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A Research Partnership to Find Treatments for Neurological Disorders
NewsBioMotiv and Cure Network Dolby Acceleration Partners launch a collaboration to find better treatments for brain disorders.
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New 3D-printed Device Could Help Treat Spinal Cord Injuries
NewsResearchers hope their neuronal stem cell scaffold could be surgically implanted to help spinal cord injury patients.
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Automated Detection of Focal Epileptic Seizures
NewsIn a first-in-humans pilot study, researchers have identified a sentinel area of the brain that may give an early warning before clinical seizure manifestations appear.
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Phantom Pong: One American in 15 smells odors that aren’t there
NewsNIH study reveals prevalence of and risk factors for phantom odor perception
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3D Electron Microscopy of Synapse Building
News Aug 13, 2018Using a technique called 3D electron microscopy, the authors determined that calcium channel α2δ-1 subunit promotes proper synapse development and structure.
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Digital Devices Make us More Distracted, Distant and Drained
News Aug 13, 2018Even minor phone use during a meal with friends was enough to make the diners feel distracted and reduced their enjoyment of the experience, one study found
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Psychologists Identify Why We Believe Fake News
News Aug 13, 2018Psychologists identify why we believe fake news and also offer some strategies to defend against it.
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Our Immune System Could Be at Fault in Glaucoma
News Aug 13, 2018A new study has found that glaucoma may in fact be an autoimmune disorder, with T cells responsible for the progressive retinal degeneration and retinal neuron attack.
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Targeting a Brain Mechanism Could Treat Aggression
News Aug 13, 2018Neuroscientists have identified a brain mechanism that is linked to aggression and violent behavior, potentially forming the basis for treating aggression in several psychiatric disorders.
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Can Psychedelic Drugs Heal?
News Aug 10, 2018Psychologists explore potential benefits of hallucinogens for mental health disorders.
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Drugs in Development for Cancer May Also Fight Brain Diseases
News Aug 10, 2018A class of cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors could be useful for treating and preventing brain disorders, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and some forms of frontotemporal degeneration, by halting the misplacement of specific proteins that affect nerve cells, according to new research.
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Bribing Bacteria to Play Nicely is Good for Everyone
News Aug 10, 2018Salk Institute researchers report that giving mice dietary iron supplements enabled them to survive a normally lethal bacterial infection and resulted in later generations of those bacteria being less virulent.
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Neuroscientists Explore Pessimism
News Aug 09, 2018Neuroscientists have pinpointed a brain region that can generate this type of pessimistic mood
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Created Line Of Spinal Cord Neural Stem Cells Shows Diverse Promise
News Aug 09, 2018Diverse neural stem cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells can be maintained for a long period of time.
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