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According to a release from the University of Geneva, normal aging is associated with progressive cognitive decline. But can we train our brains to delay this process? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), HES-SO Geneva and EPFL has discovered that practicing and listening to music can alter cognitive decline in healthy seniors by …
EPFL scientists have discovered how an anti-cancer drug could be repurposed to improve memory. It does so by supporting the cell’s ability to read the very genes that are important for learning. The epigenetic mechanism of the drug is shown in mice. The results are published in PNAS. If you are scared of spiders, you …
Around 1% of the world’s population lives with epilepsy; yet only 65% of epilepsy patients can manage their symptoms with medication. Currently, surgically removing the lesion in the brain responsible for the condition is the only radical cure for epilepsy. Still, many patients have to take medication for the rest of their life to deal …
The human brain holds the secret to our unique personalities. But did you know that it can also form the basis of highly efficient computing devices? Researchers from Nagoya University, Japan, recently showed how to do this, through graphene-diamond junctions that mimic some of the human brain’s functions. But, why would scientists try to emulate …
To quickly express genes needed for learning and memory, brain cells snap both strands of DNA in many more places and cell types than previously realized, a new study shows The urgency to remember a dangerous experience requires the brain to make a series of potentially dangerous moves: Neurons and other brain cells snap open …
IMAGE: New type of glia cell (green), arising from adult stem cells in the brain, contact nerve cells (magenta). (Image Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum) Neurons, nerve cells in the brain, are central players in brain function. However, a key role for glia, long considered support cells, is emerging. A research group at the University …
Exercise is more important to the brain than many realize, regular exercise changes the structure of body tissues in obvious ways, but less visible ways are perhaps more important. Regular exercise changes the structure of our bodies’ tissues in obvious ways, such as reducing the size of fat stores and increasing muscle mass. Less visible, …
Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics have created a basic framework of how cancer cells adapt when their attempts to metastasize are blocked by the immune system or by drugs; understanding this strategy could help scientists design therapie, as published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. …
Neuroscientists from Tufts University of Medicine targeted a specific molecule acting on a single type of neuronal connection to modulate brain function in a study which has found a new molecular mechanism found essential for maturation of brain function that may be used to restore plasticity in aged brains; findings may help to advance treatments …