Imagine that you’re supposed to meet colleagues for dinner, only you can’t remember what their faces look like. For some,
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Scientists solve the case of the missing subplate, with wide implications for brain science
The disappearance of an entire brain region should be cause for concern. Yet, for decades scientists have calmly maintained that
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‘Antifreeze’ molecules may stop and reverse damage from brain injuries: Role of N-acetylaspartate, a molecule that controls Amyloid build-up
The key to better treatments for brain injuries and disease may lie in the molecules charged with preventing the clumping
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Face transplantation: An established option to improve quality of life in patients with severe facial trauma
Thirteen years after the first successful face transplant, US trauma surgeons should be aware of the current role of facial
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It’s all in your head: Brain protein targeted for alcoholism cure
A protein in the brain that binds to alcohol could be the key to curing alcoholism, reports UH College of
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Brain simulation reveals benefits of emergency cooling treatment
Fresh insight into how the brain responds to medically induced cooling could inform treatments for head injuries and conditions such
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Artificial Intelligence improves stroke and dementia diagnosis in most common brain scan
Machine learning has detected one of the commonest causes of dementia and stroke, in the most widely used form of
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Stroke prevention drug combo shows promise, study says
If you’ve had a minor stroke or a transient ischemic stroke (TIA), taking the clot-preventing drug clopidogrel along with aspirin
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Neuroinflammation seen in spinal cord, nerve roots of patients with chronic sciatica: Location of inflammation may determine which patients are successfully treated with steroid injections
A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found, for the first time in humans, that patients with chronic
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Novel techniques for three-dimensional visualization of microscopic structures in the human brain
A team of scientists from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and
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