February 3, 2012 – 3:31 am
Dementia type tauopathies, including Alzheimer’s disease are accompanied by an accumulation of abnormal form of tau protein in the brain. By interacting with the filaments called microtubules, this protein plays an important role in non-pathological conditions as it helps the neurons to function correctly. The French team of Etienne-Emile Baulieu recently demonstrated that another protein [...]
New tip to understand how attention skills work
November 10, 2011 – 10:57 am
As surprising as it could be, some of our brain cells have to be deactivated in order to become concentrated in a more efficient way! This observation was made by a team of French neuroscientists who studied different neuron networks. This study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, demonstrated that the default-mode network seems to [...]
February 10, 2011 – 6:08 am
According to a recent study published in the journal Science, using memory retrieval as a learning technique may be an excellent method to improve meaningful science learning.
Have you ever been curious why some people are able to keep their memory sharp without much effort, where the rest of us have to do all we can to ensure that we keep our cognitive abilities from declining? A new study presented by Changiz Geula, PhD, (principal investigator of the Northwestern University Super Aging [...]
By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Alzheimers, Cognitive Neuroscience, neural connections | Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Brain health, Brain Research, brain science, brain tangles, cognitive improvement, memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, Tau Protiens |
More Brain Facts
August 11, 2009 – 5:35 pm
You may find this primer about brain development and functioning, created by the Society of Neuroscience quite interesting. They are a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system and whose mission it to research and educate. The primer is called Brain Facts. It’s written with a non-medical audience in [...]
By Dr. Michel Noir | Also posted in Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain Decline, Brain health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health & Wellness, Mind/Body | Tagged Add new tag, Brain Research, brain science, brain strength, Brain Training, memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, neural pathways |
Now, according to a study published on April 3 in the journal Science, researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health found more evidence that sleep resets the brain to allow more growth and learning the next day. Read about their fascinating research here. So get a good night’s sleep – your [...]
By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Brain Decline, Brain exercises, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain health, Brain Research, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, Lifelong learning, Mental Health, neural connections, plasticity | Tagged Add new tag, Brain health, Brain Research, neural connections, plasticity, sleep |
Splitwords Puzzle Answer
October 31, 2008 – 5:25 pm
The 15 Fruits & Vegetables from yesterday’s Splitwords puzzle are these: beetroot – carrot – grape – kiwi – kumquat – lemon – mango – melon – mulberry – parsley – pepper – pumpkin – raspberry – rhubarb – spinach Did you get them all?
As you may have seen, this week we announced a relationship with the French National Research Center and the Pierre & Marie Curie University (UPMC) at La Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital in Paris. The research program aims to measure the positive effects of HAPPYneuron‘s products on the cognitive rehabilitation of patients suffering from depression and Alzheimer’s disease. [...]
Is Depression Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease?
According to the Alzheimer’s Association as many as 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time, and it is fatal. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in [...]
Brain Cells Work Together
A group of researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland have found that when brain cells in the hippocampus communicate with each other, the signal that travels from an axon to a dendritic spine simultaneously stimulates multiple other spines in the same neighborhood. This multiple transmission of information may help us learn and [...]