BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team look at motor neurone disease and if there is a link with the disease and athletes.
A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...
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Brain-computer interfaces have enabled people with paralysis to move a computer cursor with their mind and reanimate their ...
ā€œIt’s possible that the mice weren’t seeing them,ā€ admits Shin, ā€œbecause the technique has involved a relatively small number of neurons, for technical limitations. But in the future, one could expand ...
The human brain shrinks as it ages, affecting the ability to remember — it’s part of life. Yet there are a lucky few, called ā€œSuperAgers,ā€ who possess a brain that fights back. For these people, ...
Not all brain cells are found in the brain. For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion.