neuroscience

Dopamine’s Influence on Movement Sequences Offers Hope for Parkinson’s Disease Therapies

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Dopamine’s Influence on Movement Sequences Offers Hope for Parkinson’s Disease Therapies

Dopamine Influences Movement Sequences, Signifying Potential for Parkinson’s Disease Therapies Researchers have revealed new insights into how dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with reward and pleasure, impacts movement sequences. This finding brings hope for developing targeted treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD), a neurological condition characterized by the gradual loss of dopamine neurons in the brain. The … Read more

Machine-Learning Tool Identifies High-Risk Individuals for Psychosis Using MRI Brain Scans

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Machine-Learning Tool Identifies High-Risk Individuals for Psychosis Using MRI Brain Scans

Researchers Develop Machine-Learning Tool to Predict Psychosis Onset A groundbreaking machine-learning tool has been developed by researchers, allowing accurate identification of individuals at high risk of psychosis through MRI brain scans. The innovative tool achieved an impressive 85% accuracy rate during training and maintained a 73% accuracy rate when using new data. This development paves … Read more

New Research Shows Brain Stimulation Increases Success of Hypnotherapy for Pain Patients

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New Research Shows Brain Stimulation Increases Success of Hypnotherapy for Pain Patients

By applying magnetism to a specific area of ​​the brain, a person temporarily becomes more susceptible to hypnotherapy. That can help pain patients. “Look deep into my eyes.” These words undoubtedly come to mind when you think about it hypnosis thinks. The therapist in question then lets you fall into a kind of sleep, after … Read more

New Insights on Genetic Mutations in Neurodegenerative Conditions: Impact of CAG Repeat Expansion and RNA Aggregates

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New Insights on Genetic Mutations in Neurodegenerative Conditions: Impact of CAG Repeat Expansion and RNA Aggregates

Previous studies have revealed that neurodegenerative conditions, including Huntington’s disease and spinocerebellar ataxia, are triggered by an increase in the number of trinucleotide CAG repeats in the coding gene, generating an expansion of the polyglutamine tract within a protein. These disorders are hereditary because the expansion of CAG repeats in the coding gene is passed … Read more

“First Loophole-Free Bell Experiment Confirms True Quantum Correlations”

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Nature highlight May 11, 2023 Nature 6177960 The Bell inequality has helped shed light on the structure of correlations allowed by quantum mechanics and what this theory of physics says about the world. Experimental verification of the Bell inequality is also of practical importance, as it allows confirmation of the existence of true quantum correlations … Read more

Gamma Waves During Death: New Study Shows Mysterious Surge of Activity in Dying Brains

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Gamma Waves During Death: New Study Shows Mysterious Surge of Activity in Dying Brains

Scientists from the University of Michigan have identified a surge of activity in the brains of two dying patients that could unlock the secrets to the brain’s final moments. The researchers have discovered a similar surge of gamma waves in humans that is typically associated with memory processing and conscious perception. The study, which analyzed … Read more