Sonothermogenetics: a technology to control the brain remotely
Sonothermogenetics is a new tool that combines ultrasound and genetics to activate neurons.
DecNef, memory editing that can erase bad memories
A technique known as DecNef, born for the treatment of PTSD, has the potential to erase bad memories. And some risks.
The huge study of over 1.400 animal species reveals things to us about intelligence
The observation and comparison between body and brain size of many animal species reserves some surprises, and dispels some myths.
More education does not slow brain aging
Education has always been considered a good way to slow down cognitive aging. A new study believes this is not the case.
New study weakens theories of gender differences in the brain
Gender differences in the human brain? A myth to dispel with the evidence of the data, according to neuroscientist Lise Eliot. Yet still hard to die.
Neuroplasticity: a team activates and deactivates it in fruit flies
Research on neuroplasticity in fruit flies identifies a "switch" that can turn it on and off. Future applications are many and important.
Connect but frozen and put on a computer: will it be true immortality?
There is an increase in theories, procedures and efforts to map and preserve the connectome, the "map" of all our brain connections, and perhaps our selves.
We may have discovered how to reverse brain aging
A team has shown how deactivating a receptor can stop and reverse brain aging. An extraordinary step forward.
BrainQ, artificial brain waves against stroke
The new BrainQ brain stimulation system based on machine learning accelerates and improves recovery from stroke.
Brain signals deciphered to show what a person sees
Detecting and decoding activity in brain regions associated with visual processing has allowed researchers to read brain signals to understand what a person sees.
Nectome wants to preserve (and digitize) your brain
The story of Nectome, the startup that can preserve the human brain to be able to digitize it in the future, and of its controversial method.
Shock thesis by the neuroscientist: consciousness is an electromagnetic field
A neuroscientist formulates a theory that goes in the opposite direction to those currents: consciousness resides in a magnetic field hitherto considered marginal.
A new head MRI makes brain scanning more comfortable
A new head MRI machine promises a more comfortable, ergonomic, reassuring brain scan.
Obtained the most detailed human brain scan ever
1000 times more accurate than an MRI: the scan of the human brain just obtained in Massachusetts is a milestone.
Science wants to use mushrooms to reactivate people in a neurovegetative state
Not all of them have disappeared leaving their bodies on a bed: some patients in a neurovegetative state are still there, we don't know how to get them back.
Metformin regenerates the brain, but it only works on women, children and mice
In-depth analyzes of metformin showed a strong difference between the sexes: female specimens react better, on males it does not work.
Facebook finances thought-writing devices
At Menlo Park they say they are ready to present by December a functional and wearable prototype of a device for writing with thoughts
An electrical device that increases intelligence? Humm
In the scientific debate on transcranial alternating current stimulation, I, profane of science, declare myself neutral. But this Humm ...
The wait is over: here is the Neuralink presentation
The human-computer connection will be able to read and write a huge amount of information. In the Neuralink presentation the first, important vision.
Confirmations are coming: the brain also has a microbiome
The brain also hosts a microbiome, the group of bacteria with which the body collaborates. It is an epochal turning point: it had always been considered a sterile area.
Full 3D printed heads improve brain operations
Operate a patient after training on an exact 3D replica of the skull, brain and tumor on which to intervene
