Study shows mind wandering is associated with specific kind of brain activity linked to memory and sleep Part of what makes us human is our ability to think about people, places, or events that aren't currently present—but we still don't know exactly how our brains do this. Now, researchers from Osaka University have identified a specific kind of brain activity linked with these kinds of thoughts, such as when we daydream or let our minds wander.
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Mimicking infection in pregnant mice provokes persistent changes in juvenile brains: Study IDs the cells responsible No parent wants to risk their child having a serious infection, least of all while still in the womb. However, the immune response to a viral infection during pregnancy could also affect the development of the unborn offspring.
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Brain implant in conjunction with AI app allows nearly mute man to speak in two languages A team of neurosurgeons and AI specialists at the University of California, San Francisco, has found some success in restoring speech to a patient who lost the ability after a stroke.
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Sweet move: A modified sugar enhances antisense oligonucleotide safety and efficacy for treating CNS disease Researchers have found that a newly developed modified sugar increases the efficacy and safety of antisense oligonucleotides designed to treat central nervous system disease.
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Study investigates acute pseudoaneurysms following head gunshot wounds A new study in the Journal of Neurotrauma contends that a significant fraction of traumatic intracranial aneurysms (TICAs) is missed on initial contrasted scans of patients suffering a civilian gunshot wound to the head (cGSWH). The study was designed to characterize acute TICAs using admission CT angiography (aCTA).
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