Peanuts may keep you mentally agile, says study
Nuts have been known to play a crucial role in protecting the heart, fighting cancer, reducing inflammation and slowing the ageing process.
Exercise regularly to boost brain functioning, says study
The researchers reviewed 14 clinical trials, which examined the brain scans of 737 people before and after aerobic exercise programs.
Nov 14, 2017, 19:12 PM IST
This brain chemical is behind all unwanted thoughts
These are all key symptoms of mental illnesses such as PTSD, schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety, says study.
Nov 05, 2017, 14:34 PM IST
Brain's glucose metabolism may change through high-intensity exercise
The findings showed that moderate forms of exercise can lead to a change in the brain's metabolism as well as improve the whole body's insulin sensitivity.
Day-dreaming may not be so bad after all! This is what a study has revealed
In the new research published in the journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, scientists showed that the DMN plays an important role in allowing us to switch to 'autopilot' once we are familiar with a task.
Oct 25, 2017, 20:07 PM IST
Artificial Intelligence could predict what your brain is thinking
This AI method could possibly decode what human brain is seeing, which could eventually lead to new insights into brain function.
Oct 25, 2017, 11:07 AM IST
This exercise can boost brain power
The "dual n-back" is a memory sequence test in which people must remember a constantly updating sequence of visual and auditory stimuli.
Blueberries may improve attention in children, says study
Study finds kids who drink flavonoid-rich blueberry drink have nine percent quicker reaction times on test sans any sacrifice of accuracy.
Oct 16, 2017, 18:55 PM IST
MRI brain scans may help identify MS risk early in children
Having MRI findings of MS without any symptoms of the disease has been termed radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS) and previously had only been seen in adults.
Oct 15, 2017, 18:34 PM IST
Air pollution cuts growth of working memory in kids
The findings of an earlier study had shown that 20 percent of a child's daily dose of black carbon is inhaled during urban commutes.
Oct 08, 2017, 15:07 PM IST
Concussions affect women differently than men, says study
Concussions, also known as minor head trauma or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is the most common type of traumatic brain injury.
Oct 02, 2017, 13:19 PM IST
Playing video games regularly makes one quicker at analysing, learning?
The researchers from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany studied 17 volunteers who played action-based games on the computer or a console for more than 15 hours a week.
Oct 01, 2017, 18:43 PM IST
Number of concussion cases on the rise among US teens, says study
Concussions, also known as minor head trauma or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is the most common type of traumatic brain injury.
Sep 27, 2017, 11:23 AM IST
Child abuse may alter victim's brain wiring: Study
The longer axons of this kind are generally covered by a fatty coating called myelin. Myelin sheaths protect the axons and help them to conduct electrical signals more efficiently.
Sep 26, 2017, 19:13 PM IST
11-year-old brain dead girl gives new lease of life to three patients
The girl's heart, liver and a kidney, were taken through 'green corridor' from here to rain-battered Mumbai and to Pune and Solapur.
Sep 21, 2017, 18:04 PM IST
Drug that may curb drinking impulse identified
Researchers were able to switch off the impulse to drink alcohol by giving mice a drug that blocks a specific response from the immune system in the brain.
Sep 17, 2017, 18:30 PM IST
Brain stimulation through magnetic pulses can help overcome anxiety, phobias
This form of therapy deliberately exposes anxiety patients to the situations they feel threatened by - under the individual psychological supervision of an expert.
Sep 17, 2017, 17:26 PM IST
Excessive brain cell growth post injury may cause seizures
Researchers found that that within a month after experimental brain injury, the number of new brain cells declined dramatically, below the numbers of new neurons that would have been detected if an injury had not occurred in rats.
Sep 16, 2017, 18:23 PM IST
14-month-old brain dead toddler is Gujarat's youngest organ donor
Somnath, who hailed from Mubarakpur village in Siwan district of Bihar, was declared brain dead after he suffered a haemorrhage and multiple skull fractures.
Sep 06, 2017, 15:36 PM IST
Researchers discover source for brain's development – This is what it is
They found that glia, a collection of non-neuronal cells that had long been regarded as passive support cells, in fact are vital to nerve-cell development in the brain.
Sep 02, 2017, 16:35 PM IST