Boosting a liver protein may mimic the brain benefits of exercise
A chemical signal from the liver, triggered by exercise, helps elderly mice keep their brains sharp, suggests a study
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Mind and brain
Browse through the latest news, articles and stories on mind and brain and learn about the current breakthroughs and discoveries on the mind and brain from around the world.
Neurons that control hibernation-like behavior are discovered
Scientists have discovered a population of neurons in the hypothalamus that controls hibernation-like behavior, or torpor, in mice, revealing for the first time the neural circuits that regulate this state.
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Neurobiologists finds potent pain suppression centre in the brain
A research team has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly control the animals’ sense of pain. Somewhat unexpectedly, this brain center turns pain off, not on.
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The brain suppresses information from the outside world during the sleep phase linked to dreaming
Scientists have shown that the brain suppresses information from the outside world, such as the sound of a conversation, during the sleep phase linked to dreaming.
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How Does the Brain Link Events To Form A Memory? Study Reveals Unexpected Mental Processes at Work
The scientists uncovered a surprising mechanism by which the hippocampus, a brain region critical for memory, builds bridges across time: by firing off bursts of activity that seem random, but in fact make up a complex pattern that, over time, help the brain learn associations.
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Rising mental health concerns in the coronavirus era
Though the mental health implications of social distancing’s physical isolation have already grabbed our attention, Koenan pointed out that the pandemic has also ignited mounting fears over the potential for illness, death, job loss, bankruptcy.
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Where in the brain does creativity come from? (Research)
The study, showed that creativity is, in fact, driven primarily by the right hemisphere in musicians who are comparatively inexperienced at improvisation.
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Science develops a new method of recording brain activity accurately
A new method to accurately record brain activity at scale has been developed. The technique could lead to new medical devices to help amputees, people with paralysis or people with neurological conditions such as motor neuron disease.
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New clues about an extraordinary rare human brain cell type
Study finds human von Economo neurons’ closest cellular cousins and captures first electrical recordings from these large spindle-shaped brain cells
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Science suggests our brains use distinct firing patterns to store and replay memories
In a study of epilepsy patients, researchers monitored the electrical activity of thousands of individual brain cells, called neurons, as patients took memory tests.
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