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Study: UCI neuroscientists create brain maps after traumatic brain injury
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
California [US], June 19 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that injuring one part of the brain alters the connections between nerve cells throughout the brain. The new research was published this week in Nature Communications.
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Study finds Bridge therapy may benefit some children with high-risk neurob
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], June 6 (ANI): According to new research, Neuroblastoma is paediatric cancer that arises from immature nerve cells. Approximately half of the children with neuroblastoma have a type that suggests a high risk of recurrence. Patients with this high-risk neuroblastoma may benefi
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Research brings hope for the treatment of spinal cord injuries
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Birmingham [England], May 20 (ANI): According to the University of Birmingham, scientists discovered that blocking the inflammatory response in the spinal cord may reduce damage after spinal cord injury.
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Ayansh's parents raising 16 crores on Ketto to treat his SMA
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 13 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Ayansh Madan, a 16 month old child in Gurgaon has been suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
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Study identifies risk for some childhood cancer patients developing second
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 30 (ANI): Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge found that in children with neuroblastoma - a cancer of immature nerve cells - treatment with platinum chemotherapy caused changes to the genome that could then cause leukaemia in some ch
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Study unveils how proteins control information processing in brain
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Halle [Germany], May 9 (ANI): A complicated interaction between different proteins is needed for information to pass from one nerve cell to the next. A team of researchers now managed to study this process in the synaptic vesicles, which play an important role in this process.
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Chemical protecting nerve cells also slows down glaucoma: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 17 (ANI): Researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine recently conducted a study on rats which suggested that the chemical which protects nerve cells also slows glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness.
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Study reveals glaucoma may be more than eye pressure issue
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 14 (ANI): A new study conducted in rats shows that chemical known to protect nerve cells also slows glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness.
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Scientists demonstrate how glial cells control scar formation in brain
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 28 (ANI): When the brain suffers injury or infection, glial cells surrounding the affected site act to preserve the brain's sensitive nerve cells and prevent excessive damage. A team of researchers from Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin has been able to demonstrate t
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Research suggests our confidence in decision making is determined by nerve
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): Researchers, on a different study, unexpectedly found that individual nerve cells in the brain can reveal about the confidence level of an individual while making decisions.
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Nerve cell activity shows how confident individuals are
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Bonn suggests that the activity of individual nerve cells in the brain tells us how confident we are in our decisions.
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Autistic people's nerve cells differ before birth, study finds
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): Brain cells of autistic people develop differently as compared to those of other individuals, according to a recent study.
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