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The Next Great Neuroscience Debate: Are head transplants ethical?
Neuroethicists discuss the planned head transplant due to take place in China.
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Blood Sample Detection Method for Multiple Sclerosis Discovered
A method for quickly detecting signs of multiple sclerosis has been developed by a University of Huddersfield research team. The process will avoid the invasive, painful process of collecting fluid from the brain and spine
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Regularly Playing Action Video Games Improves Cognition
An international team of psychologists has assembled data from the last fifteen years to quantify how action video games impact cognition.
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Scientists Image the Brains of Stutterers to Find Cause
Scientists have now gained crucial insights into what makes a stutterer stutter.
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Increased Urea Levels in Brain Linked with Dementia.
Members of the research team used cutting-edge gas chromatography mass spectrometry to measure brain urea levels.
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Neurophysiological Measurements of Inner Speech Reveal an Efferent Copy
New research showing that talking to ourselves in our heads may be the same as speaking our thoughts out loud could help explain why people with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia hear voices.
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New Drug Successfully Treats Huntington Patients
The first drug targeting the cause of Huntington’s disease was safe and well-tolerated in its first human trial, and successfully lowered the level of the harmful huntingtin protein in the nervous system.
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The Spinal Cord Controls Walking Gait
We think of our brain as masterminding all of our actions, but a surprising amount of information related to movement gets processed by our spinal cord.
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Two Proteins Dictate Visual System Axon Stabilization
Scientists have made an important discovery concerning the development of layer-specific axonal connections in the developing visual system of Drosophila flies.
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Metabolomic Profiling Identifies Taurine as New MS Therapeutic
New research suggests that administering taurine, a molecule naturally produced by human cells, could boost the effectiveness of current multiple sclerosis (MS) therapies. The discovery also highlights the potential for a technique called “metabolomic profiling,” which can identify useful endogenous metabolites the body already makes in small quantities, such as taurine, for new applications in drug therapies.
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