neuroscience

How complex environments push brain evolution

Posted in Science on 2nd Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

A recent study by neuroscientists offers clues about how increasingly difficult tasks have evolved the brain.

New fibers can deliver optogenetic signals and drugs directly into the brain while allowing simultaneous electrical readout

Posted in Medicine on 31st Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

MIT scientists have developed a new method of coping with the complexity of studying the brain.

A New Study Links Brain Inflammation With Depression

Posted in Medicine on 30th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Depression is a complex form of mental illness which is very difficult to diagnose due to varied symptoms shown by people.

Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs

Posted in Medicine on 29th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

A study has linked commonly used medicines, including over-the-counter treatments for conditions such as insomnia and hay-fever, to dementia.

Mapping the brains of blind people has 'challenged perceptions of how the brain works'

Posted in Medicine on 27th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Scientists claim to have overturned standard thinking on how the brain is able to perform different tasks.