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New method for interpreting brain activity data more accurate than conventional techniques
Skoltech researchers have proposed a method for interpreting brain activity data that proved to be up to five times more
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Could the path to better brain health involve better mouth care?
Fresh breath, a pretty smile and healthy teeth and gums—they’re the reasons you brush your teeth each day and see
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Brain monitoring suggests common link between electrical tremors and mental health disorders
A new review of current literature, conducted by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London,
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Certain brain rhythms coordinate cognitive map in human spatial navigation
Chinese researchers have reported that slow rhythmic fluctuations in brain activity—theta oscillations in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)–entorhinal cortex (EC)
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Electrical brain stimulation used to treat stroke patients with aphasia
Researchers in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) are testing a cutting-edge method of electrical brain stimulation to
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Brain’s locus coeruleus may be a sophisticated regulator of learning and behavior
Small and seemingly specialized, the brain's locus coeruleus (LC) region has been stereotyped for its outsized export of the arousal-stimulating
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How SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain
People infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have reported several neurological manifestations ranging from headaches to brain
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Damage to children’s education — and their health — could last a lifetime
Before the pandemic, 16-year-old Na'ryen Cayou had everything he needed. He had his own room. A partial scholarship to a
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COVID linked to loss of brain tissue: but correlation doesnt prove causation
Early in the pandemic, it became clear that COVID-19 wasn’t just a disease of the lungs. The heart, kidneys and
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