Mild traumatic brain injury leads to reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1, which may promote neurodegeneration and contribute to Alzheimer’s, new research suggested. Medscape Medical News
Tag: Clinical and Applied Neuroscience
Toward a functional future for the cognitive neuroscience of human aging
Mooraj et al. outline why task-based functional neuroimaging must move center-stage to better understand the neural bases of human cognitive aging. In turn, the authors sketch a framework intended to reorient the field toward a functionally imaged, multimodally interrogated, behavior-first perspective.
Protective effect of silencing lncRNA HCP5 against brain injury after intracerebral hemorrhage by targeting miR-195-5p
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a common subtype of stroke, characterized by a high mortality rate and a tendency to cause neurological damage. This study aims to investigate the role and mechanisms of lncRN…
Personal interests can influence how children’s brains respond to language
A recent study from the McGovern Institute for Brain Research shows how interests can modulate language processing in children’s brains and paves the way for personalized brain research. The paper, which appears in Imaging Neuroscience, was conducted in the lab of MIT professor and McGovern Institute investigator John Gabrieli, and led by senior author Anila… Continue reading Personal interests can influence how children’s brains respond to language
Human iPSC-Derived MSCs Induce Neurotrophic Effects and Improve Metabolic Activity in Acute Neuronal Injury Models
Mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) therapy has regenerative potentials to treat various pathological conditions including neurological diseases. MSCs isolated from various organs can differentiate into specific cell types to repair organ damages. However, their paracrine mechanisms are predicted to predominantly mediate their immunomodulatory, proangiogenic, and regenerative properties. While preclinical studies highlight the significant potential of MSC… Continue reading Human iPSC-Derived MSCs Induce Neurotrophic Effects and Improve Metabolic Activity in Acute Neuronal Injury Models
MIT welcomes Frida Polli as its next visiting innovation scholar
Frida Polli, a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, investor, and inventor known for her leading-edge contributions at the crossroads of behavioral science and artificial intelligence, is MIT’s new visiting innovation scholar for the 2024-25 academic year. She is the first visiting innovation scholar to be housed within the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. Polli began her career in… Continue reading MIT welcomes Frida Polli as its next visiting innovation scholar
It Takes Three: Parental Hostility, Brain Morphology, and Child Externalizing Problems in a Parent-Offspring Neuroimaging Trio Design
Hostility often co-occurs in parents and associates with increased aggression and inattention problems in children. In this population-based cohort of 484 mother–father–child neuroimaging trios, we investigated the degree to which associations of prenatal and childhood parental hostility would be associated with maternal, paternal, and child brain structural differences. Also, we examined whether hippocampal volumes of… Continue reading It Takes Three: Parental Hostility, Brain Morphology, and Child Externalizing Problems in a Parent-Offspring Neuroimaging Trio Design
Personal interests can influence how children’s brains respond to language
A new study from the McGovern Institute shows how interests can modulate language processing in children’s brains and paves the way for personalized brain research. The paper, which appears in Imaging Neuroscience, was conducted in the lab of McGovern Institute Investigator John Gabrieli, and led by senior author Anila D’Mello, a former McGovern postdoctoral fellow… Continue reading Personal interests can influence how children’s brains respond to language
In vivo electrochemistry could provide early detection of high-altitude hypoxic brain injury
Interview on “Becoming a Scientist: The Graphic Novel”
Tell us a bit about you and the Liston-Dooley Lab. Apart from researching how to keep the body’s immune response in check, you have also been working on improving equality of opportunity within science careers, communicating science to children through online games and books. What makes you want to update how scientific communication works today? Do… Continue reading Interview on “Becoming a Scientist: The Graphic Novel”