The connections of the adult brain are difficult to modify, unlike what happens with the brain of the smallest, whose experiences are shaping and modifying their brain connections while it is developing. But is it possible to rejuvenate an adult brain and make it as flexible as when it is young? That is what a team of researchers from the University of California at Irvine (USA) have just achieved, as reported in the journal Neuron.
How does our brain work to keep the objects we see stable, even with our eyes moving? This was the starting point of the study carried out by a team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Shiley Eye Institute (USA).
Fibromyalgia is a generalized chronic pain syndrome that is accompanied by other types of physical symptoms (such as intense fatigue or morning stiffness), emotional (depression, anxiety) and cognitive (disturbances in complex attention, memory and executive functions ).
Adolescence is not only a crucial period in terms of cognitive, emotional and social maturation, but it coincides with the awakening of alcohol consumption for many of them and, frequently, this consumption tends to start strongly without taking into account the long-term consequences term.
Vomiting, a phenomenon also known as emesis, is controlled by an area located in the medulla oblongata, at the base of the brain, which is also known as the vomiting center.
A new study carried out by a team of scientists at New York University Langone Medical Center (USA) suggests that loud snoring and sleep apnea can affect the brain, causing impaired memory and thinking at an early age. The work has been published in the journal Neurology.
Vitamins E, a group of fat-soluble vitamins that help prevent oxidative stress in the body and as well as other vitamins within our body, and that contain foods such as peanuts, broccoli, tomatoes, asparagus, kiwis or pumpkin, have turned out to be crucial for neuronal health, according to the conclusions of the latest study carried out by Oregon State University (USA) and published in The Journal of Lipid Research.
We all know someone who has an amazing ability to learn a new skill in a matter of minutes; however, others need more time. Why does this happen? A team of scientists from the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Pennsylvania and the Johns Hopkins University (USA) conducted an experiment to find the answer to this question. Their results have revealed what happens in our brain during the learning process.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
