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Study finds how words and face recognition can be adequately supported wit
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The findings, published by University of Pittsburgh researchers today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is the first-ever attempt to characterize neuroplasticity in humans and understand whether a single brain hemisphere can perform functions typically split betw
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Researchers argue obesity isn't the problem of excess of fat but loss of f
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): A team of researchers have argued that the negative health effects of obesity stem not simply from an excess of fat but from the decline in its ability to respond to changes, or in other words, its plasticity.
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Listening to favourite music improves brain plasticity: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 6 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Unity Health Toronto have demonstrated that repeated listening to personally meaningful music induces beneficial brain plasticity in patients with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease.
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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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Study suggests plasticity may make neurons vulnerable to Alzheimer's disea
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 4 (ANI): A new study has discovered that the neurons which regularly remodel are more prone to the dysfunctions linked to Alzheimer's disease. The novel discovery may aid future development for better diagnostic and treatment options.
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Plasticity may make neurons vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease, study expla
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 30 (ANI): Neurons that regularly remodel are more prone to the dysfunctions linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.
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Researchers discover four hallmarks of cancer metastasis
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 4 (ANI): The four hallmarks of cancer metastasis have been identified as Motility and invasion, modulation of the microenvironment, plasticity and ability to colonise by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Kansas Cancer C
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How does sleep help brain to reorganize itself?
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 3 (ANI): Sleeping is key for a healthy brain. A recent study revealed how sleep contributes to brain plasticity - the ability for our brain to change and reorganise itself.
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