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Nobel Prize for the brain's GPS discovery
Posted in Science on 8th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller
The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists who discovered the brain's "GPS system".
Massive electrode array system will do first large-scale network recording of brain activity
Posted in Medicine on 1st Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller
An electrode array system that will enable researchers to better understand how the brain works.
Brain repair 'may be boosted by curry spice'
Posted in Science on 26th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
A spice commonly found in curries may boost the brain's ability to heal itself, according to a report in the journal Stem Cell Research and Therapy.
Test can help detect Alzheimer's before dementia signs show
Posted in Medicine on 21st Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
A test that combines thinking and movement can help to detect risk for developing Alzheimer's disease in a person, even before there are any behavioural signs of dementia.
Brain may 'compensate' for Alzheimer's damage
Posted in Medicine on 16th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
The human brain may be able to compensate for some of the early changes seen in Alzheimer's disease, research in Nature Neuroscience shows.