Silk on the brain: Thin, flexible electrodes mounted on top of a biodegradable silk substrate could provide a better brain-machine interface.
In January, geneticist Steven McCarroll at Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, reported evidence that the C4A gene, which encodes a complement protein downstream of C1q, may contribute to the synapse loss and brain tissue thinning that characterizes schizophrenia.
Whole brain cortical thinning between ALS patients and healthy participants was assessed using General Linear Model (GLM) by testing differences at all vertices.
Clinically, a common feature of CdLS is mental retardation that is often associated with enlarged brain ventricles, thinning or atrophy of white matter, brainstem hypoplasia, and cerebellar vermal hypoplasia or agenesis.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass — Dr. Jeff Lichtman likes his brains sliced thin — very, very thin.
In other words, this part of the brain was thinner in heavier users.
When that happens, the library of all libraries will ride in your purse or wallet — if it doesn't plug directly into your brain with thin white cords.
The institute developed an automatic procedure for cutting the mouse brain into thin slices and staining each slice to visualize the activity of specific genes.
The conventional method for doing so involves cutting the brain into thin slices, staining the brain with chemicals that adhere to the cells, and then imaging every slice one by one in a microscope.
Angle says the thickness of the wires is calibrated so that it is strong enough not to buckle as it is pushed into the brain, but thin enough not to cause much damage.
