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Neurophilosophy · 2h ago

The brain's emergency response call

How the brain's emergency workers respond to distress calls from dying neuronsThe film clip shows shows microglial cells (labelled green) migrating towards injured neurons in the embryonic zebrafish brain. Microglia are immune cells that act as the brain's emergency workers - they constantly patrol
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Neurophilosophy · 4d ago

Action on Stroke Month | Mo Costandi | Neurophilosophy blog

This month saw the launch of the UK's first Action on Stroke Month, an annual event organized by the Stroke AssociationEarlier this month, the Stroke Association launched the U.K.'s first Action on Stroke Month, an annual campaign that aims "to increase awareness of the impact of stroke and reach ou
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Neurophilosophy · 4d ago

Stroke: Everything you need to know – infographics

Stroke is a major cause of death and disability in the UK and across the world. What is stroke, how many people does it kill and how are mortality rates changing?
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Neurophilosophy · 1W ago

Phineas Gage's connectome | Mo Costandi | Neurophilosophy blog

Modern technology provides a fresh perspective on the most famous case study in the history of neuroscienceAnyone who has studied psychology or neuroscience will be familiar with the incredible case of Phineas Gage, the railroad worker who had a metre-long iron rod propelled straight through his hea
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Neurophilosophy · 1W ago

Gene variant enhances memory and increases risk of PTSD | Mo Costandi | Neurophilosophy blog

The downside to having a good memoryA genetic variant associated with an enhanced capacity for emotional memories is also linked to increased susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to new research published yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The
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Neurophilosophy · 2W ago

Bipedalism, birth and brain evolution | Mo Costandi

CT scans of an Australopithecine skull provide clues to the forces that shaped human brain evolutionOne of the things that makes our species unique is our exceptionally large brain relative to body size. Brain size more than tripled during the course of human evolution, and this size increase was ac
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Neurophilosophy · 3W ago

Zombie-ant parasitic fungus kept in check by hyperparasitic fungus

Ant colonies are protected against brain-manipulating parasitic fungi by another fungusThe modus operandi of the Cordyceps fungi is the stuff of nightmares. These parasites grow inside their insect hosts by feeding off the non-vital organs, and manipulate the hosts' behaviour so that they can reprod
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Neurophilosophy · 4W ago

Magnetosensitive GPS cells in the pigeon brain | Mo Costandi | Neurophilosophy blog

Researchers have identified a component of pigeons' magnetic compass"With what sense does the tame pigeon measure out the expanse?" wondered William Blake. That sense is magnetoreception, and it is the most enigmatic of all the senses. We know that pigeons and many other animals rely on the Earth's
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Neurophilosophy · 1M ago

Manipulating memory to treat addiction | Mo Costandi | Neurophilosophy blog

A behavioural procedure that alters memory effectively prevents the cravings of heroin addictsA study published today in the journal Science describes a simple behavioural procedure that reduces heroin addicts' cravings and could also prevent them from relapsing after they've kicked the habit. As I
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Neurophilosophy · 1M ago

Light brings back bad memories | Mo Costandi

MIT researchers identify, label and manipulate the neuronal network encoding a memoryMemory is one of the enduring mysteries of neuroscience. How does the brain form a memory, store it, and then retrieve it later on? After a century of research, some answers began to emerge. It is now widely believe
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