More than 40 million blind people worldwide reach this condition after many years of slow and progressive retinal degeneration. Very little is however known...
Tag - neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease affects the nervous system and causes muscle stiffness, slow imprecise movement and uncontrolled shakes, mainly in elderly and even...
Although it is known that the brain has internal molecular temperature sensors that control core body temperature, decades of research by scientists has failed...
It is well understood how people learn to maximize good outcomes for themselves and the model for this has recently been used to help scientists understand how...
Neuroscience has been revolutionized in the last decade by the development of optogenetic tools.
Previously, scientists had to open the skull and embed...
Researchers have been working on bringing visual prosthetics (also known as bionic eyes) to life for quite some time. They have been long working on strategies...
Although many of us are not professional criminals, it is more likely that we’ll inflate the insurance claims after an insurance company has rejected our...
The exponential distance rule (EDR) describes a consistent relationship between distances and connection strength. When studying the global architecture of the...
A new study is showing promise in preventing the development of epilepsy. Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, from the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New...
Did you know that, starting in our 20s, we could lose one to two percent in global brain blood flow every decade? But there is hope. A new study has shown that...