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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....
How do brainless creatures control their appetites
Ars Technica· 4 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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
This New Movie Has A Pro Gamer Driven To Insanity By An AI Brain Device — And It’s More Realistic...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 19 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 ...