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Study: Tiny population of neurons may have big role in depression
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], February 12 (ANI): Scientists from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University claim that a tiny population of neurons known to be important to appetite appear to also have a significant role in depression that results from unpredictable, chronic stress.
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Study offers clues on why psychiatric drugs work differently for women
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Colorado [USA], February 1 (ANI): New research, sheds light on one reason why drugs for mental illness work differently on men and women, and why these individual differences may exist. Turns out a key protein in the brain called AKT may function differently in males than females.
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Study reveals human brain may get beaten by AI in chess, but not in memory
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Oslo [Norway], January 24 (ANI): The brain strategy for storing memories is more efficient than that of Artificial intelligence (AI), suggested the findings of a novel research.
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How the brain paralyses you while you sleep
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tsukuba [Japan], January 17 (ANI): A team of researchers has found neurons in the brain that link, narcolepsy, cataplexy, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder disorders. This discovery could provide a target for treatments.
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Researchers find how the brain paralyses you while you sleep
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tsukuba [Japan], January 14 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Tsukuba led by Professor Takeshi Sakurai have found neurons in the brain that link, narcolepsy, cataplexy, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder disorders and could provide a target for treatments.
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Study sheds new light on how brain distinguishes speech from noise
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 20 (ANI): For the first time, researchers have provided physiological evidence that a pervasive neuromodulation system - a group of neurons that regulate the functioning of more specialized neurons - strongly influences sound processing in an important auditory regi
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New means of neuronal communication discovered in human brain
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], December 19 (ANI): An international research group has discovered in the human brain a new functional coupling mechanism between neurons, which may serve as a communication channel between brain regions.
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Injury to axon can stop neuron growth, says new study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
California [US], December 15 (ANI): A recent study led by researchers from the University of California - San Diego, has claimed that injury to axons can lead to severe neurodegenerative conditions and also suggested ways to protect it for encouraging neuron growth.
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Consuming antiepileptic drug in ALS can reduce motor neuron excitability
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): A new study suggests that the antiepileptic drug ezogabine reduced pathologic excitability of cortical and spinal motor neuron cells that are early signs of clinical dysfunction in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Antiepileptic drug reduces motor neuron excitability in ALS
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI): The antiepileptic drug ezogabine reduced pathologic excitability of cortical and spinal motor neuron cells that are early signs of clinical dysfunction in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a study.
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Neuron activity encodes value of options and determines the final decision
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): When you are faced with a choice -- say whether to have an ice cream or chocolate cake for dessert -- sets of brain cells just above your eyes fire as you weigh your options. Animal studies have shown that each option activates a distinct set of neurons in
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Study focuses on a malformation that illustrates incredible plasticity of
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): One in 4,000 people is born without a corpus callosum, a brain structure consisting of neural fibres that are used to transfer information from one hemisphere to the other. A quarter of these individuals do not have any symptoms, while the remainder either
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