neuroscience

Promising Development In Alzheimer's Research

Posted in Medicine on 25th Jun, 2018
by Alex Muller

A scientist at the University of Hawaii is reporting a research breakthrough that could lead to a promising treatment.

Advanced brain organoid could model strokes, screen drugs

Posted in Medicine on 31st May, 2018
by Alex Muller

Functional blood brain barrier allows for discovering and testing new drugs that can cross over into the brain.

Noninvasive Brain-computer-interface training helps tetraplegics win avatar race

Posted in Hardware on 30th May, 2018
by Alex Muller

BCI systems can restore functions lost to disability, allowing for spontaneous, direct brain control of external devices.

Research Team Builds a Brain Model Neuron By Neuron

Posted in Science on 26th May, 2018
by Alex Muller

Researchers have developed a new technique that uses microscopic plates to guide where and how individual neurons grow, and showed that they can make functional connections between specific neurons.

Three dramatic new ways to visualise brain tissue and neuron circuits

Posted in Science on 16th May, 2018
by Alex Muller

May lead to breakthroughs in tracking brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's