Aussie surfer Owen Wright edges closer to the sport’s first Olympic gold medal – five years after a brutal wipeout on a 15-foot wave left him with brain bleeding and unable to WALK Australian surfer Owen Wright on cusp of claiming first ever Olympics gold The 31-year-old suffered traumatic brain injury wiping out on 15-foot … Read more
Age-related memory loss is reversed in mice by increasing the plasticity of the brain which decreases over time in breakthrough that could also help humans Scientists manipulated compounds in mice brains by reconstructing compounds that play a role in forming and recognizing connections The team tested this on 20-month old mice that showed memory loss … Read more
My menopause ‘brain fog’ memory loss, by Changing Rooms star Anna Richardson The Changing Rooms star said menopause lapses caused her to reshoot scenes The TV host will appear on Channel 4, Can I Improve My Memory? this Thursday Research is currently under way into links between menopause and dementia By Katie Hind Showbusiness Editor For … Read more
Scientists have found a way to control the human brain using a protein lurking inside a creature known as ‘vampire fish’ that has lived on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. US scientists used a protein from a lamprey, which is an ancient lineage of jawless fish similar to eel, to turn off brain circuits … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-AFL WAG is rushed to hospital after her chronic brain condition ‘flares up’ amid the stress of her marriage breakdown with footy star husband – as she prepares to write a tell-all book about their shock split By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:35 BST, 14 April 2021 | Updated: 05:35 BST, … Read more
As research involving transplanting lab-grown human ‘mini-brains’ into animals to study neurological diseases continues to expand, experts warn the work with these brain organoids could result in a ‘Planet of the Apes’ scenario. The concern is animals could develop humanized traits and behave similar to the intelligent apes of the popular science fiction story. The … Read more
Modern human brains are ‘relatively young’ and only evolved as far back as 1.7 million years ago after the earliest humans first dispersed from Africa, a new study claims. Researchers used computed tomography to examine the skulls of Homo fossils that lived in Africa and Asia between 1 million and 2 million years ago. They … Read more
Q I’ve always been good at multi-tasking, but recently I’ve been finding it hard to think straight — I turned on the washing machine without laundry in it, and I’ve found my car keys in the fridge more than once. I’m 65, and I had this brain fog during the menopause but it seems to … Read more
A brisk walk around the block several times a week could do wonders to preserve a healthier mind – as well as body – as you age, a new study suggests. In a year-long study conducted by University of Texas, Southwestern, researchers found that middle aged and older Americans scored higher on cognitive tests and … Read more
How ‘harsh parenting’ can affect your child’s BRAIN: Repeatedly getting angry, hitting or shouting at children is linked with smaller brain structures in adolescence, study warns Scientists analysed parenting practices and took brain scans of kids aged 2-9 Those subject to ‘harsh parenting’ had smaller amygdala and prefrontal cortexes These brain structures play a key … Read more