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.