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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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Brain protein linked to seizures, abnormal social behaviours, finds study
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 1 (ANI): A team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside has found a new mechanism responsible for the abnormal development of neuronal connections in the mouse brain that leads to seizures and abnormal social behaviours.
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Rebuilding the bridge between neuroscience and artificial intelligence
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): Researchers reveal that they have successfully rebuilt the bridge between experimental neuroscience and advanced artificial intelligence learning algorithms. Conducting new types of experiments on neuronal cultures, the researchers were able to demon
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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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Research discovers protein in blood that protects against neuronal damage
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): Researchers have now discovered a protective protein in the body called haptoglobin, which prevents the effect to patients who survive a cerebral haemorrhage and may suffer delayed severe brain damage caused by free haemoglobin, which comes from red bl
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Researchers find new drug to prevent neuronal deaths
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): A team of scientists has found a new drug that may prevent neuronal death through glucose metabolism modification in stressed neurons.
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Exercise can slow progression of Parkinson's disease
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.], Dec 24 (ANI): A study has recently found that exercising on a running wheel can stop the accumulation of a protein molecule in the brain, which is believed to play a central role in the degenerative disease Parkinson's.
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Researchers explain spontaneous neuronal bursts in brains of premature bab
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 12 (ANI): A team of researchers has recently identified a source of spontaneous, high-amplitude bursts of activity in the brains of pre-mature babies, which are vital for healthy development.
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Stem cells can help identify neuronal defects, suggests Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 25 (ANI): According to a recent study, the researchers used stem cells derived from patients with Angelman syndrome to identify the underlying cellular defects that cause the rare neurogenetic disorder.
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Researchers highlight benefits of fasting on neuronal level
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 2 (ANI): For the first time, a study from the Buck Institute offers an explanation for the benefits of fasting at the neuronal level, providing a possible mechanism for how fasting can afford health benefits.
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