Nature Neuroscience

This neuroscientist urges swapping melatonin for a secret sleep cocktail

The hidden downside of melatonin: Explore why melatonin, while effective at initiating sleep, often leaves people struggling to stay asleep.

"Melatonin will help you fall asleep, but it won't help you stay asleep"
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Menopause hormone pills associated with dementia - study

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How do we process memory in our sleep? - study

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Nano-magnets can be used to restore damaged nerve cells -Bar-Ilan University


Crossword puzzles beat video games in slowing memory loss

Study finds adults with mild cognitive decline who did puzzles showed less brain shrinkage, better daily functioning

 Columbia-Duke study shows crossword puzzlers, as compared to cognitive gamers demonstrated more improvement in engagement, less brain shrinkage.

Does the human brain know when something sounds wrong?

Our brains are capable of distinguishing noises that are natural, compared to those that are perhaps a bit off-key.

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Neuroscientist reveals top 5 things you should avoid for a healthy brain

More sleep, less alcohol -- Here are TikToker Cody Isabel's dos and don'ts to stay healthy.

EXAMINE THE coping strategies that have helped you in the past and try to apply them in the present.

Revolutionary neuroscience treatment can save millions

Game-changing technology for serious head injuries and cerebral hemorrhage provides neurosurgeons with critical data and information.

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Israeli migraine device proves ‘effective, safe, sustainable’ in real-world study

Eighty percent of patients using Israel-based Theranica’s Nerivio no longer need prescription migraine medications, peer-reviewed research shows.

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CMT: The most common rare disease that you probably haven’t heard of

October is CMT Awareness Month. Up to one in 2,500 people suffer from the neuropathic illness.

 Intermediate magnification micrograph of a vasculitic neuropathy, also neuropathy due to a vasculitis.

Australian researchers develop hydrogel to combat Parkinson's

A gel made of amino acids can be used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease - Australian National University researchers

 Professor David Nisbet from Australian National University (ANU) holds a vial as researchers from ANU developed a new type of hydrogel that could help to defeat Parkinson's disease, in this undated handout picture.

'This is not science fiction,' say scientists pushing for 'neuro-rights'

“This is the first time in history that humans can have access to the contents of people's minds,” said Rafael Yuste, a neuroscience professor at Columbia University.

Electrodes connected to an EEG help to track seizures caused by a brain tumor that is an inoperable cancer

Severe COVID-19 can damage the brain, preliminary study finds

The most common brain complication seen was stroke, which was reported in 77 of 125 patients. Of these, most were in patients over 60, and most were caused by a blood clot in the brain.

Illustrative image of an EEG test to measure electrical activity of the brain being performed.

'Love hormone' doesn't always lead to happily ever after, researchers find

It has long been thought that oxytocin was responsible for positive social behavior, leading to it being dubbed the 'love hormone,' but new research suggests it's more complicated than that.

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Hadassah Ein Kerem to use world’s most advanced microscope

Manufactured by German optical company Zeiss, the KINEVO 900 features a visualization system that allows surgeons to view elements such as blood vessels and tumors in high-resolution.

A neurosurgeon looks through an eyepiece on the KINEVO 900 microscope at Hadassah Ein Kerem