brains
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Scientists Use Skin To Replace Brain Cells Destroyed By Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is an incurable degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. But now a team of scientists from Johns Hopkins has grown the brain cells, which are usually destroyed by the disease from skin stem cells, and they’re confident it will help them develop new treatments.
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Stress-Induced Depression Is Real
Stress breeds depression. Anecdotally, we all know that’s the case, but scientifically speaking it’s been a hypothesis that has until now remained unproven. A new study, however, reveals that chronic stress affects us at the genetic level, in turn creating very real brain changes associated with depression.
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Can Science See Inside An NFL Player’s Skull Before It’s Too Late?
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a diagnosis for dead people. Last month, Junior Seau was found in his apartment in Oceanside, California, with a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. A familiar sequence unfolded.
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Your Workout Motivation Could Soon Come In Pill Form
Running, swimming, cycling: ugh, they’re all so much effort. Wouldn’t it be just great if you could magically boost your motivation to exercise? Well, soon you might be able to, because scientists have discovered a compound that could do just that.