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Medical Xpress / Learning to identify new objects reshapes parts of the brain, research finds
The wiring and rewiring of the brain never ends. Neural pathways are constantly being reshaped as we interact with the world and learn new things. At York University and MIT's McGovern Institute, scientists are combining ...
Medical Xpress / New mechanism explains how nerve cells form one long output branch
DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an "axon"—a phenomenon that is fundamental to how our brain functions. Contrary to the common view that ...
Medical Xpress / Epigenetic mapping provides deeper insight into leukemia
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Kyoto University in Japan have identified new subgroups of the blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia. The study, published in the journal Nature, shows that changes in the ...
Medical Xpress / The smell of dark chocolate could make a leg workout easier, even on an empty stomach
Could the smell of chocolate wafting through the gym make strength training easier, or at least more pleasant? A new Frontiers in Physiology study found that sniffing dark chocolate with a high cocoa content decreased feelings ...
Medical Xpress / How random sounds played while sleeping impair memory formation
For several years now, sleep research has been focusing intensively on the question of whether targeted auditory stimulation during sleep can improve the consolidation of new memories. A research team in Freiburg led by the ...
Medical Xpress / Both synthetic and organic tampons found to leach hormone-disrupting chemicals, study shows
A study has found some tampons leach low levels of chemicals that disrupt hormones, regardless of whether they are synthetic or organic.
Medical Xpress / Psilocybin therapy shows potential as a treatment for anorexia nervosa in small trial
A small pilot study from the Center for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London indicates that psilocybin—the active ingredient in psychedelic "magic mushrooms"—may have potential as a treatment for anorexia nervosa ...
Medical Xpress / Eight-patient Parkinson's stem cell clinical trial confirms feasibility
A landmark study led by Lund, Sweden, has shown that transplanting stem cell-derived dopamine progenitor cells into the brain is feasible. Eight patients were transplanted in the first clinical trial, and no serious side ...
Medical Xpress / New treatment helps achieve a healthier BMI in people with weight dysregulation after brain tumors
A new therapy helps achieve a healthier BMI in people whose weight has become dysregulated following treatment for a brain tumor, a clinical trial has found. The results of the trial have been published in the New England ...
Medical Xpress / Data highlight progress toward personalized stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease
Interim clinical findings from the first Phase I/IIa trial using autologous-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived dopamine neuron precursor cells, along with the novel quality-control tools developed to manufacture ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover hormone link between gut and brain in anorexia nervosa
People with anorexia nervosa have unusually high levels of a hormone called LEAP2 in their blood when they are in the acute phase of the disorder, according to research presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers expand plasmonic liquid biopsy platform to early-stage colorectal cancer
A research team led by Minyoung Lee and Sunggyu Park of The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) Bio & Health Materials Research Division has developed a plasmonic-based liquid biopsy platform capable of ultrasensitive ...
