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"High intensity training for the mind": A neurosurgeon explains why we dream
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThis conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. You open this book with the...
Smart Powerline “Neurons” Boost Grid Capacity
IEEE Spectrum· 3 days agoAging high-voltage transmission lines are a bottleneck in the power grid today, but what if a simple tweak could increase their capacity by up to 40...
How the Brain Masters Complexity Without Descending Into Chaos
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoResearchers reveal that neurons exhibiting “mixed selectivity” enable our brains to handle multiple...
An Immune Mechanism Maintains Memory
The Scientist· 5 days agoCooperating neurons form the physical structure of a memory, but how these assemblies form and persist as long-term memories still stumps scientists....
Pushing the Limits of Neuroscience: BARseq Is Mapping the Brain at a Million-Neuron Scale
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoResearchers developed and enhanced BARseq, a technique to map brain cell connections by gene...
How do brainless creatures control their appetites
Ars Technica· 5 hours agoThe hydra is a Lovecraftian-looking microorganism with a mouth surrounded by tentacles on one end, an elongated body, and a foot on the other end. It has no brain or centralized nervous system ...
Studies uncover the critical role of sleep in the formation of memories
Science Daily· 2 days agoAs many a groggy-eyed person who's stared blankly at a test knows, a lack of sleep can make it extraordinarily difficult to retain information. Two new studies from University of Michigan uncover ...
SAGE's Huntington's Disease Study Meets Primary Endpoint
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoThe phase II SURVEYOR study evaluating SAGE's dalzanemdor as a potential treatment for patients with...
This New Movie Has A Pro Gamer Driven To Insanity By An AI Brain Device — And It’s More Realistic...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoPager is incentivized to do this with a banana smoothie: These brain signals are run through a...
How calcium channel mutations lead to cognitive dysfunction
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoThis finding builds on previous studies that determined that alterations in a gene known as CACNA1C are linked to increased risk of cognitive impairment and mental illness. CACNA1C encodes calcium ...
