New gene therapy reprograms brain glial cells into neurons
A new gene therapy can turn certain brain glial cells into functioning neurons, which in...
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Study reveals how the brain overcomes its own limitations: Strategies to compensate for uncertainty help the brain succeed at difficult mental computations
Imagine trying to write your name so that it can be read in a mirror....
Wishful thinking is rewarded: The reward system in the brain affects our judgements
We make judgements quite rationally or "by the gut." Not only experience and relevant information...
Mice need a clutch to smell
The brain can discriminate over one trillion different odors. Once entering the nose, an odor...
Seizures begin with a muffle
Some patients describe epileptic seizures like an earthquake from within, starting slow and growing without...
It’s a beautiful game, but how you see it is all in the mind
Scientists have scanned the brains of die-hard football fans to find out why supporters of...
Unlocking the secret of how the brain encodes speech: Progress toward decoding speech to help completely paralyzed people like Stephen Hawking talk again
People like the late Stephen Hawking can think about what they want to say, but...
Eyes have a natural version of night vision: Cells in retina change their duties to help the brain detect motion
To see under starlight and moonlight, the retina of the eye changes both the software...
Unexpected link between immune cells and male-female differences: Researchers find that these cells play a key role in determining sex differences in the brain
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have made a surprising discovery:...
Pain response in babies’ brains controlled in ‘similar way to adults’
Researchers from the Department of Paediatrics and Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging at the University...