Archive for Neuroscience
The neuro-implants to “fix” the spinal cord injury
Italian researchers have presented yesterday (25 January), a new type of prosthesis can cure chronic spinal cord injury. The micro-implants (or neuro-prostheses) in question is of biological nature, created thanks to modern techniques for nano technology. The research team was coordinated by Dr. Fabrizio Gelain, researcher at the Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of [...]
Role of extracellular matrix in the transfer of nerve impulses in the CNS
New perspectives in the research of new drug against the most serious neurological disorders and neurodegenerative. The Department of Neuroscience and neurotechnologies the Italian Institute of Technology has written an important study published in Trends in Neurosciences (TINS), the most authoritative international journals update on Neuroscience, “compartmentalization from the outside: the extracellular matrix and functional [...]
Scientists clarify the nature of memory problems in dementia
A team of scientists has discovered that a memory rather than a partial memory loss is liable to cause mental confusion in patients with dementia. An international team of scientists has discovered that a memory rather than a partial memory loss is liable to cause mental confusion in patients with dementia. Presented in the journal [...]
Stem cells to combat multiple sclerosis
From a British study has shown that stem cells can repair the damage done to the myelin and cause the onset of multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a serious disease caused by damage to myelin, a substance that surrounds the brain and nerves and spinal cord that modulates the messages transmitted from the brain to [...]
Developed a revolutionary neural probe
Researchers in Europe have developed a new neural probe that allows recording and electrical and chemical stimulation of single neurons in the brain. Researchers in Europe have developed a new neural probe that allows recording and electrical and chemical stimulation of single neurons in the brain. They claim that this technology has tremendous potential and [...]
Cloning: no restrictions on nuclear transfer
“The no to human cloning should not lead to legislative restrictions on the use of the technique of nuclear transfer of somatic nuclei, and that ‘the basis of cloning. E’ of these opportunities’, and not banning them, we must discuss” : it was said Carlo Alberto Redi, owner of the course of stem cell biology [...]
Identify the brain areas activated by guilt
It has long been known that the primary emotions – like anger, sadness, joy and fear – are associated with activation of specific brain regions. The more complex emotions such as social emotions, especially typical of the human race, have been so far hardly been investigated with scientific methods. Among these is the social emotions [...]
