neuroscience

Blood test can predict Alzheimer's, say researchers

Posted in Medicine on 9th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

A blood test can accurately predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to US researchers.

Alzheimers Kills Six times more than previsously believed

Posted in Medicine on 8th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

Alzheimers Kills Six times more than previously believed which is as Many People as Cancer and Heart Disease.

How to generate new neurons in brains, spinal cords of living adult mammals

Posted in Medicine on 4th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

Medical researchers have created new nerve cells in the brains and spinal cords of living mammals.

Brain signals from a primate directly move paralyzed limbs in another primate 'avatar

Posted in Medicine on 24th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Taking brain-machine interfaces (BMI) to the next level, new research may help paralyzed people move their own limb just by thinking about it.

Could electroconvulsive therapy zap worst nightmares?

Posted in Medicine on 24th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), long associated with controversial treatment of the mentally ill, can be used to erase memories, Dutch researchers have found.