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Researcher decodes the brain to help patients with mental illnesses
Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental illness in a given year.
19 Aug 2019
Medical Xpress
Here's What Happens to Your Body And Brain When You Pull an All Nighter
There are times when it's unavoidable - a dissertation is due, a family member is in the emergency room, it's make-or-break for your company - but you should be aware of just how damaging pulling an all nighter can be for your body.
16 Aug 2019
Science Alert
Alzheimer's Directly Kills Brain Cells That Keep You Awake
Alzheimer's disease might be attacking the brain cells responsible for keeping people awake, resulting in daytime napping, according to a new study.
16 Aug 2019
LiveScience
Brain molecule identified as key in anxiety model
Boosting a single molecule in the brain can change "dispositional anxiety," the tendency to perceive many situations as threatening, in nonhuman primates, researchers have found.
14 Aug 2019
Medical Xpress
Scientists reverse aging process in rat brain stem cells
New research reveals how increasing brain stiffness as we age causes brain stem cell dysfunction, and demonstrates new ways to reverse older stem cells to a younger, healthier state.
14 Aug 2019
Medical Xpress
Is Guilt Good for Your Health?
Negative feedback helps some people make better health choices, but we need a different approach to motivate others.
14 Aug 2019
Scientific American
Finding the brain's compass
The world is constantly bombarding our senses with information, but the ways in which our brain extracts meaning from this information remains elusive.
13 Aug 2019
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Alzheimer's Disease Annihilates the Brain Cells that Keep Us Awake, Scientists Believe
Alzheimer's disease annihilates a network of brain cells which keep us awake, according to scientists who investigated why some people feel sleepy during the day years before they are diagnosed with the condition.
12 Aug 2019
Newsweek
Even without concussions, just one football season may damage players’ brains
Collisions in practices and games may be causing changes in white matter in the brain stem.
12 Aug 2019
Science News
The new field of sonogenetics uses sound waves to control the behavior of brain cells
What if you didn't need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart?
12 Aug 2019
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Mars-Journey Levels of Radiation Seriously Damaged Mouse Brains
Bad news: any astronaut en route to Mars will be exposed to brain-melting levels of cosmic radiation.
07 Aug 2019
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How pieces of live human brain are helping scientists map nerve cells
An audacious project aims to figure out how humans are different from other creatures.
07 Aug 2019
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