BrainAcademy

02/01/2022

It's usually assumed that a person in a vegetative state has no awareness of the world around them. Dr Adrian Owen, who pioneered groundbreaking research that has proven otherwise, explains why we need to be talking to these patients.

23/12/2021

Human brain cells in a dish learn to play Pong faster than an AI Hundreds of thousands of brain cells in a dish are being taught to play Pong by responding to pulses of electricity – and can improve their performance more quickly than an AI can Mind December 17, 2021 08:00 By Michael Le Page Livin...

21/12/2021

The virus that causes COVID-19 can cause strokes, inflammation, oxygen deprivation and infection in the brain. And each of these may lead to long-term neurological problems.

21/09/2021

Pioneering research shows that dopamine levels increase in response to stressful stimuli, and not just pleasurable ones, potentially rewriting facts about the “feel-good” hormone—a critical mediator of many psychiatric diseases. This discovery is cause to rethink treatment for psychiatric dise...

15/09/2021

In a “first of its kind” study, researchers found a potential direct connection between neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), glaucoma and the herpesvirus.

14/09/2021

“Neuromarketing” loosely refers to the measurement of physiological and neural signals to gain insight into customers’ motivations, preferences, and decisions. Its most common methods are brain scanning, which measures neural activity, and physiological tracking, which measures eye movement and other proxies for that activity.This article explores some of the research into those methods and discusses their benefits and drawbacks.

A report on the state of the art

04/09/2021

Bodily inflammation dampens levels of a ‘feel-good molecule’ and antidepressants’ ability to boost them, according to new research in mice.

27/08/2021

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07/08/2021

https://www.bbrfoundation.org/content/study-indicates-brain-lesions-and-treatment-targets-depression-affect-same-circuitry

Researchers have reported that the brain circuitry underlying depression is the same or similar in a wide variety of patients and circumstances, and that it is similar to circuitry affected when brain damage leads to depression symptoms. These and other results of the study could lead to identificat...

06/08/2021

Dr. Wu received his Master's degree in Neuroscience from Duke University and earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Vanderbilt University, focusing on research ...

02/05/2021

Uncontrollable, recurring thoughts and behaviors that characterize obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are experienced by 2% to 3% of people. Yet standard treatments—exposure therapy and medicines that affect the neurotransmitter serotonin—typically help only about half of those who receive them...