Hypothalamic deep brain stimulation augments walking after spinal cord injury(nature.com)

51 points by Jimmc414 1 year ago | 7 comments

MDMA therapy for PTSD rejected by FDA panel(nature.com)

5 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 1 comments

Mouse experiments reveal the brain-heart connections that cause fainting(nature.com)

113 points by birriel 3 years ago | 40 comments

Penguin survives on 4-second microsleeps – times a day(nature.com)

50 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 21 comments

Mucins keep the brain safe and could guard against ageing(nature.com)

150 points by walterbell 1 year ago | 48 comments

Neuroscientists must not be afraid to study religion(nature.com)

17 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 9 comments

Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds(monash.edu)

418 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 381 comments

Monash University news article reporting a study finding that each 1% yearly loss of deep sleep in people over 60 is linked to a 27% higher dementia risk.

Brain waves appear to wash out waste during sleep in mice(jamanetwork.com)

337 points by hdevarajan 2 years ago | 207 comments

A JAMA Medical News in Brief item reporting that brain waves during sleep appear to help flush waste from the brain in mice.

Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain(news.mit.edu)

525 points by gmays 1 year ago | 254 comments

MIT News article on research showing attention lapses during sleep deprivation coincide with fluid flushing from the brain, a process normally occurring during sleep.

Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage(scitechdaily.com)

750 points by beefman 2 years ago | 401 comments

SciTechDaily article reporting Mass Eye and Ear research linking tinnitus to hidden auditory nerve damage undetected by standard hearing tests.

Sleep on it: How the brain processes many experiences, even when 'offline'(news.yale.edu)

396 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 129 comments

Yale News article on a study showing how the brain replays and bundles waking experiences during sleep.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.