Washington, May 12 : In a new study, adults with sickle cell disease scored worse on memory function tests than healthy adults, suggesting that the blood disorder may affect brain function.
As pert of the research, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, scientists tested cognitive [...]
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): A new study about the effects of acupuncture on the brain may shed light on the complex mechanisms of this Eastern healing technique.
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese method in which thin needles are inserted into the skin at selected spots to treat various ailments.
The study, conducted by researchers at the University [...]
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): Scientists at the University Hospital in Bonn, Germany have devised a novel way to treat depression when traditional treatments fail to offer relief.
Lead researcher Bettina H. Bewernick is testing a technique called deep brain stimulation (DBS), a form of targeted electrical stimulation in the brain via implanted electrodes.
Bewernick and colleagues suggested [...]
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Rhode Island Hospital researchers have identified a treatment in animal models for glioblastomas – deadly brain tumors.
Such tumors which, once diagnosed, offer a poor prognosis and relatively short life expectancy.
Researchers, who used a synthetic form of a naturally-occurring hormone combined with chemotherapy, were able to inhibit tumor growth and achieve a [...]
London, Jan 14 (ANI): A study into the brains of injured Vietnam veterans has led to the discovery of regions vital for two types of emotional intelligence.
The veterans were found to be poor either at ‘experiential’ emotional intelligence, which is the capacity to judge emotions in other people, or ‘strategic’ emotional intelligence, the ability to [...]
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): A new research by the Ohio State University researchers suggests that blocking the function of an enzyme in the brain with a specific kind of vitamin E can prevent nerve cells from dying after a stroke.
In a study using mouse brain cells, researchers found that the tocotrienol, or TCT, form of [...]
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): Even brain needs a set of molecular brakes that stabilize its circuitry during development, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
In fact, the researchers also found that experimentally removing those brakes in mice enhanced the animals” performance in a test of visual learning, suggesting a long-term path to [...]
Washington, Nov 2 (ANI): A new study has revealed that lack of sleep can adversely affect the working of the brain in critical situations.
The research team led by Dr W. Todd Maddox, professor of psychology, and Dr David M. Schnyer, associate professor of psychology at the Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Texas in [...]
Washington, Oct 31 : A fatty acid in the brain, called palmitate, is what makes us memorize the stories which our grandmothers used to narrate to us, says a new study.
The researchers have revealed how palmitate marks certain brain proteins – NMDA receptors – that need to be activated for long-term memory and learning to [...]
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): While the brain is attuned to link a colour with a particular object, researchers have found that the familiarity to colour stays with the brain separately, and it can assign it to some other object.
The researchers at the University of Chicago have for the first time found that the brain processes [...]