Mayo Clinic Breakthrough With ALS Treatment In Mice

Medicine & Technology May 15, 2015

Researchers at the Jacksonville, Florida Mayo Clinic have gained a mouse model for testing potential amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatments. ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease is associated with various behavioral features and neuropathological symptoms as is frontotemporal dementia (FTD); both are caused by a mutation in the C9ORF72 gene. Both result in the death of neurons in the spinal cord and brain, which leads to inability to control muscles, paralysis, and death.

#DressGate Continues-What Researchers Are Saying About the Social Media Phenom

May 15, 2015

We know, you thought the whole The Dress thing was over-and you were glad. But rather than being a simple Internet meme on the scale of dancing babies and funny cats, The Dress is helping neuroscientists understand the way that the human brain perceives and thinks. Three research papers discussion cognition and perception in light of The Dress have just been published in Current Biology.

New Insights into Gender Dimorphism in the Brain

Apr 03, 2015

Generally speaking, most animal species show some form of sexual dimorphism.

Scientists Now Creating 3D Neural Circuits for Implantation in Spinal Cord Victims

Apr 02, 2015

Creating 3D Neural Circuits for Research, Implantation

Mice Sing in Similar Fashion to Songbirds, We Just Can't Hear It

Apr 01, 2015

Mice Sing Similar to Songbirds

Scientists Combine Brainwave Technology With Robotics to Create Bionic Limbs

Mar 31, 2015

Shared Control for Better Prosthetics, Brain-Computer Interfaces

New Study Links Poverty With Diminished Brain Development

Mar 31, 2015

New Study Links Poverty with Brain Development

Focus of Alzheimer's Research Should Be Shifted, Study Says

Mar 30, 2015

Focus of Alzheimer's Research Should Be Shifted, Study Says

Carbon Nanotube Brain Implants Could Enhance Parkinson's Treatments

Mar 26, 2015

Using Carbon Nanotubes in Brain Implants

How Do You Know You're in Love? Get a Brain Scan

Mar 19, 2015

Scientists can now scan your brain and tell whether you're in love or not.