Language has the power to shape cognition, behavior, and even the form and function of the brain. Technological and scientific developments have recently yielded an increasingly diverse set of tools with which...
Mon Mar 25, 2019 02:00
Motor cortex stimulation (MCS) is an effective therapy for refractory neuropathic pain. MCS increases the nociceptive threshold in healthy rats via endogenous opioids, inhibiting thalamic nuclei and activating...
Mon Mar 25, 2019 02:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 71: Parkinsonism Risk Factors in Salt Lake City, Utah: A Community-Based Study Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci9030071 Authors: David Shprecher Nan Zhang Matthew Halverson Rodolfo Savica Background: The prevalence of dream enactment behavior and other risk factors for a parkinsonian disorder is not well documented. Methods: A survey on prevalence of parkinsonism risk factors was designed using two validated instruments (REM behavior disorder...
Sat Mar 23, 2019 02:00
Abstract Lugaro cells are inhibitory interneurons found in the upper granular layer of the cerebellar cortex, just below or within the Purkinje cell layer. They are characterized by (1) a fusiform soma oriented in the parasagittal plane, (2) two pairs of dendrites emanating from opposite ends of the soma, (3) innervation from Purkinje cell collaterals, and (4) an axon that projects into the molecular layer akin to granular cell parallel fibers. Lugaro cells have been described...
Sat Mar 23, 2019 02:00
Melanin's electrical conductivity can be boosted a billion-fold using heat and the result could be used to make body-friendly electrical implants
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Renewable energy use is rising but 2018 still saw a record increase in global carbon emissions – the equivalent of doubling emissions from all air travel in a single year
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Reports suggest a flight control system and missing safety features could have contributed to the recent crashes involving Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft
Mon Mar 25, 2019 19:36
Most of our brain cells are in place at birth, but new research suggests we may keep producing new neurons throughout adulthood and even into our 80s
Mon Mar 25, 2019 18:00
The discovery of a T. rex that was 400 kilograms heavier than any other found so far suggests we may have underestimated the size of this and other dinosaurs
Mon Mar 25, 2019 13:14
The Wannacry attack locked down NHS computers in 2017. Now an investigation as uncovered thousands of unpatched vulnerabilities on UK government websites
Sat Mar 23, 2019 08:00
The Drilled podcast reveals how money and politics in the US beat science to create climate change denial – and how the nation could rewrite its future
Wed Mar 20, 2019 20:00
A new way of measuring your genetic risk for health conditions could help identify high-risk people. But it isn't clear how medically useful these tests are yet
Mon Mar 25, 2019 02:01
Dirty city air may be reducing sperm quality. Mice exposed to tiny pollution particles produce less sperm of a lower quality than those that aren't
Sun Mar 24, 2019 18:30
Measuring magnetic fields on Mars could help us figure out how much water it has, and NASA's InSight lander has taken the first ever measurements from the surface
Sun Mar 24, 2019 12:00
Firms that turn behaviour into saleable data are reshaping society – and us, says Shoshana Zuboff as she discusses her book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Wed Mar 20, 2019 20:00
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