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‘Semantic Atlas’ of the Brain Could Spur Cures for Brain Diseases

The atlas, which shows how the human brain organizes language, might also help persons unable to speak.

Alzheimer’s Possibly ‘At Work’ Years Prior Measurable Symptoms Emerge

Alzheimer’s Possibly ‘At Work’ Years Prior Measurable Symptoms Emerge

Alzheimer’s disease could possibly be already “at work” in the human brain even years prior the exact symptoms of the disease manifest, a study published in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia revealed.

Scientists Uncover Truth About Wernicke’s Area

Scientists Uncover Truth About Wernicke’s Area

Scientists discovered a different language map by comparing two different models of a disease. One is based on strokes that destroy an entire region of the brain, cortex and the primary pathway, while the other is based on a neurodegenerative disease that mostly attacks brain cells in the cortex instead of the region as a whole.

Brain

Doctors Reveal Three Ways to Protect Your Brain

Aging, in terms of the brain, can be affected by genetic factors, lifestyle and environmental factors.

Electroceuticals

'Elctroceuticals' Treatments Make Headway Among Drug Firms

Scientists have now turned to using electricity on the brain and see it as the future of healthcare.

Normal brain and brain with Alzheimer's

Sleep Problems might be Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

As plaques spread through the cortex, Alzheimer's disease develops.

A burger

Scientists Discover the Brain's Taste Secrets

A team from Columbia University showed that the separate taste sensors on the tongue had matching partners in the brain.

Goliath Bird Eating Spider

Can Arachnophobia be Cured by Brain Surgery?

Before the surgery, he would be so afraid of spiders he would throw tennis balls at them.

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Dietary Cocoa Flavanols Reverse Age-Related Memory Decline

Scott Small, MD, and his colleagues from the Columbia University Medical Center have found that dietary cocoa flavanols, which are naturally occurring bioactive chemicals in cocoa, reversed age-related memory decline in older healthy adults.

Brain Neurons

Making Mistakes Makes for Better Learning

Learning information by making mistakes may be the best process for learning in older brains.

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New Information on Neurons Could Lead to Brain Disorder Advancements

Researchers from the University of Missouri have discovered that individual neurons respond differently to electrical signals at the molecular level and in various ways, even among nerve cells of the same kind.

Brain Neurons

Scientists Find the Brain Repairs Itself after a Stroke

The finding paves the way for methods that could replace dead neurons.

Old People

Exercise Key to Preventing Dementia

Nicola Lautenschlager, a professor from the University of Melbourne, and her colleagues looked into the strategies to delay cognitive decline and found that physical exercise is beneficial for the health of the brain.

Neurons

Spice Helps Brain Heal Itself

The compound could push brain cells to proliferate.

Lab rat

Device Lets Paralyzed Rats Walk Once More

Brain signals can be substituted by electrical signals sent directly through the spinal cord

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