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Brain Responses During Anesthesia Mimic Those During Natural Deep Sleep
The brains of people under anesthesia respond to stimuli as they do in the deepest part of sleep – lending credence to a developing theory of consciousness and suggesting a new method to assess loss of consciousness in conditions such as coma…
New Tools Use Light To Turn Off Brain Cells And Possibly Treat Brain Disorders
Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted to specific neurons, they could potentially lead to new treatments for abnormal brain activity associated with disorders including chronic pain, epilepsy, brain injury and Parkinson’s disease…
Silencing brain cells with yellow and blue light
Neuroscientists have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted to specific neurons, they could potentially lead to new treatments for abnormal brain activity associated with disorders including chronic pain, epilepsy, brain injury and Parkinson’s disease.
The Safety Of Injecting Nanowires Into The Brain
The biological safety of nanotechnology, in other words, how the body reacts to nanoparticles, is a hot topic. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed for the first time to carry out successful experiments involving the injection of so-called ‘nanowires.
Study Pinpoints Key Mechanism In Brain Development, Raising Question About Use Of Antiseizure Drug
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a key molecular player in guiding the formation of synapses – the all-important connections between nerve cells – in the brain. This discovery, based on experiments in cell culture and in mice, could advance scientists’ understanding of how young children’s brains develop as well as point to new approaches toward countering brain disorders in adults.
Key Mechanism In Brain Development Pinpointed, Raising Question About Use Of Antiseizure Drug
Researchers have identified a key molecular player in guiding the formation of synapses — the all-important connections between nerve cells — in the brain. This discovery, based on experiments in cell culture and in mice, could advance scientists’ understanding of how young children’s brains develop as well as point to new approaches toward countering brain disorders in adults.
Brain Researchers Discover Molecule Responsible For Axonal Branching
The human brain consists of about 100 billion neurons, which altogether form about 100 trillion synaptic connections with each other. A crucial mechanism for the generation of this complex wiring pattern is the formation of neuronal branches. Neurobiologists have now discovered a molecule that regulates this vital process. At the same time they have succeeded in elucidating the signaling cascade induced by this molecule.
Hebrew University Scientists Discover ‘Alert Status’ Area In Brain
A new understanding of how anesthesia and anesthesia-like states are controlled in the brain opens the door to possible new future treatments of various states of loss of consciousness, such as reversible coma, according to Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists. In an article published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the scientists, Marshall Devor, the Cecile and Seymour Alpert Professor of Pain Research, graduate student Ruth Abulafia and research associate Dr.
‘Alert Status’ Area In Brain Discoved: New Understanding Of Anesthesia
A new understanding of how anesthesia and anesthesia-like states are controlled in the brain opens the door to possible new future treatments of various states of loss of consciousness, such as reversible coma, according to scientists.
Brits Invited To Take Part In Mass Brain Training Study
Brain experts and the BBC are launching a mass British experiment to test whether brain games actually improve brain performance. The study launches at 7.30 pm BST on tonight’s (Monday 7 September) episode of the BBC1 television programme Bang Goes The Theory. A host of celebrities will appear on the show to help launch the experiment, said the BBC.
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