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A Single Brain Cell Can Control This Animal's Entire Foraging Strategy

A Single Brain Cell Can Control This Animal's Entire Foraging Strategy

Neuroscientists have developed a computer model to explain how a nematode worm searches for food, revealing that single brain cells can both sense the environment and control a whole animal’s foraging strategy.

Films Can Synchronize Viewers’ Heartbeats, Even If They Don’t Watch Together

Films Can Synchronize Viewers’ Heartbeats, Even If They Don’t Watch Together

When people watch a film or listen to a recording, strange things happen to their physiology. Scientists have noted that such social activities –or even having a conversation with another person – can induce synchronization between participants’ brain activity and heart rate. Now, a new study suggests that we can experience synchronization together, even when we observe something alone.

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A New Antibody Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy

A New Antibody Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed an antibody that they believe can be used to treat muscular dystrophy, findings that were published in Science Translational Medicine.

Brain Molecule Could Restore Neuronal Sheath Lost in Multiple Sclerosis

Brain Molecule Could Restore Neuronal Sheath Lost in Multiple Sclerosis

An immunological molecule called fractalkine can boost the production of brain cells that produce myelin, a key factor in diseases such as multiple sclerosis, according to recent research from the University of Alberta.

Possible Link Found Between Herpes Simplex Virus and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Possible Link Found Between Herpes Simplex Virus and Neurodegenerative Diseases

In a “first of its kind” study, researchers found a potential direct connection between neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), glaucoma and the herpesvirus.

Cows Are Potty Trained To Reduce Ammonia Emissions

Cows Are Potty Trained To Reduce Ammonia Emissions

In order to reduce ammonia emissions associated with cow excretion, researchers have developed a method known as "MooLoo" that successfully potty trains cows.

Social Skills Give Squirrels an Advantage

Social Skills Give Squirrels an Advantage

A study is the first to document personality in golden-mantled ground squirrels, which are common across the western U.S. and parts of Canada. The study found the squirrels show personality for four main traits: boldness, aggressiveness, activity level and sociability.

Disrupting the Motor Cortex Has an Unexpected Impact on Translation

Disrupting the Motor Cortex Has an Unexpected Impact on Translation

The motor cortex is a brain region known to control the body’s voluntary movements. However, the team of neuroscientists have now shown that it can also help translating foreign language words into one’s native language.

What Keeps Our Brain in Cognitive Control?

What Keeps Our Brain in Cognitive Control?

The faculty that allows people to make plans or goals, and carry them out without losing focus, is called cognitive control. A new study has set out to answer long-standing questions about how cognitive control varies between individuals.

33 Blood Metabolites Differ in Dementia

33 Blood Metabolites Differ in Dementia

Scientists in Japan have identified metabolic compounds within the blood that are associated with dementia. The study revealed that the levels of 33 metabolites differed in patients with dementia, compared to elderly people with no existing health conditions.

Cellular Blueprint of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Created

Cellular Blueprint of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Created

Using brain tissue from humans, researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke built a detailed cellular map of chronic MS lesions, identifying genes that play a critical role in lesion repair and revealing potential new therapeutic targets for progressive MS.

Gene Findings Advance Understanding of Rare Brain Disease Holoprosencephaly

Gene Findings Advance Understanding of Rare Brain Disease Holoprosencephaly

If the cerebral hemispheres of the forebrain fail to divide properly in an unborn child, this results in holoprosencephaly. An MDC team led by Annette Hammes has discovered candidate genes that can positively influence the severity of this congenital malformation of the forebrain.

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