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Researchers find neurons that learn to smell a threat
Updated : 3 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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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New expansion microscopy methods can magnify nanoscale structures: Researc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The development of expansion microscopy has enabled previously unseen views of the interior of cells and other nanoscale structures. Future research in many different biological and medical fields, including pathology, neuroscience, and others, may benefit from the advancements.
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Research suggests direct connection between spatial goals, behaviour in br
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Mice use a specific brain mechanism to automatically flee to cover when threatened, according to study results from the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre and the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at UCL. Neuroscientists have never before been able to establish such a strong connection between s
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Stress does not lead to loss of self-control in eating disorders
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A unique residential study has concluded that, contrary to perceived wisdom, people with eating disorders do not lose self-control, leading to binge-eating, in response to stress. The findings of the Cambridge-led research are published today in the Journal of Neuroscience.
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Study gives new insight into serotonin-producing nerve fibres in mice
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Drugs for the treatment of serious depression and addiction may result from new understandings of the competing effects of serotonin-producing nerve fibres in mice.
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Study sheds light on how the brain stores remote fear memory
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A remote fear memory is a memory of traumatic events that occurred in the distant past, a few months to decades ago. A University of California, Riverside, mouse study published in Nature Neuroscience has now spelt out the fundamental mechanisms by which the brain consolidates remote fear me
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