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By Clare Wilson Memories form in the hippocampus, and we can see the resulting brain waves reflected in people’s behaviour SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images How do we make a memory? An idea gaining ground is that forming memories and recalling them involves brainwaves cycling several times a second in our hippocampi, two small curved…

Dr. Heather Farley, who directs a comprehensive staff-support program at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. “I’m not the kind of nurse that can act like I’m fine and that something sad didn’t just happen,” she wrote.Medical workers like the young nurse have been celebrated as heroes for their commitment to treating desperately ill coronavirus patients.…

Share on PinterestRebalancing early brain inflammation may slow down Alzheimer’s, research suggests.The new study was on the agenda of the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) annual meeting prior to its cancellation because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research makes clear an area for future investigation that may help scientists develop early interventions to counter the…

By Clare Wilson Neurons cannot be cagedStanford University It is easy to escape from confinement if you have a few brain cells. Pictured above are microscopic cages, based on the shape of “buckyball” carbon molecules, which are trapping neurons taken from the brains of mice. The cells have grown long branch-like appendages through the bars…

By Donna Lu Ian Burkhart is able to grasp and feel objects againBattelle Memorial Institute A brain implant has restored movement and a sense of touch in the hand of a man with a severe spinal cord injury. Patrick Ganzer at Battelle Memorial Institute in the US and his colleagues have developed a brain-computer interface…