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Study: Human brain organoids when transplanted into adult rats respond to
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers have shown that brain organoids--clumps of lab-grown neurons--can integrate with rat brains and respond to visual stimulation like flashing lights.
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Family of 50-yr-old furniture designer declared brain dead in mishap donat
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The family of a 50-year-old furniture designer who was declared brain dead after he suffered a road accident, donated his four organs in AIIMS Delhi.
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Poor oral health may contribute to declines in brain health
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Taking care of your teeth and gums may offer benefits beyond oral health such as improving brain health, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2023. The meeting, to be held in person in Dallas and virtually, Feb
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Living near a "food swamp" may increase stroke risk among adults 50 and ol
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Adults ages 50 and older who lived near dense fast food and unhealthy food environments known as "food swamps" had a higher risk of stroke compared to those who lived in areas with fewer retail and fast food choices, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke As
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CM Bommai participates in Gandhi Smaran-Gandhi Naman program
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Speaking at the inauguration of the "Gandhi Smaran-Gandhi Naman" program organized jointly by various organizations in the footsteps of Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday, he said remembering Gandhi that a man's memory stores both good and bad things and the brain can find more space to store
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Study reveals how brains turn into smarter disease fighters
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Combating Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases by inserting healthy new immune cells into the brain has taken a leap toward reality. Neuroscientists at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to safely thwart the brain's resistance
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Is brain learning slower than artificial intelligence? Read on to know wha
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Artificial intelligence has traditionally been derived from human brain dynamics. However, as compared to deep learning, brain learning has several important limitations (DL). First, efficient DL wire topologies (architectures) have several tens of feedforward (consecutive) layers, whereas b
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Study reveals adult brain contains millions of silent synapses
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The adult brain contains millions of "silent synapses," which are immature connections between neurons that remain inactive until they are recruited to help form new memories, according to MIT neuroscientists.
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Study discovers anatomy that protects, monitor brain
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The human brain only reluctantly reveals its secrets, from the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and structures. Neuroimaging and molecular biology advances have only recently enabled scientists to study the living brain at previously unattainable levels of detail,
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Researchers reveal short-term exposure to air pollution has rapid impact
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a new study, common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in just a few hours. The study was the first to demonstrate, in a controlled experiment using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), that diesel exhaust interferes with the ability of differen
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High fat diet reduce brain's ability to regulate food intake
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Regularly eating a high fat/calorie diet could reduce the brain's ability to regulate calorie intake. New research in rats found that after short periods of being fed a high fat/high calorie diet, the brain adapts to react to what is being ingested and reduces the amount of food eaten to bal
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Head injury associated with doubled mortality rate in long term: Study
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Adults who suffered any type of head injury during a 30-year study period had twice the rate of mortality as those who did not, according to new research, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher.
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