neuroscience
MRI Reveals Never-Seen-Before Spaces In Brains Of Migraine Sufferers
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Nov, 2022
by Alex Muller
"In people with chronic migraine and episodic migraine without aura, there are significant changes in the perivascular spaces of a brain region called the centrum semiovale," said Xu. "These changes have never been reported before."
Our Conscious Experience Of The World Is A Memory, Says New Theory
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
By reframing consciousness as part of memory, the team hopes the theory can help patients with neurological disorders.
Pong-playing brain cells can teach us about better medicine and AI
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
"You can take samples from donors, grow genotypically similar neurons, which we can then use to test drugs, which will then hopefully have the same parameters as donor cells"
New Trial Finds First-Ever Alzheimer's Drug To Slow Cognitive Decline
Posted in Medicine, Science on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller
"The prospect of a disease-modifying drug for Alzheimer's disease is an exciting one, which could improve many lives."
How AI Is Deepening Our Understanding Of The Brain
Posted in Science, Software on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller
"With deep learning networks you can train them to do well on tasks" that standard brain-inspired models couldn't previously solve.