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Study reveals how brains turn into smarter disease fighters
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Combating Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases by inserting healthy new immune cells into the brain has taken a leap toward reality. Neuroscientists at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to safely thwart the brain's resistance
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Study reveals adult brain contains millions of silent synapses
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The adult brain contains millions of "silent synapses," which are immature connections between neurons that remain inactive until they are recruited to help form new memories, according to MIT neuroscientists.
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Study discovers anatomy that protects, monitor brain
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The human brain only reluctantly reveals its secrets, from the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and structures. Neuroimaging and molecular biology advances have only recently enabled scientists to study the living brain at previously unattainable levels of detail,
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Study reveals new test might detect Alzheimer's disease 3.5 years before c
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has developed a blood-based test that can predict the risk of Alzheimer's disease up to 3.5 years before clinical diagnosis.
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Study reveals potential cause of dementia
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a new study, some patients with behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), an incurable condition that make patients of lose their ability to control their behaviour and cope with daily living but researchers found that patients may instead have a cerebrospinal fluid l
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Researchers find neurons that learn to smell a threat
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
We use our sense of smell to determine whether a new environment is safe or dangerous, whether we are aware of it or not. In fact, much of the animal kingdom relies on this ability for survival and reproduction.
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Orienteering can train brain, aid in prevention of cognitive decline: Stud
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Orienteering, a sport that requires athleticism, navigational abilities, and memory, may be effective as an intervention or preventive approach to battle cognitive loss associated with dementia, according to new research.
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Study finds orienteering can train brain, help to fight cognitive decline
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to new research, the sport of orienteering, which requires athleticism, navigational skills, and memory, could be useful as an intervention or preventive measure to combat cognitive decline associated with dementia.
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Researchers find cause of epilepsy in children
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Epilepsy affects 4 per cent of the population and is one of the most common brain disorders among children. Most seizure recurrences can be avoided with modern medicine, but approximately 20 per cent of patients do not respond to treatment.
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Study finds how retirement plans affect cognitive performance in older peo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers from the State University of New York's Binghamton University found that early retirement can hasten cognitive impairment in older people.
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Study finds voice, face recognition are linked to brain center
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a study in which participants were asked to identify U.S. presidents, human brains use the same centre that lights up when the speaker's face is presented to recognise a famous voice.
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Study finds brains rely on sight to identify a voice
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A neuroscience study where participants were asked to identify U.S. presidents has found that to recognize a famous voice, human brains use the same center that lights up when the speaker's face is presented.
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