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| Study reveals structure of key receptors involved in memory and learning Posted: 12 May 2021 11:36 AM PDT Scientists have for the first time revealed the structure surrounding important receptors in the brain's hippocampus, the seat of memory and learning. The new study focuses on the organization and function of glutamate receptors, a type of neurotransmitter receptor involved in sensing signals between nerve cells in the hippocampus region of the brain. The study reveals the molecular structure of three major complexes of glutamate receptors in the hippocampus. |
| Interactive typeface for digital text Posted: 12 May 2021 11:35 AM PDT Researchers have developed a computer font that adapts its appearance based on the user's interaction with the text. ''AdaptiFont'' measures a user's reading speed and interactively changes the font's shape seamlessly and continuously to allow the user to read text more easily. By employing an artificial intelligence algorithm, new personalized fonts are generated on the fly in such a way that they increase an individual reader's reading speed. |
| Brain research gets a boost from mosquitoes Posted: 12 May 2021 10:29 AM PDT Scientists took a light-sensitive protein derived from mosquitoes and used it to devise an improved method for investigating the messages that are passed from neuron to neuron in the brains of mice. |
| Peptide could allow medical marijuana to relieve pain without side effects Posted: 12 May 2021 08:57 AM PDT Many people live with chronic pain, and in some cases, cannabis can provide relief. But the drug also can significantly impact memory and other cognitive functions. Now, researchers have developed a peptide that, in mice, allowed THC, the main component of Cannabis sativa, to fight pain without the side effects. |
| Brain computer interface turns mental handwriting into text on screen Posted: 12 May 2021 08:56 AM PDT Researchers have, for the first time, decoded the neural signals associated with writing letters, then displayed typed versions of these letters in real time. They hope their invention could one day help people with paralysis communicate. |
| Untangling the brain: new research offers hope for Alzheimer's disease Posted: 12 May 2021 08:56 AM PDT In a new study, researchers investigate tangles in the brain -- pathologies not only characteristic of Alzheimer's but other neurodegenerative conditions as well. The research homes in on a particular protein known as Rbbp7, whose dysregulation appears linked to the eventual formation of tau protein tangles and the rampant cell death associated with Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. |
| Low levels of a simple sugar -- A new biomarker for severe MS? Posted: 12 May 2021 08:55 AM PDT Researchers have discovered a sugar molecule whose levels are reduced in the blood of patients with particularly severe multiple sclerosis. Their discovery could pave the way for a new therapeutic approach. |
| Pink drinks can help you run faster and further, study finds Posted: 12 May 2021 05:34 AM PDT A new study shows that pink drinks can help to make you run faster and further compared to clear drinks. |
| Petting therapy dogs enhances thinking skills of stressed college students Posted: 12 May 2021 05:34 AM PDT Programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students' thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information, according to new research. |
| Long term use of prescription meds for insomnia not linked to better quality sleep Posted: 11 May 2021 05:11 PM PDT Long term use of prescription meds for insomnia doesn't seem to improve disturbed sleep in middle-aged women, suggests new research. |
| New findings linking brain immune system to psychosis Posted: 11 May 2021 05:11 PM PDT New research suggests a link between psychosis and a genetic change that affects the brain's immune system. The study may impact the development of modern medicines for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. |
| How good is your sense of smell? Posted: 11 May 2021 01:07 PM PDT In a new study, researchers have found a possible link between poor sense of smell and a higher risk of pneumonia hospitalization. |
| Focus on outliers creates flawed snap judgments Posted: 11 May 2021 01:07 PM PDT You enter a room and quickly scan the crowd to gain a sense of who's there - how many men versus women. How reliable is your estimate? Not very, according to new research. In an experimental study, researchers found that participants consistently erred in estimating the proportion of men and women in a group. And participants erred in a particular way: They overestimated whichever group was in the minority. |
| To enhance creativity, keep your research team fresh Posted: 11 May 2021 09:38 AM PDT Network scientists address the effect of team freshness on the originality and multidisciplinary impact of produced work, by systematically investigating prior collaboration relations between team members. Among other things, their study reveals that papers of fresher teams are significantly more effective than those of older teams in creating studies of higher originality and greater multidisciplinary impact. |
| Using contrast MRI after a heart attack could increase survival Posted: 11 May 2021 09:38 AM PDT A new study has revealed that treatment for heart attacks could be improved thanks to a novel method of evaluating heart function using contrast-based MRI scans. |
| Many people could reduce their 'feeding window' by three hours Posted: 11 May 2021 09:38 AM PDT A new study has revealed 'real world' factors that influence people's interest in adopting a dietary pattern called time-restricted feeding. |
| Nature draws out a happy place for children Posted: 11 May 2021 09:38 AM PDT Young children in deprived areas see nature and outdoor spaces as being associated with 'happy places', according to a new study. |
| Online therapy effective against OCD symptoms in the young Posted: 11 May 2021 09:38 AM PDT Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents is associated with impaired education and worse general health later in life. Access to specialist treatment is often limited. According to a new study, internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can be as effective as conventional CBT. The study can help make treatment for OCD more widely accessible. |
| Meditative practice and spiritual wellbeing may preserve cognitive function in aging Posted: 11 May 2021 09:37 AM PDT It is projected that up to 152 million people worldwide will be living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) by 2050. To date there are no drugs that have a substantial positive impact on either the prevention or reversal of cognitive decline. A growing body of evidence finds that targeting lifestyle and vascular risk factors have a beneficial effect on overall cognitive performance. A new review examines research that finds spiritual fitness, a new concept in medicine that centers on psychological and spiritual wellbeing, and Kirtan Kriya, a simple 12-minute meditative practice, may reduce multiple risk factors for AD. |
| New mothers twice as likely to have post-natal depression in lockdown, study finds Posted: 11 May 2021 09:36 AM PDT Almost half (47.5 percent) of women with babies aged six months or younger met the threshold for postnatal depression during the first COVID lockdown, more than double average rates for Europe before the pandemic (23 percent), a new study finds. |
| Study finds 80 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients have neurological issues Posted: 11 May 2021 09:36 AM PDT A new paper presents early results of the global effort to gather information about the incidence, severity and outcomes of neurological manifestations of COVID-19 disease. |
| Intoxication brings strangers physically closer Posted: 10 May 2021 01:14 PM PDT In a study with pandemic-related implications, researchers report that strangers who consume alcohol together may keep their distance initially -- but draw physically closer as they become intoxicated. |
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