Stroke-fighting drug may treat TBI
A drug used to treat stroke is showing to be helpful in treating TBI when administered as a nasal spray....
read moreSugar causes memory problems in rats
Researchers have discovered that adolescent rats that ate large quantities of sugar or high-fructose corn syrup (comparable to sugar-sweetened beverages for humans) experienced memory problems and brain inflammation....
read moreCognitive decline can be detected before symptoms manifest
Thanks to advanced imaging techniques, doctors can detect signs of cognitive decline even before symptoms appear. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/283605.php...
read moreNeural stem cell overgrowth linked to autism-like behavior
Researchers at UCLA found that when pregnant mice have inflammation, it can trigger an excessive division of neural stem cells that causes “overgrowth” in the baby’s brain....
read moreSmoking interferes with neurocognitive recovery during break from alcohol...
A new study of people in treatment found that smoking influenced their neurocognitive recovery....
read moreModel shows how brain stays stable while learning
A team from three institutions has created a mathematical model that shows how the brain remains stable during learning....
read moreScientists win Nobel prize for finding brain’s GPS
Three scientists in Sweden have been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the brain’s “inner GPS.”...
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