neuroscience

An electric forehead patch could treat PTSD

Posted in Medicine on 28th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Transcranial magnetic stimulation can help treat depression in patients who dont respond well to drugs. Researchers suspected that TNS might work well for patients with PTSD.

Harvard is trying to build an AI like the human brain

Posted in Science on 26th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

The bold ambition is the new systems could be used to complete just about any task normally reserved for human brains.

Brain Scans May Identify Children Vulnerable to Depression Before Symptoms Appear

Posted in Medicine on 25th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

A new brain imaging study from MIT may lead to a screen that could identify children at high risk of developing depression later in life.

Brain levels of B12 are prematurely low in those with autism or schizophrenia

Posted in Medicine on 24th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

A study has found that B12 levels in the brain are decreased in the elderly and are much lower in those with autism or schizophrenia.

Researchers use modified rabies viruses to map the brain

Posted in Science on 23rd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Few diseases match rabies' method of self-replication and domination of the brain. The virus multiplies, spreading from cell to cell until the brain cannot support normal function.