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Study: Parkinson's disease patients can be identified by skin biopsy
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): A novel study has found that the presence of neuronal deposits of the biomarker phosphorylated alpha-synuclein (p-syn) in the brain and the skin of patients with PD distinguishes them from individuals with symptoms of parkinsonism due to the accumulation of a
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Study finds how worms make decisions
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 14 (ANI): Like humans, animals also make complex decisions in life. But have you ever wondered about their process? New research from the Salk Institute in the US has investigated how worms with only 302 neurons navigate complex decision-making.
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Study examines how brain makes memories
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], March 8 (ANI): In a study led by Cedars-Sinai, researchers have discovered two types of brain cells that play a key role in dividing continuous human experience into distinct segments that can be recalled later. The discovery provides new promise as a path towa
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Walling off or 'bunkering' retina can save eyesight, suggests study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Connecticut [US], March 8 (ANI): The retina is a layer of photoreceptors cells and glial cells within the eye that captures incoming photons and transmits them along neuronal pathways as both electrical and chemical signals for the brain to perceive a visual picture. Chronically stressing th
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Gene that allows humans to feel touch plays role in sense of smell: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Texas [US], February 28 (ANI): The gene that makes us get drawn to the wonderful smell of rose is also responsible for the sense of prick we feel when we accidentally touch the thorns. Researchers from SMU (Southern Methodist University) have determined that a gene linked to feeling touch ma
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Study identifies neurons in brains that react when they hear 'singing'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Massachusetts [US], February 27 (ANI): Doesn't our mind feel at ease when we hear soothing songs, and at other times, feels like dancing when hearing a heart-pumping number? Does the brain react differently to different types of songs? In a first, MIT neuroscientists have identified a popula
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New study finds better treatment for Parkinson's disease
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], February 21 (ANI): Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease wherein dopaminergic neurons progressively die in the brainstem. Tremor and difficulties in walking are the most commonly recognizable symptoms for people suffering from Parkinson. Although there is n
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Researchers identify 'Math neurons' in brain
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Tubingen [Germany], February 15 (ANI): Does your brain fire up during additions, subtractions and other mathematical operations? A recent study conducted by the Universities of Tubingen and Bonn showed that the brain has neurons that fired specifically during certain mathematical operations.
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New mechanism involved in learning and memory discovered by scientists
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 10 (ANI): FMRP, a protein whose loss caused fragile X syndrome, intellectual disability, and some forms of autism, has been shown to play a key role in brain functions. It includes basic understanding about learning and memory. It helps to regulate synaptic connection
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Researchers engineer novel human spinal cord implants to treat paralysis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 7 (ANI): It is an unfortunate reality that there isn't a cure for permanent paralysis. The spinal cord can't heal itself. But, now, for the first time in the world, researchers from Sagol Center for Regenerative Biotechnology at Tel Aviv University, engineered 3D
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Study develops deep learning model to simulate brain topography
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
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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Perception study might elaborate promising depression therapy
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
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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