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Jun 16, 2016
New neck collar may protect players from brain injuries
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Wearing a specifically designed compression collar around the neck may prevent or reduce the devastating effects of head collisions in sports, two new studies have found.
The neck device, called a Q-Collar, is designed to press gently on the jugular vein to slow blood outflow increasing the brain’s blood volume, according to researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre in the US.
The resulting effect of the increased blood volume helps the brain fit tighter within the skull cavity, reducing the energy absorbed by the brain during collisions, researchers said.
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Jun 16, 2016
Novel Brain Cancer Treatment Taps Into Sound Waves
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, health, neuroscience
WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Brain cancer patients might benefit from an implantable ultrasound device that appears to enhance chemotherapy treatment, a small study says.
Researchers from the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris and other French institutions tested the experimental device on 15 patients with recurrent glioblastoma, a particularly deadly brain cancer. When the so-called SonoCloud was activated, sound waves opened the blood-brain barrier, letting in more chemotherapy, they said.
“The walls of the blood vessels in the brain are very difficult to cross for certain molecules,” said Frederic Sottilini, CEO of Paris-based CarThera, the company developing SonoCloud.
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Jun 15, 2016
Mobilizing mitochondria to regenerate damaged neurons
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: biotech/medical, health, neuroscience
Boosting the transport of mitochondria (cell energy suppliers) along neuronal axons enhances the ability of mouse nerve cells to repair themselves and regrow after injury or disease, researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke report in The Journal of Cell Biology.
Neurons need large amounts of energy to extend their axons long distances through the body. This energy — in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) — is provided by mitochondria.
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Jun 15, 2016
Neurons that interpret vision can swap eyes, switch back
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: neuroscience
Jun 15, 2016
Android Creator Andy Rubin Bets Big On Quantum Computing And Smartphone AI
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, engineering, mobile phones, neuroscience, quantum physics, robotics/AI
Smart man.
Android creator Andy Rubin has several tricks up his sleeve. Rubin’s company Playground is currently tinkering with quantum computing and smartphone AI, and he believes that this combination could create a conscious intelligence that would underpin all of technology.
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Jun 14, 2016
Brain computers are revolutionizing paralysis
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, computing, neuroscience
BCI technologies are becoming powerful enough to change the way doctors think about paralysis and more.
Jun 13, 2016
Using tech to unlock mental health in China: KaJin Health
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, government, health, neuroscience
Now this is going to be very interesting. We will learn a lot about self control, stress, and how cultural condition definitely applies to how people handles different forms and types of stress. Cannot wait to see the results of this study. And, with the government taking these first steps may actually show hope.
China’s mental health record is tarred by social stigma and a lack of resources. While public initiatives are now seeking to rectify the issue, the country’s active startup ecosystem is also competing to fill the gaps.
According to a study published in 2011, a staggering 91.8 per cent of Chinese people with a mental health diagnosis never seek help. Part of that has to do with the shortage of trained mental health professionals in China, as well as the country’s psychiatrist-to-patient ratio, which is as low as 1.24 per 100,000 patients, compared to the global average of 4.15 per 100,000.
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Jun 13, 2016
Mom’s stress may put kids at risk for autism
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: neuroscience
Stress during pregnancy may raise the risk for having a child with autism for women who have an altered gene.
Jun 13, 2016
Genes, brain structure influence second language learning: study
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: genetics, neuroscience
Very insightful for my deep mind/ neuro mapping friends.
If you have trouble learning a new language as an adult, maybe you can blame your genes and brain structure, a U.S. study suggested Monday.
The study by researchers at the University of Washington showed that genetic variations of the so-called COMT gene and a measure of the strength of the brain’s communications network — known as “white matter”— jointly accounted for 46 percent of the reason for why some college students performed better than others in the second language class.
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