neuroscience
Avoid dementia when you're older by running when you're younger
Posted in Medicine on 5th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
Leading an active lifestyle in your 20s can lead to better memory and cognition later in life, researchers of a recent study say.
A blueprint for how to build a human brain
Posted in Medicine on 4th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
Researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have generated a blueprint for how to build a human brain at unprecedented anatomical resolution.
New treatment could allow regrowing of damaged nerves
Posted in Medicine on 4th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
Spinal cord injuries are a serious matter: most who suffer from such an injury never fully recover, and many end up with partial or even full paralysis.
Ketamine 'exciting' depression therapy
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
The illegal party drug ketamine is an "exciting" and "dramatic" new treatment for depression, say doctors who have conducted the first trial in the UK.
Nasal spray could provide highly-targeted treatment for depression
Posted in Science on 27th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
A nasal spray containing a specially-developed protein peptide could form the basis for highly-targeted treatment for depression.