(Medical Xpress) — Its hard to be a mouse. Youre a social animal, but your fellows are small and scattered. Youre a snack to a bestiary of fast, eagle-eyed predators, not least the eagle. Youre fast too, but your spatial vision is poor around 20/200. So whats a mouse to do?
New deep brain stimulation device shows promising results
(Medical Xpress) — A multi-site study of a new deep brain stimulation device for people with Parkinsons disease has found the device to provide benefits to patients, potentially paving the way for unprecedented competition in the area of neurostimulation technology.
Alzheimer’s: French scientists focus on key target
French scientists said on Tuesday that lack of a key brain protein was linked to Alzheimer’s, a finding that threw up a tempting target for drugs to fight the disease.
Lifelong brain-stimulating habits linked to lower Alzheimer’s protein levels
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, provides even more reason for people to read a book or do a puzzle, and to make such activities a lifetime habit.
fMRI brain imaging illuminates magic mushrooms’ psychedelic effects
Brain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the most detailed picture to date of how psychedelic drugs work. The findings of two studies being published in scientific journals this week identify areas of the brain where activity is suppressed by psilocybin and suggest that it helps people to experience memories more vividly.