Rat spinal cords control muscular behaviors in novel biohybrid robots

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Biological robots, or biobots, draw inspiration from natural systems to mimic the motions of organisms, such as swimming or jumping. Improvements to biobots to better replicate complex motor behaviors can lead to exciting biorobotic engineering applications to help solve real world challenges. However, this requires the creation of biohybrid […]

Antibiotics may increase risk for opioid abuse

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Taking antibiotics alongside opioids may increase the risk of opioid abuse, according to research in rats recently published in eNeuro . Opioid abuse and addiction plague over 2 million Americans. Many factors play a role in the opioid crisis, but one may have a larger role than previously thought: […]

Professional musicians are not right-brained

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Professional jazz musicians are seen in EEGs as using mostly their left — mathematical? — brain hemisphere. The right hemisphere may be more suitable to the sort of creative invention required of people still learning how to play. Is the study’s conclusion about jazz, or is it about competence? […]

MSU researchers ‘MacGyver’ new COVID-19 test, but wait for green light

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MSU researcher Joseph Patterson helped develop a test for the COVID-19 virus that is 50 times more sensitive than the conventional tests in wide use. TUESDAY, April 28 — The COVID-19 pandemic has kicked up a flurry of creative thinking among scientists, but regulations barring academic researchers from clinical […]

Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythm

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IMAGE: Bio-bots are propelled by a ring of muscle on a hydrogel skeleton. Illinois researchers have been the first to innervate them with rat spinal cord segments, giving the ‘spinobots’ a… view more Credit: Image courtesy Collin Kaufman CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Miniature biological robots are making greater strides than […]

How animals ‘dial up’ the pain they experience from certain stimuli

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Scientists have – for the first time – shown how chemical triggers in the nervous system can amplify the pain experienced by mammals in response to certain stimuli. The pain system probably evolved to alert them to life-threatening dangers. As they approach objects that are extremely hot or cold […]

Global Motor Neuron Diseases Treatment Market Insights 2019-2025 | NIH, UCL Institute of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, The University of Melbourne, The University of Sheffield

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Global Motor Neuron Diseases Treatment Market research report delivers the analysis of the market outlook, framework, and socio-economic impacts. This report tries to covers the authenticate information of the market size, share, product footprint, revenue, and progress rate. All this information driven by primary and secondary researches, with reliable […]

Covid 19 Analysis on Cognitive Assessment & Training Market Demand with Key Players Analysis Neurotrack, Cogniciti, Intendu, Halo Neuroscience, Cognetivity, B…More

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(COVID-19 UPDATE) Cognitive Assessment & Training Market Demand with Key Players Analysis Neurotrack, Cogniciti, Intendu, Halo Neuroscience, Cognetivity, Brightlamp, Edsix Brain Lab, BrainCheck, InteraXon Cognitive Assessment & Training Market Report is exclusive and talks in detail about the current market situations. Also, about the overall market journey in the […]

Key progress on the MRI compatible DBS electrodes and simultaneous DBS-fMRI

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IMAGE: High MRI compatibility of graphene fiber electrode. view more Credit: College of Engineering, Peking University Simultaneous deep brain stimulation (DBS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is critical for understanding the functional neural networks and the therapeutic effects and mechanisms of DBS therapies. Conventional DBS electrodes typically lead […]

Rat spinal cords control neural function in biobots

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IMAGE: A cross-section of a rat’s spinal cord displays the presence of neurons and neuronal stimulation. view more Credit: Collin D. Kaufman WASHINGTON, Tuesday, April 28, 2020 — Biological robots, or biobots, draw inspiration from natural systems to mimic the motions of organisms, such as swimming or jumping. Improvements […]