FeaturedNeuroscience BusinessNeuroscience VideosPsychology·June 24, 2013·4 min read‘Out-of-Body’ Virtual Experience Could Help Social AnxietyAccording to researchers, new virtual imaging technology could be used to help people recover from social anxiety.Read More
EventsFeaturedNeuroscience Business·September 20, 2013·1 min read“The Brain That Changes Itself” Author Norman Doidge to Present Webinar Based on Best Selling BookOn Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern), Scientific Learning Corp. will present a free, online seminar by Norman Doidge, M.D., author of the New York Times and international bestseller, "The Brain That Changes Itself."Read More
NeurologyNeuroscience Business·July 19, 2012·2 min readAnti-Tau Drug Improves Cognition, Decreases Tau Tangles in Alzheimer’s Disease ModelsPenn Medicine research presented today at the 2012 Alzheimer's Association International Conference shows that an anti-tau treatment called epithilone D (EpoD) was effective in preventing and intervening the progress of Alzheimer's disease in animal models, improving neuron function and cognition, as well as decreasing tau pathology.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience BusinessPsychology·July 18, 2013·5 min readBiochemical Mapping Helps Explain Who Will Respond to AntidepressantsResearchers suggest serotonin metabolism in the pineal gland could play a role in the underlying cause of depression. The findings were based on biochemical changes which were seen to be in association with improvements in depression.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience Business·July 12, 2012·1 min readBiologically Inspired Threat Monitoring System for Autonomous Vehicles DevelopedRoke Manor Research Ltd has developed the world's first threat monitoring system for autonomous vehicles that emulates a mammal's conditioned fear-response mechanism.Read More
NeuroscienceNeuroscience Business·May 26, 2020·4 min readBIOS Health expands collaboration in Canada with $800K initiative on groundbreaking neural biomarker researchBIOS health is partnering with Canadian universities to develop an artificial intelligence closed-loop neuromodulation system for chronic cardiac conditions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceNeuroscience Business·May 6, 2016·2 min readBiotech Companies Given Green Light to Attempt to Regenerate Brains of the DeadCORDIS reports two US based biotech companies have been granted ethical permission to attempt to regenerate the brains of people declared clinically dead from TBI.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceNeuroscience Business·June 23, 2021·3 min readCedars-Sinai Awarded $11.99 Million for ALS Clinical TrialCedars-Sinai has been awarded $11.99 million by California's stem cell agency to launch a clinical trial testing a potential gene and stem cell therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).Read More
NeurologyNeuroscienceNeuroscience Business·November 4, 2017·7 min readCortice Biosciences Announces Presentation of Results from Placebo-Controlled Phase 1 Clinical Trials Evaluating TPI 287 for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related TauopathiesCortice Biosciences announced today results from placebo-controlled, double-blinded Phase 1 studies evaluating TPI 287, a brain penetrable microtubule stabilizing agent, for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal syndrome (CBS).Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience BusinessVisual Neuroscience·July 5, 2015·2 min readDetecting Eye Diseases With Help of a SmartphoneResearchers have developed software for smartphones that can detect eye diseases, such as diabetic macular edema.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience Business·July 17, 2012·3 min readExperimental Drug May Extend Therapeutic Window for StrokeAn experimental drug that reduces brain damage and improves motor skills among stroke-afflicted rodents when given with federally approved clot-busting therapy has been created.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience BusinessPsychology·September 19, 2013·4 min readFinancial Boom and Bust Drivers, All in the Mind?Biological mechanisms in the brains of traders lead them to predict how others will behave, resulting in stock marketing bubbles crashing; a new study suggests.Read More