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Light exposure might influence mood and cognitive disorders, find research
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 7 (ANI): A study of 20 healthy people undergoing functional MRI while they were exposed to various intensities of light found that more than two dozen brain regions exhibited activation that either decreased or increased with light intensity, suggesting that the brain r
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Scientists reveal new device to detect brain abnormalities
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Detecting concussion, epilepsy and dementia has now become more accurate, affordable and portable as a group of scientists developed an advanced device in the new research.
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Study on brain's response to perceived threats useful for treatment of pos
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): A new study measures changes in the human brain's response to a perceived threat following non-invasive stimulation of the nervous system via the vagus nerve. The results have implications for the development of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PT
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Brain's response to understanding stories changes as we grow up
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Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Scientists have shown how our brain's response to watching emotional and social stimuli in a movie changes between infancy and adulthood.
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Immune response triggered by COVID-19 infection can damage brain
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): A study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said the immune response triggered by COVID-19 infection can damage the brain's blood vessels and may lead to short- and long-term neurological symptoms.
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In novel idea about brain connections, cosmological thinking meets neurosc
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): A collaboration between a former cosmologist and a computational neuroscientist generated a new way to identify essential connections between brain cells.
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Research shows how alcohol changes brain activity differently for male and
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): According to new research published in eNeuro, Alcohol is seen to alter synchronized brain activity in the amygdala of mice, but differently for male and female mice.
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Study reveals how heat waves could lead to avian population decline
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3(ANI): According to a recent on how heat impacts the behaviour and physiology of Zebra finches revealed that heat altered the activity of hundreds of genes in the testis, but fewer in the brain, also suggesting that the brain may be less responsive to extreme temperatu
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Research shows women have more brain changes after menopause
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Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): Postmenopausal women may have more brain biomarkers called white matter hyperintensities than premenopausal women or men of the same age, according to a new study funded by the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases.
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Immune cells in brain could become new drug targets for ASD, intellectual
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a convergent mechanism that may be responsible for how two top-ranked genetic risk factors for autism spectrum disorder/intellectual disability (ASD/ID) lead to these neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Protecting the brain from dementia by inducing abnormal protein aggregates
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are defined by the pathogenic accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain. Now, however, scientists have established that the p62 protein, which is involved in cellular protein degradation, can prevent
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Brain function of event trauma-exposed individuals restores over time: Stu
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): The brain function of otherwise-healthy individuals exposed to event trauma has the ability to 'bounce back' over time once the threat resolves, suggests new research by the University of Otago.
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