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Katie Hampson's 15-year study of rabies in Tanzania reveals individual dog behaviour plays a key role in its endemic nature. Through contact tracing, brain samples, and modelling, researchers found that rabies spreads locally, with few "super-spreader" dogs, and that vaccination is the only effective way to prevent it. Culling was…

Deep-brain stimulation may restore cognitive function to those with moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries, according to a new phase one clinical trial.

A typical human brain is capable of viewing objects or images from several perspectives, creating a unique perception for each. A mind-bending, intensely captivating, shape-shifting image of an object, a drawing, or a person that defies the brain's perception of reality is called an optical illusion. Physical, physiological, and cognitive…

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Imagine brain scanning technology improves greatly in the coming decades, to the point that we can observe how each individual neuron talks to other neurons. Then, imagine we can record all this information to create a simulation of someone’s brain on a computer.

'I think that's why I'm keen to get back to riding.'

Verbal learning performance also declined in the high-heading group. Soccer heading linked to brain changes: New research found that over two years, high levels of soccer heading caused measurable declines in brain microstructure and function, as well as verbal learning performance. DTI and verbal learning tests revealed changes in the…

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Former deputy PM reveals she was diagnosed with a rare brain abscess in 2018