Tag: Brain Injury
Non-opioid drug relieves pain in mice, targets immune cells: Investigational drug works differently than addictive opioid drugs
Broken shuttle may interfere with learning in major brain disorders
Fundamental rule of brain plasticity
Dementia can be caused by hypertension
Thorny life of new-born neurons: Repeated stimulation enlarges dendritic spines
A hydrogel restores breathing after spinal cord injury in animal models: Lab tests demonstrate that a hydrogel could help repair damaged spinal nerves that control breathing, an advance that could eventually be developed into new patient treatment
Reviving the protector: New tactic against medulloblastoma: Targeting methyl-DNA binding protein in MB animal model
Brain structure may predict diet success: Volume of two brain regions is associated with dietary self-control
Speed-accuracy tradeoff turns up gain in the brain: Research helps to resolve central issue in understanding decision-making
Details that look sharp to people may be blurry to their pets: Humans see the world in higher resolution than most animals
Cognitive training reduces depression, rebuilds injured brain structure and connectivity after traumatic brain injury
Which role does the brain play in prosocial behavior?
Memory molecule limits plasticity by calibrating calcium: Researchers discovered a new way that the protein RGS14 functions as a molecular brake on learning and memory
Daily egg consumption may reduce cardiovascular disease: Having an egg a day could reduce risk of stroke by 26 percent
Biologists ‘transfer’ a memory through RNA injection: Research in marine snails could lead to new treatments to restore memories and alter traumatic ones
A vital pause: Neurons in the brain’s striatum may help regulate response to unexpected stimuli
Even brief maternal deprivation early in life alters adult brain function and cognition: Rat study
Early HIV treatment key to avoiding brain atrophy: New study underlines importance of early screening and antiretroviral therapy
Lightning carries potential danger to people with deep brain stimulators
Potential for more precise diagnosis and treatment of TBI
Managing chronic pain with light: Scientists develop new method that uses light to manage neuropathic pain in mice
Watch your step: How vision leads locomotion
Why is it harder for females to gain weight?
Brain differences in athletes playing contact vs. Noncontact sports