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Study reveals cerebellum is important for survival
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Basel [Switzerland], October 8 (ANI): The cerebellum is best known for its role in motor control. According to researchers at the University of Basel, the cerebellum is also important in recalling emotional memories.
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Researchers discover new function of cerebellum
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Basel [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): The cerebellum is most recognised for its role in movement control. The cerebellum is also vital in recalling emotional memories, according to researchers at the University of Basel.
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Researchers reveal how brain-like organoids develop, lead to autism in peo
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 6 (ANI): Researchers found that in any case, the seed-sized organoids, which are generated in the lab from human cells, give insights into the brain and reveal variations that may lead to autism in some people. They also advised not to call them "mini-brains in recen
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Study finds video game interventions improve key aspects of cognition in a
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California [San Francisco], October 3 (ANI): Scientists have developed a set of video game interventions that improve key aspects of cognition in ageing adults after more than a decade of research.
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Study highlights what connects human senses and thoughts
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Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): The human brain's neocortex is responsible for our ability to think, determine, remember recent experiences, and so on. Neuroscientists have now discovered important portions of the mechanisms underlying these functions. Their discoveries may eventually aid
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Study identifies what brings human senses and thoughts together
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Human's ability to think, decide, remember recent events and more, comes from human brain's neocortex. Now neuroscientists have discovered key aspects of the mechanisms behind these functions. Their findings could ultimately help improve treatments for ce
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Risk of behavioral, emotional issues in kids increases due to mild traumat
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience have found that kids who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI), even a mild one, have more emotional and behavioural problems than kids who do not.
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Researchers reveal how visual information travels from retina to midbrain
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): Neuroscientists have revealed the precise connections between sensory neurons inside the retina and the superior colliculus, a structure in the midbrain. Neuropixels probes are a relatively recent development, representing the next generation of electrode
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Jumping gene found to be strongly linked to depression, fear, anxiety: Stu
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Okinawa [Japan], September 9 (ANI): The Tob gene, which was initially discovered in Prof. Tadashi Yamamoto's old group in Japan in 1996, is well known for its connection to cancer. Previous studies have shown that it also plays a role in controlling the cell cycle and the immunological respo
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Researchers reveal how fasting affects neurons in brain
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Boston [US], September 9 (ANI): Calorie restriction has long been linked to fewer seizures in people with epilepsy. Novel research from Boston Children's Hospital helps to explain how fasting affects neurons in the brain and may pave the door for new treatments that do not require fasting or
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Research at Yale University reveals how human brain is different
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], August 26 (ANI): What distinguishes the human brain from all other animal brains, even those of our closest primate relatives? Researchers from Yale University discovered species-specific characteristics in the prefrontal cortex of four different primate species.
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Study reveals Alzheimer's may lead to loss of visual memory
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): According to a new MIT study, Alzheimer's disease impacts at least one form of visual memory by deteriorating a recently discovered circuit that connects the image processing areas of each brain hemisphere.
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