Search results
Study sheds new light on the contribution of dopamine to reinforcement learning
Medical Xpress· 2 days ago"Our recent research has shown that firing of dopamine neurons act as the brain's teaching signal," Melissa Sharpe, co-author of the paper, told Medical Xpress...
AI Chip Breakthrough: Memristors Mimic Neural Timekeeping
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoIn the brain, timekeeping is done with neurons that relax at different rates after receiving a...
Everything you need to know about motor neurone disease
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoIt’s the diagnosis that everyone dreads. Motor neurone disease (MND) is a progressive and, as yet,...
Drinking coffee may affect dopamine function in patients with Parkinson's
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCaffeine has been associated with a reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease, but a new study...
Can ketones protect brain networks from Alzheimer's?
Futurity· 11 hours agoResearchers have identified mechanisms in the brain’s hippocampal network that ketones rescue. As we age our brain naturally becomes more insulin resistant. This creates a breakdown in communication ...
Rugby League Icon And MND Campaigner Rob Burrow Dies At 41
Mediaite· 17 hours agoRugby league star and motor neuron disease (MND) campaigner Rob Burrow passed away at 41 on Sunday,...
Blood flow makes waves across the surface of the mouse brain
Medical Xpress· 5 days agoResearchers have, for the first time, visualized the full network of blood vessels across the cortex of awake mice, finding that blood vessels rhythmically expand and contract, leading to "waves ...
Uncovering kinesin dynamics in neurites with MINFLUX - Communications Biology
Nature· 6 days agoA MINFLUX tracking study of a truncated kinesin-1 mutant in gently fixed primary rat hippocampal neurons revealed 8 nm substeps and a rotation of its head during the unbound state with nanometer/millisecond resolution
Researchers hope that the world's first "living processor" will lead to energy-efficient computing...
TechSpot· 1 day agoThrough the looking glass: Researchers now have a way to conduct experiments on biological neurons...
Revolutionizing Neuroscience: Stanford AI Mirrors Brain Organization
SciTechDaily· 16 hours agoStanford researchers have developed an AI that replicates brain-like responses to visual stimuli,...