Epigenomic analysis sheds light on risk factors for ALS

In a study of cells from nearly 400 ALS patients, researchers identified genomic regions with chemical modifications linked to disease progression.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
May 2, 2024 ~9 min

To understand cognition — and its dysfunction — neuroscientists must learn its rhythms

A new framework describes how thought arises from the coordination of neural activity driven by oscillating electric fields — a.k.a. brain “waves” or “rhythms.”

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
April 30, 2024 ~7 min


Robotic nerve ‘cuffs’ could help treat a range of neurological conditions

Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibres without damaging them.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 26, 2024 ~5 min

Mapping the brain pathways of visual memorability

For the first time, researchers use a combination of MEG and fMRI to map the spatio-temporal human brain dynamics of a visual image being recognized.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
April 23, 2024 ~6 min

AI speeds up drug design for Parkinson’s ten-fold

Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson’s disease treatments.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 17, 2024 ~5 min

Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work

Studying the human brain is difficult because of its vast and intricate network of neural connections. The fruit fly offers a simpler but similar model that researchers can more easily map.

Kristin Scaplen, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Bryant University • conversation
April 15, 2024 ~5 min

Study unpicks why childhood maltreatment continues to impact on mental and physical health into adulthood

Childhood maltreatment can continue to have an impact long into adulthood because of how it effects an individual’s risk of poor physical health and traumatic

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 11, 2024 ~4 min

Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow

Neuroscientists analyzed the brain waves of 32 jazz guitarists as they improvised to chords and rhythms. Their findings suggest 2 key principles support innovative thinking.

Yvette Kounios, Adjunct Instructor of English and Professional Writing, Widener University • conversation
April 5, 2024 ~9 min


Reevaluating an approach to functional brain imaging

An MRI method purported to detect neurons’ rapid impulses produces its own misleading signals instead, an MIT study finds.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
April 4, 2024 ~6 min

UK-wide trials to begin on blood tests for diagnosing dementia

Cambridge researchers are helping lead countrywide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose dementia, in a bid to improve the UK’s

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 4, 2024 ~6 min

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