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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are an emerging assistive technology, enabling people with paralysis to type on computer screens or manipulate robotic prostheses just by thinking about […] In experiments in mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have developed a way to successfully transplant certain protective brain cells without the need for […] Researchers believe that stuttering — a potentially lifelong and debilitating speech disorder — stems from problems with the circuits in the brain that control speech, […] Some older adults without noticeable cognitive problems have a harder time than younger people in separating irrelevant information from what they need to know at […] Researchers in the Academic Unit of Neurology at Trinity College Dublin have identified characteristic changes in the patterns of electrical brain wave activity in motor […] UNC School of Medicine scientists unveiled how a particular gene helps organize the scaffolding of brain cells called radial progenitors necessary for the orderly formation […] From a child snapping Legos together to a pickpocket plucking a wallet from your bag, our brains have a remarkable ability to spot new objects […] Can the environment affect how the spinal cord develops specialized circuitry, or is that process hardwired, following prescribed genetic instructions turned on early in the […] People have certain physical ‘tells’ when they conceal information — and studies show that good liars can prevent these ‘tells’ being detected by displaying physical […] A Leuven research team led by Prof. Bart De Strooper (VIB-KU Leuven, UK DRI) studied how specialized brain cells called microglia respond to the accumulation […]
New wireless system can restore communication and mobility in people with paralysis
Transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs in mice: By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers open the door for stem cell transplants to repair the brain
Type of brain cell involved in stuttering identified: Discovery could lead to targets for new therapies
How some older brains decline before people realize it
How MND affects multiple brain networks
The neuroscience of autism: New clues for how condition begins
Hands that see, eyes that feel? Brain study reveals the mathematics of identifying objects
Temperature alters developing nervous system in frogs, study shows: Work has implications for health across species as fluctuations in body temperature may impact nervous system development and disease
Brain imaging lie detector can be beaten with simple techniques
Do ‘microglia’ hold the key to stop Alzheimer’s disease?
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