Computational models predict neural activity for re-establishing connectivity after stroke or injury

Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Engineering have developed a novel ...
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HKUST pioneers computational models for transregional neural activity to re-establish damaged neural connectivity, offering new hope to patients

Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Engineering have achieved a major ...
News Medical

Study reveals how brain pathways aid motor recovery after injury

Stroke and spinal cord injuries can severely impair motor functions, and understanding how to promote recovery is a critical challenge. While damaged neurons in the brain and spinal cord have limited ...
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Key Neural Pain-Sensing Pathway Recreated in a Lab Dish

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...
Medical Xpress

A newly discovered neural pathway links emotional stimuli to wakefulness

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified a previously uncharacterized neural circuit that directly links emotional processing to arousal. In the pathway, GABAergic neurons in the bed ...
Forbes

Want To Improve? Rewire Your Brain's Neural Pathways

If the award-winning 1967 movie The Graduate were remade today, the film’s memorable word would need to switch from "plastics" to "plasticity," to mark the present as well as the future.
The Scientist

Neural Assembloids Recreate a Key Pain-Sensing Circuit in a Dish

For the first time, scientists have generated a functional neural pathway for sensing pain in a dish. This could help unravel mechanisms of pain disorders. “This is important groundbreaking work,” ...