Italian researchers have discovered that lithium, a drug commonly used to treat mood disorders and bipolar disorder, is able to stimulate the formation of new neurons or neurogenesis in the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with learning and learning. memory. Lithium also significantly improved the performance of Down syndrome mice on contextual learning, spatial memory, and object distinction tasks.
According to a study by the World Health Organization published this year, the number of children born before term is around 15 million and continues to increase. In Spain the rate of premature births already exceeds 7 percent of births. The age of the mother, the use of fertility treatments or stress in the last months of pregnancy are some factors that appear to be related to the increase in prematurity at birth.
When two guitarists play together, their brains are perfectly coordinated, and as a result of this perfect synchronization, beautiful pieces of music are obtained. A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Berlin) has decided to investigate the brains of musicians and analyze their activity when they form duets. The results reveal many similarities in the electric wave dance that occurs in the heads of these artists when they coordinate to play, and these similarities hold even when the musicians perform different voices from the piece.
After working with 86 unique odorous molecules in various aromatic mixtures, neurobiologists at the Weizmann Institute of Sciences in Israel have succeeded in obtaining a neutral odor, that is, one that the human nose values as "neither pleasant nor unpleasant".
According to a study carried out in the United Kingdom on 8,000 adults, it takes four years of regular smoking to deteriorate memory, brain capacity to plan and dexterity for any cognitive task. If you also suffer from hypertension and obesity, memory impairment increases, as the authors conclude in the journal 'Age and Aging'.
Who has not ever enjoyed playing Pac-Man, breaking records in Tetris or annihilating zombies in Resident Evil? Statistics tell us that a good part of us have done it or do it today. And it is estimated that in Spain there are about nine million regular players. Up to 70% of players, according to the GFK-Emer study, dedicate between 1 and 4 hours a week to this activity, which has recently acquired great cultural, social and commercial value.
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.
