Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), sometimes referred to as a «pacemaker for the brain,» involves a stimulator device that is implanted under the skin in the chest, with a wire that is wound around the vagus nerve in the neck. It helps prevent seizures by sending regular, mild electrical pulses toContinuar Leyendo
A University of Iowa neuroscience research team has identified a fundamental biochemical mechanism underlying memory storage and has linked this mechanism to cognitive deficits in mouse models of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Iowa City, March 24, 2022.- While working to understand how memories are formed and stored in theContinuar Leyendo
París, March 23, 2022.- With extreme weather events threatening to be more frequent and more severe as the climate crisis takes grip, it’s never been more important to have fast and accurate forecasts. ESA and Eumetsat are working hard to ensure that there will be a constant stream of weatherContinuar Leyendo
A novel system to control protein aggregation in a model of Parkinson’s disease may answer longstanding questions about how the disease begins and spreads, according to a new study published March 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Abid Oueslati of Laval University, Quebec, Canada, and colleagues. Initial resultsContinuar Leyendo
Just one dose of a new nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine was enough to produce an immune response in animals on track with vaccines currently in clinical use. And with minor changes, Northwestern University researchers hope the same vaccine platform could target other infectious diseases. Evanston, March 23, 2022.- In a newContinuar Leyendo
An international team with participation of the University of Bern provides new insights about how the inhabitants of the «oldest city in the world» in Çatalhöyük (Turkey) buried their dead. Their bones were partially painted, excavated several times and reburied. The findings provide insight into the burial rituals of aContinuar Leyendo
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common and best known of the tauopathies, a set of neurodegenerative brain diseases caused by toxic tangles of the protein tau. A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown that targeting astrocytes — an inflammatory cell in theContinuar Leyendo
Children previously infected with COVID-19 develop natural circulating antibodies that last for at least seven months, according to a new study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston. The study was published today in Pediatrics. Houston, March 20, 2022.- Researchers examined data from 218 children across the state of Texas betweenContinuar Leyendo
Nearly 15 years after the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs), the origin of the millisecond-long, deep-space cosmic explosions remains a mystery. Las Vegas, March 20, 2022.- That may soon change, thanks to the work of an international team of scientists — including UNLV astrophysicist Bing Zhang — which trackedContinuar Leyendo
While many people in wealthier countries have been vaccinated against Covid-19, there is still a need for vaccination in much of the world. A new vaccine developed at MIT and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center may aid in those efforts, offering an inexpensive, easy-to-store, and effective alternative to RNA vaccines.Continuar Leyendo
