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- Study shows how taking short breaks may help our brains learn new skills https://www.ninds.nih.gov/News-Events/News-and-Press-Releases/Press-Releases/Study-shows-how-taking-short-breaks-may-help-our-brains 88 comments
- Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks https://www.ninds.nih.gov/News-Events/News-and-Press-Releases/Press-Releases/Want-learn-new-skill-Take-some-short-breaks 120 comments
- Twelve people with persistent neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection were intensely studied and found to have differences in their immune cell profiles and autonomic dysfunction. These data inform future studies to help explain persistent neurological symptoms in Long COVID https://www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/press-releases/nih-study-identifies-features-long-covid-neurological-symptoms 8 comments science
- Researchers have identified two types of cells in our brains that are involved in organizing discrete memories based on when they occurred. This finding improves our understanding of how the human brain forms memories and could have implications in memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease https://www.ninds.nih.gov/News-Events/News-and-Press-Releases/Press-Releases/Researchers-uncover-how-human-brain-separates 2 comments science
- In a study of healthy volunteers, researchers have mapped out the brain activity that flows when we learn a new skill, such as playing a new song on the piano, and discovered why taking short breaks from practice is a key to learning. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/study-shows-how-taking-short-breaks-may-help-our-brains 4 comments science
- Experimental Drug Shows Potential Against Alzheimer’s Disease | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke https://www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/experimental-drug-shows-potential-against 5 comments science
- Our brains may solidify the memories of new skills we just practiced a few seconds earlier by taking a short rest, finds a new study. “Everyone thinks you need to ‘practice, practice, practice’ when learning something new. Instead, we found that resting, early and often, may be just as critical“. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/want-learn-new-skill-take-some-short-breaks 366 comments science
- A large scale stroke study has demonstrated that physically removing clots up to 16 hours after symptom onset led to improved outcomes compared to current medical care. The benefit was so significant the NIH prematurely ended its clinical trial on the procedure. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/brain-scan-guided-emergency-stroke-treatment-can 7 comments science
- Researchers Uncover Drain Pipes In Our Brains https://www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/nih-researchers-uncover-drain-pipes-our-brains 6 comments science
- Researchers hit the brakes on lethal brain cancers in mice https://www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/researchers-hit-brakes-lethal-brain-cancers-mice 3 comments science
- A study in mice and humans suggests that bacteria in the gut can influence the structure of the brain’s blood vessels, and may be responsible for producing malformations that can lead to stroke or epilepsy. The NIH-funded research is published in Nature. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/researchers-connect-brain-blood-vessel-lesions 3 comments science
- A good night’s rest may literally clear the mind. Using mice, researchers showed for the first time that the space between brain cells may increase during sleep, allowing the brain to flush out toxins that build up during waking hours http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_brain_sleep_10182013.htm 7 comments science
- Ever sleep more then 15 hours at a time? There's a name for that. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/kleine_levin/kleine_levin.htm 4 comments reddit.com
- The flu shot cheerleader story circulating disgusts me. Dystonia appears spontaneously anywhere from age 5 to 25 or even older. Hers is a story of scapegoating, nothing else. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dystonias/detail_dystonias.htm#135123257 22 comments reddit.com