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Tumors called high-grade gliomas wire themselves into the healthy brain, receiving and interpreting electrical signals from normal neurons, a Stanford study has found.
Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Stanford University | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | The Johns Hopkins University | University of MichiganJohns Hopkins neuroscientists have found that the psychedelic drug MDMA reopens a kind of window, called a “critical period,” when the brain is sensitive to learning the reward value of social behaviors.
University Research | Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | The Johns Hopkins UniversityAging adults who report being very sleepy during the day were nearly three times more likely to have brain deposits of beta amyloid, a protein that's a hallmark for Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent report.
Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Alzheimers | The Johns Hopkins UniversityIn a proof-of-principle study, a team of physicians and bioinformatics experts at Johns Hopkins reports they were able to diagnose or rule out suspected brain infections using so called next-generation genetic sequencing of brain tissue samples.
Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Brain Injury | The Johns Hopkins UniversityA new study supports the idea that high doses of cocaine can cause brain cells to cannibalize themselves—but researchers have also identified an experimental compound that could be a possible antidote, able to prevent the damage.
Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Addiction | The Johns Hopkins University