Study shows smoking likely causes brain shrinkage
Overview of the study. We examined: 1) the predictive ability of the polygenic risk score (PRS) for smoking initiation for ...
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New computer tools can reconstruct the brain in 3D from biobank photos
Examples of inputs and outputs from the MADRC dataset. Credit: (2023). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.91398.1 Researchers have developed a suite of free ...
Brain tissue on a chip enables voice recognition
Brainoware with unsupervised learning for AI computing. ASchematic of an adaptive reservoir computing framework using Brainoware. bSchematic diagram of the ...
Real-time dopamine measurement using a flexible probe that minimizes brain damage
Credit: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) A research team led by Jang Kyung-in, an affiliate professor in ...
Parrots and songbirds have evolved distinct brain mechanisms, study finds
Graphical summary. Credit: Current biology (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.014 When humans learn to speak a language, we learn to produce new ...
When does the brain grow? Research shows that the brains of mice and primates mature at the same rate
Development of excitatory axons in mice and primates. a cartoon illustrating hypothetical models of excitatory axon development: on the left, ...
Brain implants revive cognitive abilities long after head trauma in clinical trial
Credit: CC0 Public domain In 2001, Gina Arata was in her final semester of college and planning to apply to ...
Researchers identify traces of trauma in the young brain and suggest how to erase them
Bullying produced different effects on the hippocampal neurons of adult mice, depending on whether these mice had been exposed to ...
Changing the behavior of living mice by modifying brain genes
Restoration of spine density and impairment of synaptic transmission in medial layers II and III neurons of the PFC in ...
Heading in football is linked to a measurable decline in brain function
In just two years of practicing “heading” in football, the brains of amateur players would be altered structurally and functionally. ...
