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Study etches out mechanism of drug as ADHD medication
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a recent study published in 'Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging', the most common ADHD medication drug, methylphenidate, is now better understood in terms of its mechanism.
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Study advances approaches for long-term hearing loss treatment
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Hearing loss can occur when any component of the ear or the nerves that transmit sound information to the brain do not function normally. Researchers shed light on the treatment on long-term hearing loss treatment.
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Study: Synchronized neural oscillations induce empathic behaviour in brain
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The underlying neurological mechanism that enables humans to feel empathy has been identified by researchers. Empathy is brought on by synchronised neuronal oscillations in the right hemisphere of the brain, which enables the creatures to sense and share each other's dread.
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Silent synapses are abundant in the adult brain: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Neuroscientists discovered that the adult brain contains millions of 'silent synapses' immature connections between neurons that remain inactive until they're recruited to help form new memories.
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Controversial Alzheimer's drug approval sparks surprising impact in US
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave controversial accelerated approval to the first Alzheimer's drug in nearly 20 years, it had a surprising impact on attitudes about research into the disease. A survey by University of California, Irvine neuroscientists has found news coverage o
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Study finds how wasteosomes indicate dysfunction of glymphatic system
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Wasteosomes, structures that act as storage facilities for waste products from the brain, are used to demonstrate the malfunction of the glymphatic system, a recently identified system that is a crucial brain-cleaning mechanism.
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Study finds how gut, stroke-induced cognitive impairment are associated
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Depression is more common in stroke patients, which has an adverse influence on the recovery of cognitive and functional abilities, according to researchers.
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Neuroscientists shed light on why many children struggle to learn and to r
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
MIT neuroscientists have now discovered that the types of difficulties that lower-SES students have with reading, and the underlying brain signatures, are, on average, different from those of higher-SES students who struggle with reading.
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Researchers find connection between gut and stroke-induced cognitive impai
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers at the Texas A&M University School of Medicine are leading research on the relationship between stroke-induced intestinal permeability, or leakiness, and cognitive impairment with the goal of improving stroke outcomes.
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Our desire from relationships changes as we age: Study
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New research has shed light on why when you have an idea of a festive picture-perfect holiday season, what actually transpires doesn't always measure up.
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Study suggests what we want from relationships can change with age
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New research has shed light on why when you have an idea of a festive picture-perfect holiday season, what actually transpires doesn't always measure up.
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How humans feel pain of others: A deep analysis
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience recorded from neurons of human patients to show that the pain of others is directly mapped onto neurons in the insula - a brain region critical for our own emotions.
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