UW-Madison researchers first to 3D-print functional human brain tissue
From University of Wisconsin–Madison 13/02/24 A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists has developed the first 3D-printed brain tissue that can grow and function like typical brain tissue. It’s an achievement with important implications for scientists studying the brain and working on treatments for a broad range of neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders, such as Alzheimer’s […]
Study discovers neurons in the human brain that can predict what we are going to say before we say it
From 06/02/24 By using advanced brain recording techniques, a new study led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) demonstrates how neurons in the human brain work together to allow people to think about what words they want to say and then produce them aloud through speech. Together, these findings provide a detailed map of […]
Transforming clinical recording of deep brain activity with a new take on sensor manufacturing
From University of California – San Diego 22/01/24 Sensors built with a new manufacturing approach are capable of recording activity deep within the brain from large populations of individual neurons–with a resolution of as few as one or two neurons–in humans as well as a range of animal models, according to a study published in […]
Fermentation may have driven human brain evolution
From Harvard University 24/12/23 The large, capable human brain is a marvel of evolution, but how it evolved from a smaller primate brain into the creative, complex organ of today is a mystery. Scientists can pinpoint when our evolutionary ancestors evolved larger brains, which roughly tripled in size as human ancestors evolved from the bipedal […]
What happens when the brain loses a hub?
From University of Iowa Health Care 14/12/23 A University of Iowa-led team of international neuroscientists has obtained the first direct recordings of the human brain in the minutes before and after a brain hub crucial for language meaning was surgically disconnected. The results reveal the importance of brain hubs in neural networks and the remarkable […]
We can respond to verbal stimuli while sleeping
From Institut du Cerveau (Paris Brain Institute) 08/11/23 Sleep is generally defined as a period during which the body and mind are at rest—as if disconnected from the world. However, a new study led by Delphine Oudiette, Isabelle Arnulf, and Lionel Naccache at Paris Brain Institute shows that the frontier between wakefulness and sleep is […]
How video games could unlock new treatments for Parkinson’s
From University of California – Riverside 19/10/23 A$5 million NIH grant is adding an ‘extra life’ to Parkinson’s research, with patients playing video games during brain surgery to help researchers understand better how the brain regulates movement. Vasileios Christopoulos, assistant professor of bioengineering at UC Riverside, is leading the five-year project whose goal is to […]
How our tastes influence our creativity
From Institut du Cerveau (Paris Brain Institute) 21/08/23 What drives us to develop new ideas rather than settling for standard methods and processes? What triggers the desire to innovate at the risk of sacrificing time, energy, and reputation for a resounding failure? Creativity is based on complex mechanisms that we are only beginning to understand […]