Dr Greg Elder, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Associate Director of Northumbria Sleep Research explores why a good night's sleep…
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MR-guided focused ultrasound can safely deliver antibody therapy to Her2-positive brain metastases
In a first-in-world clinical trial, researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, have demonstrated that magnetic resonance (MR)-guided…
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Revival of the cell and gene therapy field opens new avenues for repairing the Parkinsonian brain
After several decades of pre-clinical development, cell- and gene-based therapies for Parkinson's disease (PD) are now actively being explored. In…
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Light exposure during pregnancy may be linked to fetal brain development
There may be a link between exposure to light during pregnancy and fetal brain development. New findings by researchers at…
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Researchers examine the persistent effects of COVID-19 on vascular function of young adults
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have examined the persistent effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the vascular function of otherwise healthy…
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Research provides fundamental insight into motor planning under uncertainty
In baseball, a pitch can take as little as 400 milliseconds to reach the plate. With a typical reaction time…
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Ultrasound-based technology for measuring brain pressure could replace surgery
A new invention may be on the verge of replacing a costly cranial surgical procedure currently being performed on some…
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Brain refreshing takes place during the dream-active phase of sleep
Scientists have long wondered why almost all animals sleep, despite the disadvantages to survival of being unconscious. Now, researchers led…
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TU Dresden scientists develop implantable AI platform for real-time biosignal classification
Artificial intelligence (AI) will fundamentally change medicine and healthcare: Diagnostic patient data, e.g. from ECG, EEG or X-ray images, can…
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Understanding new resting phase of stem cells could help put glioma tumors to sleep
Christopher Plaisier, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University,…
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