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Link Between Seasonal Variation in Daylight and Brain Function

Seasonal variation in daylight was found to influence brain function. Turku PET Centre, Finland researchers have compared how the length of daylight hours affected the opioid receptors in humans and rats. "In the study, we observed ...

Mini Brain Organoids Upshift The Understanding Of Brain Diseases

Three-dimensional human stem cell-derived 'Mini Brain' organoids can mature in a manner that is strikingly similar to human brain development, following an internal clock that guides their maturation in synchrony with the timeline of human brain ...

Effect Of Chronic Immune Response On Brain

During March, many people experience hay fever as a result of excessive immune response. Many people admit that hay fever is not that bad. At the other end of the spectrum there are severe autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple ...

GPS of the Brain Discovers Mechanism of Memory

Remembering special places and finding the routes to a destination is feasible due to an area in the brain that functions like a GPS and navigation system. It is due to this system that we land up in easier identification of destinations after ...

New Immunotherapy Target for Malignant Brain Tumors

A new potential immunotherapy of malignant brain tumors has been uncovered by scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The discovery, reported in the journal CELL, ...

Human Brain Helps Tap into Visual Cues When Lacking a Sense of Touch

A new study has uncovered evidence that physical embodiment can occur without the sense of touch. The study was conducted by University of Chicago, the University of Birmingham, and Bournemouth University researchers. The research was published in ...

Brain Tumor May Be Targeted Effectively By A Specific Enzyme

Over many years, every other new cancer treatments have faced failure as the tumor cells find ways to become treatment-resistant. Overcoming drug resistance thus sets to be a major goal in cancer research. Drug resistance developed by a ...

Study Shows That Compounds from Apples may Boost Brain Function.

Stem Cell research shows that natural compounds found in apples and other fruits may help produce new brain cells. This study, done in mice, may also have implications for learning and memory. Phytonutrients (chemical substances found in ...

Neurons Responsible For Appetite May Treat Depression

Group of neurons that are responsible for appetite may also play a role in depression that outcome from unpredictable, chronic stress as per a study at Medical College of Georgia, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. The ...

New Approach Holds Potential to Stop Growth of Brain Cancer Cells

Inhibiting a key enzyme that controls a large network of proteins important in cell division and growth paves the way for a new class of drugs that could stop glioblastoma. The inhibition of PRMT5 led to cell senescence, similar to what ...

Brain Fog and Its Association With COVID-19

Recent study found that around 58% of long-term COVID patients reported signs of brain fog (mental confusion), making it a significant condition in the list of common long COVID symptoms. It usually emerges weeks after someone first becomes sick ...

'Google Map' of Brain Signatures the Advent of Molecular Technology

Highlights: The exact location of millions of RNA molecules inside the tissues can now be mapped with a nanoscale resolution for the first time using a newly-developed technology The so-called 'expansion technology' allows exploring mechanisms ...

Domino Effects and Synchrony in Brain Activity Identified

The mechanisms behind distinctive patterns of electrical activity of neuron groups in the brain that accompany the onset of seizures have been discovered by a team of scientists from the University of Exeter. In healthy brains, ...

Brain Biomarkers For Major Depression Unraveled

Brains of individuals with major depression show correlation with a reduced number of support cells in them, as per a study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry. Major depressive disorder (clinical depression) is ...

Brain Imaging Accurately Distinguishes Diverse Patterns Of Dementia

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a relatively newcomer under the umbrella term – dementia (cognitive decline). Often confused between Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson-related dementia (PDD), DLB is the second most frequent cause of degenerative ...

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