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Scientists shed light on age-related memory loss and possible treatments

Memory, Neuroscience, Psychology health, psychology

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that the loss of memory that comes with aging is not necessarily a permanent thing.

Aging accelerates brain abnormalities in childhood onset epilepsy patients

Development, Memory, Neuroscience, Psychology psychiatry, psychology

New research confirms that childhood onset temporal lobe epilepsy has a significant impact on brain aging. Study findings published in Epilepsia, a peer-reviewed journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), show age-accelerated ventricular expansion outside the normal range in this patient population.

IoP Neuroscientists develop new ‘Brain’ App

Development, Education, General, Memory, Neuroscience, Psychology general, psychology

A team of neuroscientists from the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King’s College London have developed a digital atlas of the human brain for iPad. The ‘Brain’ App is the first of its kind, and is based on cutting edge neuro-imaging research from the NatBrainLab at the IoP. 

Neuroscientists work to helps soldiers break camouflage

General, Memory, Neuroscience, Psychology heart-disease, psychology

Researchers want to help the Army better camouflage its soldiers and break the enemy’s efforts to hide.

Brain wiring a no-brainer? Scans reveal astonishingly simple 3D grid structure

Development, General, Memory, Neuroscience, Psychology depression, psychology

The brain appears to be wired more like the checkerboard streets of New York City than the curvy lanes of Columbia, Md., suggests a new brain imaging study. The most detailed images, to date, reveal a pervasive 3D grid structure with no diagonals, say scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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