Age-related memory loss is reversed in mice by increasing the plasticity of the brain which decreases over time in breakthrough that could also help humans Scientists manipulated compounds in mice brains by reconstructing compounds that play a role in forming and recognizing connections The team tested this on 20-month old mice that showed memory loss … Read more
My menopause ‘brain fog’ memory loss, by Changing Rooms star Anna Richardson The Changing Rooms star said menopause lapses caused her to reshoot scenes The TV host will appear on Channel 4, Can I Improve My Memory? this Thursday Research is currently under way into links between menopause and dementia By Katie Hind Showbusiness Editor For … Read more
Scientists have found a way to control the human brain using a protein lurking inside a creature known as ‘vampire fish’ that has lived on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. US scientists used a protein from a lamprey, which is an ancient lineage of jawless fish similar to eel, to turn off brain circuits … Read more
A British man could be the first person in the world to be cured of a deadly type of brain cancer by an experimental new therapy. The father-of-two was told he may have only months to live, but a year on, his tumour has disappeared and his recovery has been hailed by doctors as ‘extraordinary’. … Read more
A mother has revealed her heartbreak after her 10-year-old daughter’s toothache turned out to be a rare and aggressive golf ball-sized brain tumour. Lucie Thomson, from Liverpool, was out playing with her three sisters when she came home complaining of pain in her mouth and blurred vision in March last year. After lockdown saw her … Read more
Rapper DMX has ‘not regained any brain function’ a week after heart attack… as family face ‘agonizing decision to take him off life support’ By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com and Caitlyn Becker For Dailymail.com and George Stark For Dailymail.com Published: 20:33 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 20:34 BST, 8 April 2021 DMX has ‘not … Read more
As research involving transplanting lab-grown human ‘mini-brains’ into animals to study neurological diseases continues to expand, experts warn the work with these brain organoids could result in a ‘Planet of the Apes’ scenario. The concern is animals could develop humanized traits and behave similar to the intelligent apes of the popular science fiction story. The … Read more
Modern human brains are ‘relatively young’ and only evolved as far back as 1.7 million years ago after the earliest humans first dispersed from Africa, a new study claims. Researchers used computed tomography to examine the skulls of Homo fossils that lived in Africa and Asia between 1 million and 2 million years ago. They … Read more
Dog owner issues urgent warning over deadly ‘lords-and-ladies’ plant after her beloved golden retriever Lola suffered severe brain damage from eating its poisonous berries and had to be put down Chloe Allen, 22, was forced to put her golden retriever Lola down on March 26 Her dog consumed a couple of ‘lord-and-ladies’ berries last year … Read more
Q I’ve always been good at multi-tasking, but recently I’ve been finding it hard to think straight — I turned on the washing machine without laundry in it, and I’ve found my car keys in the fridge more than once. I’m 65, and I had this brain fog during the menopause but it seems to … Read more