Mobile phone radiation may affect memory performance in adolescents The study to be published on 19 July 2018 found that cumulative RF-EMF brain exposure from mobile phone use over one year may have a negative effect on the development of figural memory performance in adolescents, confirming prior results published in 2015. Foerster M., Thielens A.,…
Kefir may help Hypertension and Neuroinflammation Kefir may help Hypertension and Neuroinflammation Drinking kefir may have a positive effect on blood pressure by promoting communication between the gut and brain. Kefir is a fermented probiotic milk beverage known to help maintain the balance of beneficial bacteria in the digestive system. Probiotic Kefir Antihypertensive Effects in…
Elderly grow just as many new Brain Cells as the young Elderly grow just as many new Brain Cells as the young Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger people. Human Hippocampal Neurogenesis Persists throughout Aging. Cell Stem Cell, 2018;…
Indoor lighting Drastically Inhibits Learning and Memory The hippocampus lost about 30 percent of capacity in low light in just 4 weeks as well as a steep decline in brain derived neurotrophic factor (Animal Model) * Grass rats were housed in either a 12: 12 h bright light–dark (brLD, 1,000 lux) or dim light-dark…
Lung Scarring Reversed Lung Scarring ReversedIn an unexpected discovery scientists witnessed fibrosis going into remission and the lungs begin to normalize function in only 4 weeks, with the introduction of RAGE into the cells. Citation:Homeostatic nuclear RAGE–ATM interaction is essential for efficient DNA repair Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 45, Issue 18, 13 October 2017, Pages…
Mouse embryo with big brain: Evolving a bigger brain with human DNA — ScienceDaily The human version of a DNA sequence called HARE5 turns on a gene important for brain development (gene activity is stained blue), and causes a mouse embryo to grow a 12 percent larger brain by the end of pregnancy than an…
Public Release: 12-Jan-2015 A new study from Lund University in Sweden indicates that inherited viruses that are millions of years old play an important role in building up the complex networks that characterise the human brain. Researchers have long been aware that endogenous retroviruses constitute around five per cent of our DNA. For many years,…
Is Your Coffee too Cheap? By Frank Thadeusz A German scientist is developing a new way of testing prices by measuring brain waves. Some marketing critics are horrified by the idea of feel-good pricing, but others argue it could make products more successful. The most subversive criticism of capitalism at the moment comes from the…
As the science of brain stimulation forges ahead, neuroscientists and psychologists face tough ethical decisions The military has a genuine interest in brain stimulation research. Photograph: Alamy About five years ago, not long after I started up my research group at Cardiff University, something rather strange happened. One morning I came down to my lab…
Behavioural changes persist after Toxoplasma infection is cleared. Eliot Barford 18 September 2013 Mice infected with toxoplasmosis lose their instinctive fear for the smell of cats — and the parasite’s effects may be permanent. Wendy Ingram/Adrienne Greene A parasite that infects up to one-third of people around the world may have the ability to permanently…
Two minds with but a single thought as University of Washington researcher controls colleague’s hand movements LAST UPDATED AT 13:48 ON Wed 28 Aug 2013 SCIENTISTS have achieved human mind control for the first time in an experiment at the University of Washington. Using recorded brain signals and the magnetic stimulation of muscles, researchers…
New research in rats shows how brain layers work NEW YORK, NY (June 27, 2013) — A series of studies conducted by Randy Bruno, PhD, and Christine Constantinople, PhD, of Columbia University’s Department of Neuroscience, topples convention by showing that sensory information travels to two places at once: not only to the brain’s mid-layer (where…
In this issue: 1. Coffee consumption associated with reduced risk of autoimmune liver disease 2. Ginger compounds may be effective in treating asthma symptoms 3. The compound in the Mediterranean diet that makes cancer cells ‘mortal’ 4. Study finds vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB 5. Common Food Supplement Fights Degenerative Brain Disorders 6. …
Contact: Kim Irwin kirwin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2262 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences UCLA researchers now have the first evidence that bacteria ingested in food can affect brain function in humans. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed altered…
22 November 2012 by Michael Marshall Magazine issue 2892. COMPUTER chips that mimic the human brain are outstripping conventional chips in crucial ways. They could also revolutionise our understanding of how the brain functions.Attempts to simulate the brain usually involve programming software to behave like groups of neurons. A new “neuromorphic” design instead tries to…
