“Why must every generation of humans spend their entire lives learning what the last generation already knew? Why can’t we reach the brain through the ears? The lives we could save, the years we could get back, the progress we […]
Like the link above, this is also about organoids. A bit farther ‘out there’, these researchers want to turn the lumps of brain cells into fast and efficient computers. Given the revolution happening in artificial intelligence on silicon, this could […]
“The rhythm of respiration influences a wide range of behaviors, as well as cognition and emotion. Neuroscientists are piecing together how it all works.” ~ learn more
“For people who have lost their sense of smell, a neuroprosthetic could replace biology with technology. An e-nose sensor would detect odors, a processor would send signals to an implanted receiver, and an implanted electrode array would stimulate the olfactory […]
“In the fifth decade of life, our brains start to undergo a radical “rewiring” that results in diverse networks becoming more integrated and connected over the ensuing decades, with accompanying effects on cognition.“ | learn more
“A significant implication of the new findings is that much of what we know about how brains and neurons work may have been learned from brains that researchers unwittingly put into low-power mode. It is extremely common to restrict the […]
I plan to do a multi-day fast soon. Please reach out with any tips! “Intermittent Fasting or Caloric restriction unleashes a complicated set of useful cellular reactions… There are currently hundreds of clinical trials looking at the Fasting/Caloric restriction. Throughout […]
“Now, scientists at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University have developed the first non-invasive technique for controlling targeted brain circuits in behaving animals from a distance.” | learn more
“Brain stimulation is booming… This expanding field of research is slowly revealing truths of the brain: how it works, how it malfunctions, and how electrical impulses, precisely targeted and controlled, might be used to treat psychiatric and neurological disorders.” | learn more
“The international team, led by the University of Cambridge, found that instead of starting from a single point in the brain and initiating a chain reaction that leads to the death of brain cells, Alzheimer’s disease reaches different regions of […]