Neurons

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Unresponsiveness and staring, chewing, lip-smacking and even experiencing strange visual images are also indicative of a seizure. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Neurons could slow progression of epilepsy in newborns

Neurons help in reducing seizures in newborns: Study.

23 Jul 2019 11:15 AM

Earlier, scientists believed that networks of neurons below a spinal cord injury were unable to function after someone was left paralyzed. (Photo: Pixabay)

World first: 3 paralysed people walk again thanks to implants that respond to thoughts

Electronic device 'reconnects' neurons in patients’ legs with their brain and they just have to think about walking - or standing.

25 Sep 2018 4:33 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

How the brain cells 'talk'

Here is what a new study has found.

04 Sep 2018 7:00 PM

Total elimination of the neurons altogether resulted in decreased daily food intake as well as gradual weight gain. (Photo: AFP)

Brain circuit behind feeling hungry discovered

Scientists seek to better understand it as damage to this brain region in patients results in marked declines in appetite.

07 Jul 2018 6:13 PM

Feel hungry a lot? Here's the reason

Here is what a new study has found.

01 Jun 2018 7:29 PM

MND is an incurable, progressive disease that attacks the nerves controlling movement so muscles no longer work. (Photo:File)

Old drug may help treat motor neuron disease: study

Ebselen, a drug from the 1980s and has been investigated as a potential treatment for a variety of nervous system disorders.

18 May 2018 6:09 PM

There is no link between sexual activity and rate of cognitive decline. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sexual intimacy in late years does not slow memory loss

Sexual activity and emotional closeness in later years of life do not control cognitive decline.

17 May 2018 4:49 PM

Researchers created a sophisticated retina cell network on a chip that is modelled after a humans neural network. (Photo: Pixabay)

Lab-on-a-chip device may help repair eye damage: study

Retinal degeneration is a leading cause of blindness that, with other eye diseases will affect 196 million people worldwide in 2020.

10 May 2018 5:13 PM

There is currently no doubt that hyperpolarization of mitochondria and concomitant oxidative stress is associated with the development of serious pathologies, such as Alzheimer's disease, some cancers, and other conditions.

Find out ways to fence progress of Neurodegenerative diseases

Neurons normally don't reproduce or replace themselves, so when they become damaged or die they cannot be replaced by the body.

02 Apr 2018 8:08 AM

The brain maintains its ability to generate local neural oscillations during sleep throughout the lifespan. (Photo: Pixabay)

Why do old people have disrupted sleep?

The findings from the study are published in the journal JNeurosci.

27 Mar 2018 6:49 PM

The ability to sense another's emotional state is a key part of creating and building social bonds. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stress can be contagious: study

We readily communicate our stress to others, sometimes without even knowing it.

10 Mar 2018 6:21 PM

The human brain region that hosts memory and learning appears to stop producing nerve cells. (Photo: Pixabay)

No new 'learning' brain cells after age 13: study

The hippocampus has also been linked to mood, stress, and some neurological diseases in humans.

08 Mar 2018 1:31 PM

Understanding the role of alpha-synuclein in physiological or pathological processes may aid in the development of new treatments for Parkinson's disease. (Photo: Pixabay)

Excess calcium in human brain ups risk of Parkinson's, says study

Study finds calcium can mediate the interaction between small membranous structures inside nerve endings important for neuronal signalling.

21 Feb 2018 10:15 AM

This is the first time tandospirone has be shown to reverse the deficit in brain neurogenesis induced by heavy alcohol consumption. (Photo: Pixabay)

This drug could reverse alcohol's damaging effects on brain

Studies show two weeks of daily treatment with tandospirone reversed effects of 15 weeks of binge-like alcohol consumption on neurogenesis.

10 Feb 2018 8:40 AM

Mothers, babies' brainwaves snychronise with eye contact: Study

Find out more.

30 Nov 2017 3:35 PM

According to the World Health Organization an estimated 2.5 million deaths a year could be prevented if people reduced their consumption of salt to its recommended level of 5g. (Photo: Pixabay)

Find out why people cannot stop eating potato chips

Research conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston discover specific group of neurons that increase appetite for sodium.

02 Oct 2017 2:07 PM

$The high-speed collisions at the world's biggest atom smasher created for a fraction of a second a baryon particle called Xi cc, said Oxford physicist Guy Wilkinson, who is part of the experiment.$

Physicists find new particle with a double dose of charm

Physicists at Large Hadron Collider in Europe announced the fleeting discovery of a long theorized but never-before-seen type of baryon.

07 Jul 2017 2:24 PM

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