The daughter of Instagram influencer, Ashley Stock, has passed away, just days after her third birthday. Stevie Lynn Stock, three, was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor back in April, which has a 0% survival rate. Ashley brought her to the hospital after noticing her ‘rapidly declining motor function.’ The 35-year-old mom-of-three, shared the devastating … Read more
Revealed: How coronavirus changed the BRAIN of a 25-year-old patient who lost her sense of smell – but hardly showed any other signs of infection Loss of smell is not recognized as one of the common symptoms of coronavirus An Italian radiographer, 25, developed a cough for one day, and completely lost her sense of … Read more
The formation and retrieval of memories in the brain is a phenomenon which is scarcely understood, principally due to the complexity of the human mind. However, scientists now think they know how humans learn and store these moments in their memory bank. According to a team of researchers from the University of Birmingham, it is … Read more
Stress lives in the hippocampus region of the human brain which is also responsible for motivation, emotion and memory, study shows Scientists from Yale exposed 30 volunteers to evocative images to cause stress They tracked stress levels and where it came from in the brain using MRI scans Found it stems from the hippocampus and … Read more
A new antibody, that spots the toxic particles that destroy healthy brain cells in dementia patients, could be used to diagnose and monitor the disease. Researchers from Cambridge University designed a way to recognise these particles – called amyloid-beta oligomers – which are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s. The creation of the antibody could lead to … Read more
Build-up of a harmful protein in the brain can predict atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease patients at least one year in advance. Previous studies have shown that two tell-tale plaques, amyloid beta and tau, form clumps that smother and destroy neurons. But researchers found that only accumulation of the tau protein was indicative of where damage … Read more
Iranian OPEC governor who fell into a two-week coma after suffering brain haemorrhage dies aged 68 Veteran politician Hossein Kazempour-Ardebili said to have died this morning Iran’s oil ministry announced the 68-year-old’s death in a short statement He was in a coma in a Tehran hospital for two weeks after a brain haemorrhage Fellow ministers paid … Read more
Do you ever go upstairs to look for something, then realise you have no idea why you were going upstairs in the first place? Or what about putting rice on to cook, then leaving the room and only returning when you smell the burning? I find that as I get older I am increasingly doing … Read more
A pioneering solution to blindness bypasses damaged eyes and delivers visual information directly to the brain, allowing people to ‘see’. US researchers have used brain-implanted electrodes that allow blind people to artificially see and record a sequence of letters. The electrodes trace shapes on the visual cortex – the region of the back of the … Read more
Elon Musk has a vision of linking human brains to computers in order to avoid our species from being outpaced by artificial intelligence – and this dream is set to become a reality. Speaking on Joe Rogan’s podcast, the billionaire said his company Neuralink will have a version of its brain implant ready ‘within a … Read more