Archive for the ‘neuroscience’ category: Page 820
May 9, 2018
Neuroscientists Strongly Recommend That You Visit The Beach Regularly. Here’s Why
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: neuroscience, space
We all know that spending time outdoors is good for you on both a physical and mental level, but the benefits of spending time specifically at the beach have just been revealed.
That incredible feeling of peace and calmness that you experience at the beach is now being referred to as “blue space.” That’s what scientists have dubbed the effect that the combination of soothing smells and sounds of water have on your brain. The blue space is enough to make you feel at ease in a hypnotic sort of way.
When you notice how relaxed you feel at the beach, it’s not just all in your head. Science says that it’s a change in the way your brain reacts to its environment leaving you feeling happy, relaxed and reenergized.
May 8, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Parents Are Hard To Raise Podcast — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, biotech/medical, DNA, futurism, health, life extension, neuroscience, science
Tags: anti-aging, bioquark, biotech, eldercare, health, healthspan, immortality, lifespan, wellness
May 8, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Evolving Past Alzheimer’s Podcast — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, DNA, health, life extension, neuroscience, science, transhumanism
May 7, 2018
How cholesterol in the brain may accelerate the onset of Alzheimer’s disease
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
A landmark study has revealed that cholesterol in the brain may play a fundamental role in catalyzing the formation of amyloid beta clusters, thought to be a central mechanism leading to the devastating degenerative symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, set out to uncover what causes amyloid beta proteins to cluster into the plaques that slowly accumulate and cause the primary degenerative symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
“The levels of amyloid-beta normally found in the brain are about a thousand times lower than we require to observe it aggregating in the laboratory – so what happens in the brain to make it aggregate?” asks Michele Vendruscolo, lead on the new research.
May 7, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Too Sick And Naked Podcast — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, biotech/medical, DNA, food, genetics, health, life extension, neuroscience, science, transhumanism
Tags: anti-aging, bioquark, biotech, health, healthspan, lifespan, longevity, regeneration
May 7, 2018
A ‘Magic’ Pill That Can Neutralize Traumatic Memories And Fears?
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
There’s a drug that can immediately minimize or even remove the trauma and fear response in human beings.
How propranolol, a drug used for years to combat high blood pressure, can actually change the fear response to PTSD, traumatic stimuli, and triggers.
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May 7, 2018
A 66-Year-Old Woman’s Brain Implant Was Shut Off By a Lightning Strike
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Lightning strikes, MRI machines, and other sources of powerful electrical fields can damage medical devices and cause serious brain injury.
May 7, 2018
Cognitive training, diet, exercise, and vascular management seen to improve cognition even in people with genetic predisposition for dementia (APOE e4)
Posted by Alvaro Fernandez in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, health, neuroscience
Time to end genetic fatalism: Lifestyle matters, even to those with APOE e4 allele. #dementia #alzheimers #apoee4 #lifestyle #genetics
May 7, 2018
Why does the microbiome affect behaviour?
Posted by Manuel Canovas Lechuga in categories: evolution, neuroscience
#microbiome
The microbiota can influence host behaviour through the gut–brain axis. In this Opinion, Johnson and Foster explore the evolution of this relationship and propose that adaptations of competing gut microorganisms may affect behaviour as a by‑product, leading to host dependence.