First blood-brain barrier chip using stem cells
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles have, for the first time, […]
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Wearable brain devices are now being marketed directly to consumers and often claim to confer benefits like boosting memory and […] Scientists have uncovered fresh insights into how vitamin D affects the immune system and might influence susceptibility to diseases such […] Anyone who has savored a bite of chocolate or glanced at each new blinking notification on their smart phone is […] Credit: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock “Why can’t you just relax into it?” is a question many of us have asked in frustration […] The human brain can unconsciously respond to changes in Earth’s magnetic fields, according to a team of geoscientists and neurobiologists. […] Our brain comprises 85 billion nerve cells and just as many so-called glial cells, which work in close contact with […] A five-minute delay in the clamping of healthy infants’ umbilical cords results in increased iron stores and brain myelin in […] Picture yourself at a Las Vegas poker table, holding a bad hand — one with a very low chance of […] While long-term memory (LTM) is known to be encoded in specific neural cells, engram neurons, it has been unclear how […]
Examining ethical issues surrounding wearable brain devices marketed to consumers
Vitamin D study sheds light on immune system effects
Dopamine conducts prefrontal cortex ensembles: Study reports novel ways that dopamine cells influence the function of prefrontal cortex of the brain
Neuroscience proves Nietzsche right: some people are wired to be more spontaneous than others
Evidence for ancient magnetic sense in humans: Human brain responds to changes in earth’s magnetic fields
Discovery of the genetic ‘conductor’ of brain stem cells: A new study identifies the gene which regulates the production ratio of neurons and support cells during cerebral cortex development
Benefits of delayed cord clamping in healthy babies
How the brain decides whether to hold ’em or fold ’em
Long-term memory encoding engram neurons are established by the transcriptional cycling