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Scientists reveal brain mechanism that determines decisions about sharing
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 25 (ANI): A recent study has demonstrated that the answer to why some people are generous while some are selfish may be found in an intricate and rhythmic neuronal dance between two specific brain regions, namely, the amygdala and the medial frontal cortex.
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Study reveals social isolation during adolescence drives long-term disrupt
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 21 (ANI): While studying an animal model, researchers have found that social isolation during key developmental windows drives long-term changes in activity patterns of neurons involved in initiating social approach.
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Scientists develop tiny, wireless, battery-free device to track brain acti
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Arizona [USA], Feb 12 (ANI): A group of researchers has created an ultra-small, wireless, battery-free device that uses light to record individual neurons so that neuroscientists can track the inner working of the brain.
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Non-invasive technique to treat Parkinson's disease
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 26 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new non-invasive technique to treat Parkinson's disease.
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Largest high-resolution brain connectivity map published by Google
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 26 (ANI): In a fascinating and path-breaking development, a group of scientists has produced the most detailed, high-resolution 3D map of brain connectivity for any animal to date.
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Researchers find first successful treatment for pain using human stem cell
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 24 (ANI): In a breakthrough study on mice, researchers have used human stem cells to make pain-killing neurons, without side effects, in a single treatment.
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No sleep indicates no reward despite working hard
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 19 (ANI): A new research suggests that a person's hard work will only bring fruit if he or she gets enough sleep at the end of the day.
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Awakening dormant dopaminergic neurons is key to reversing Parkinson's, sa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Jan 11 (ANI): Parkinson's disease affects as many as 10 million people across the world and apart from causing just movement disabilities. It also adversely impacts their quality of life. The current treatment approaches for Parkinson's disease (PD) are mostly symptomati
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Scientists find missing protein in brain causes behaviours mirroring autis
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 10 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that when an essential key protein needed to generate novel brain cells during pregnancy and early childhood days of the offspring is missing, which makes the brain goes haywire. This particular deprivation causes an imbalance i
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Study finds how brain balances pleasure and pain
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 1 (ANI): Using a mouse model, researchers have found how the brain divides the labour to steer between seeking pleasure and avoiding pain - two opposing behaviours which guide our choices.
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Scientists halt ALS using virus-delivered gene silencing therapy
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
California [USA], Dec 28 (ANI): In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have successfully managed to halt the onset and progression of ALS in the animal model using a gene silencing therapy. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a ne
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Scientists compare human brain neurons with crabs to validate RNA sequenci
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 16 (ANI): While we can count on crab as one of the tastiest delicacies of the seafood, its nervous system could help scientists learn what causes single neurons in the human brain to become out of whack, says a recent study.
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