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Ebola virus hides in brain even after years of treatment? Study reveals sh
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Maryland [US], February 10 (ANI): Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates. People can get EVD through direct contact with an infected animal (bat or nonhuman primate) or a sick or dead person infected with the Ebola virus. In a ground-breaking s
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Genetically informed atlases in brain reveal new landscapes about its stru
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California [US], February 8 (ANI): A locus in genetics indicates the physical location of a gene or variant on a chromosome. The plural for it is loci. Now, an international team of scientists has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci.
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Hormone in brain senses isolation and drives contact-seeking behaviour, fi
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Wako [Japan], February 8 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic made everyone well versed with the feelings of loneliness, or perceived social isolation. This was also a major stress for those who socialized a lot and increased the risk of various mental and physical health issues such as depression,
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Study finds link between creativity of person, their semantic memory and b
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Paris [France], February 6 (ANI): How much is the creativity of a person linked to their brain function? A recent study has opened up on this. It talks about a link between real-life creativity, semantic memory structure and brain functional connectivity.
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Researchers find daily physical activity effective for boosting brain func
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Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): A new study by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine has found that daily physical activity is effective in boosting brain function for middle-aged and older adults.
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Novel magnetic seeds developed to kill cancer: Study
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London [England], February 5 (ANI): Scientists at UCL have developed a novel cancer therapy that uses an MRI scanner to guide a magnetic seed through the brain to heat and destroy tumours.
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Study develops deep learning model to simulate brain topography
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Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): A team of researchers have developed a computational model that allows them to simulate the spatial organization or topography of the IT and learn more about how neighbouring clusters of brain tissue are organized and interact.
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Study finds 10 minute-run benefits the mood
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Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): A team of researchers have found that 10 minutes of a running session can benefit pleasure levels and boosts brain function.
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Widely-used hormone drug linked to increased risk of benign brain tumour a
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Bristol [UK], February 5 (ANI): A recent study has found that high doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions like excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer, are linked to an increased risk of meningioma -- the most common type of benign brain tumour
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Perception study might elaborate promising depression therapy
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Madison [US], February 5 (ANI): A team of researchers have explained that the human brain appears to build a working model supported by predictions constantly checked and rechecked against the sights and sounds it already expects.
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Study finds sleep apnea during pregnancy may lead to risk of autism-like c
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Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): A recent study has found that sleep apnea during pregnancy may increase the risk for brain and behavioural changes linked to autism in the male offspring.
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Study reveals brain's life-long learning may now become hardware for AI
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Indiana [US], February 4 (ANI): A new study has found a way that computer chips could dynamically rewire themselves to take in new data like the brain does, helping AI to keep learning over time.
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