By Clare Wilson People in intensive care can be unable to say what treatment they wantMartin Barraud/Getty When a person sustains a severe brain injury that leaves them unable to communicate, their families and doctors often have to make life-or-death decisions about their care for them. Now brain scanners are being tested in intensive care… Read More: Exclusive: Brain scans used to read minds of intensive care… »
Research shows that people with difficulty in remembering things can be helped with a memory training strategy. The hippocampus, an area of the brain critical for the formation of memories, can even be re-engaged with memory training. Researchers investigated memory training strategies for individuals having mild cognitive impairment. The methods made use of in this… Read More: Memory Training Increases Brain Activity in Hippocampus »
A protein called RGS4 (Regulator of G protein signaling 4) plays a prominent role in the maintenance of long-term pain states and may serve as a promising new target for the treatment of chronic pain conditions, according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published in print October 16,… Read More: Brain protein promotes maintenance of chronic pain »
By Jessica Hamzelou Changes in the brain appear to be caused by depression, as well as the other way aroundROGER HARRIS / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Your brain looks different if you have depression. But many of the differences seem to be caused by depression, rather than precede it. When neuroscientists compare the brains of people… Read More: Depression may reduce the amount of white matter in the… »