How astrocytes help the brain process information
A collaboration between the laboratories of Vincent Bonin (NERF, empowered by VIB, imec and KU Leuven) and Matthew Holt (VIB-KU
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The future of mind control
Electrodes implanted in the brain help alleviate symptoms like the intrusive tremors associated with Parkinson’s disease. But current probes face
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How to simulate softness: Material design tricks and equations could one day help researchers recreate different sensations of softness for haptic interfaces
What factors affect how human touch perceives softness, like the feel of pressing your fingertip against a marshmallow, a piece
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Simple blood test unmasks concussions absent on CT scans: Pinprick to measure brain protein offers speedy diagnosis, minus radiation exposure
Many patients with concussion have normal CT scans and are discharged from the hospital without follow-up. But a blood test
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Highest-resolution human brain ‘parts list’ to date lays road map to better treatments: Crucial differences discovered in human and mouse brain cells could explain why many drugs that work in the lab don’t work in us
A new study from the Allen Institute for Brain Science has written the most detailed “parts list” of the human
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Pores for thought: Ion channel study beckons first whole-brain simulation: Blue Brain Project’s ‘Channelpedia’ is open to brain modellers and pharmacologists everywhere
Pores at the surface of neurons and muscle cells control your every thought, movement; the very beating of your heart.
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Adding MS drug to targeted cancer therapy may improve glioblastoma outcomes
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer that infiltrates surrounding brain tissue, making it extremely difficult to treat with
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Researchers grow active mini-brain-networks
Cerebral organoids are artificially grown, 3D tissue cultures that resemble the human brain. Now, researchers from Japan report functional neural
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How the brain changes when mastering a new skill: Research reveals new neural activity patterns that emerge with long-term learning
Mastering a new skill — whether a sport, an instrument, or a craft — takes time and training. While it
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Seeing disfigured faces prompts negative brain and behavior responses: Brain imaging study finds negative implicit biases against individuals with scars, birthmarks and other facial differences
People with attractive faces are often seen as more trustworthy, socially competent, better adjusted, and more capable in school and
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