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This New Artificial Neuron Will Help Fight Heart Failure

Then they went on to design silicon chips that precisely imitated real, living neurons and responded to a vast series of stimulations. The research team accurately duplicated the entire dynamics of hippocampal neurons and respiratory neurons in rats.

Study Shows Seniors Still Grow New Brain Cells Daily

Maura Boldrini from New York's Columbia University , the study 's primary author said that "the exciting part is that the neurons are there throughout a lifetime,” and that "it seems that indeed humans are different from mice – where [neuron production] goes down with age really fast – and this could

Take Frequent Daytime Naps? Then You Need to Know This

The disease was observed to affect the outermost layer of the brain, the cortex, which is where all the neuronal nuclei that are responsible for cognition, memory, and thinking reside, but the UCSF study aimed to look at 2 very different areas associated with sleep regulation: the brainstem and some

Scientists Have Found a Cure for "Aged" Brain Diseases

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are both neurological illnesses linked to the degeneration of neurons. Both conditions result in loss of speech, memory, and thinking.

A Miraculous Microscopic World in Full Zoom!

Image by: David Ward Neuron Receiving Excitatory Contacts Neurons have it good; they are always waiting to be excited! When neurons are excited, they are receiving or transmitting information from the brain instantaneously and translating them into physical actions in the muscle tissue.

Natural Compound in Essential Oils May Benefit Parkinson’s

Related Article: The 5 Stages of Parkinson’s Disease - Signs and Symptoms Neuronal loss and Parkinson’s disease In order to understand how this natural compound works, we need to explain a bit about the neurology behind Parkinson’s disease.

10 Insightful Quotes By an Inspiring Stephen Hawking

At 21 he was diagnosed with ALS, a motor neuron disease which he has survived. He was told that he had just a few years to live, but now at the age of 73, not only is he still alive, he's still mentally active. Without a doubt, Stephen Hawking is an inspiring man.

New Research Reveals a Link Between Bacteria & Alzheimer's

The research shows that the onset of Alzheimer's could be the result of bacteria bypassing the brain's defences and infecting the neurons. Scientists studying the brains of deceased donors found that the type and quantity of bacteria differed between healthy brains and those with Alzheimer's.

Scientists Have Just Reversed Alzheimer's in Mice. Wow.

In a mouse model, researchers improved cognitive function by reducing the plaques that kill neurons in Alzheimer's patients.

Birds Might Have Conscious Experiences, New Studies Reveal

The scientists implanted electrodes in crows’ brains to record any neuronal signals as they reacted. When the birds were in action, their neurons fired, suggesting they had consciously perceived the cue; but when they didn’t, their neurons were silent.

14 Cool and Astonishing X-Ray Images Explained

All the Neural Connections in Our Brain Isolated Our brains consist primarily of fatty tissues called glia that fill up the space between nerve cells called neurons. If we were to get rid of all the glia from the brain and keep only the neurons, this is what our brains would look like.