death, severe disabili
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): A study finds that blood tests taken on the day of a traumatic brain injury can predict which patients are likely to die or survive with severe disability, allowing clinicians to make decisions earlier on the possible treatment of TBI. Higher values of two p
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