Reprogramming Neurons to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
The story is all too familiar: promising effects are shown in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease – providing hope for patients,…
Category: Neuroscience
Effects of HIV and alcoholism or hepatitis C on the brain
As the medications for HIV have gotten more effective, people are living longer with HIV. However, as people living with HIV get older, they…
Prenatal Inflammation May Affect Brain Development
A normal pregnancy usually lasts around 40 weeks, but births that occur before 37 weeks are defined as being premature. Premature births are…
Can We Teach a Computer to Be Creative?
Creativity is no small task. We do our best to cultivate and cherish the imagination of young children, and struggle to maintain those…
Infants Got Talent!
According to the results of a study by researchers from the University of Washington, babies can perceive pitch better than adults, despite…
Why don’t woodpeckers get headaches?
Have you ever wondered why woodpeckers don’t get headaches? It is quite remarkable when you think about it. This bird, on a regular…
More Evidence for the Brain-Gut Connection
It can be difficult to imagine how two organs that are so far away from each other in the body can be so intimately related.
Chimps can tell when you believe something false
Our understanding of animal cognition has grown dramatically since the days of Jane Goodall in the 1960s. Great apes, a family of primates…