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Consciousness on-off switch discovered deep in brain
Posted in Medicine on 6th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller
One moment you're conscious, the next you're not. For the first time, researchers have switched off consciousness by electrically stimulating a single brain area.
Potential Alzheimer's drug prevents abnormal blood clots in the brain
Posted in Medicine on 30th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller
The culprits behind Alzheimer's disease is believed to be the persistent blood clots that often form in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
Modeling how neurons work together to perform movements: not as random as we thought
Posted in Medicine on 25th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller
Could help design prosthetic limbs controlled via electrodes implanted in the brain.
Synchronized brain waves enable rapid learning
Posted in Science on 18th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller
Why brain-wave resonance may be the key to learning, not synapses.
Scientists Selectively Erase And Restore Memories
Posted in Medicine on 7th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller
In a groundbreaking study, researchers erased and then reactivated memories by stimulating neurons in the brains of genetically engineered rats with a series of light pulses.