Imaging technique uncovers how copper imbalance may contribute to neurodegenerative diseases
Using a groundbreaking imaging technique, a University of Houston chemist is uncovering how copper imbalances in the body…
Brain Scans Reveal Dopamine Damage in Long COVID, Pointing to New Treatments
Credit: Westend61/Getty Images New brain imaging research has provided the strongest evidence to date that long COVID is…
Scientists discover molecular mechanism behind anesthesia-induced unconsciousness
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Birkbeck, University of London, have identified a site where a commonly used…
Lung tumors hack the nervous system to cause severe cachexia
Cachexia is a condition in which patients affected by cancer or other chronic diseases become sick and lose…
Study reveals hidden brain circuit behind flexible visual thinking
Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana is challenging a story neuroscience has told for decades. According to the conventional account, our eyes collect…
Zebrafish study shows how visual surroundings reshape the eye’s retina
The environment experienced by young zebrafish influences both the shape and electrical activity of the neurons in the eye, which impacts subsequent behavior. …
Brainstem neurons found to control attention by suppressing distractions
Neurons tucked away in an ancient part of the brain control the ability to pay attention by suppressing…
New miniature microscope stably images brain cells during movement
Researchers at Peking University have developed DUET, a breakthrough dual-color miniature two-photon microscope that overcomes two persistent barriers…
‘Only death can stop me’: terminally ill Chinese tycoon works 12 hours daily to cure ALS
A former Chinese e-commerce executive in the final stages of a rare disease is still working 12-hour days,…
Developing brain cells routinely repair severe DNA damage during migration
Newborn nerve cells must squeeze through crowded, narrow spaces-through dense tissue, past other cells, between fibers-to reach the…
U-M Health neurosurgeons complete first human implant of wireless brain computer interface
Neurosurgeons at University of Michigan Health completed the first-in-human implant of a Paradromics Inc., wireless brain-computer interface, or…
Researchers identify neural hub for accurate sensory predictions
In the split second after you hear a noise, your brain is already making a potentially life-or-death deduction:…