Taking the STING out of Motor Neuron Disease
Melbourne researchers are working towards a potential treatment to slow the progression of motor neuron disease (MND), offering hope to people with this debilitating and...
Neurodiversity
The Neurodiversity category celebrates and explores the varied ways human brains can function, encompassing conditions such as autism, ADHD and other cognitive profiles. It highlights lived experience, research, support strategies and societal perspectives, while advocating for understanding, inclusion and respect. With thoughtful, informed content, this category aims to broaden appreciation of neurological differences and promote wellbeing across diverse communities.
Getting to grips with handedness
Researchers get a better grip on left and right handedness: In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers have identified 48 genetic variants...
Brain Moves: The Body-Brain Connection | Mary Mollway | TEDxTemecula
Your ability to move, learn, and interact with the world is dependent upon movement. Learn how your DNA actually determines the sequence of movement patterns...
Diagnostic measure for Children living with Disorders of Consciousness
As part of his work with The Children's Trust and Anglia Ruskin University, Chroma senior music therapist (neuro-rehabilitation) Dr Jonathan Pool has collaborated with Professor...
Alcohol related dementia: Vitamin B1 deficiency
A common consequence of chronically high alcohol consumption is a decline in cognitive function, which can even progress to full-blown dementia. However, we do not...
Brain astrocytes show metabolic alterations in Parkinson’s disease
Brain astrocytes show metabolic alterations in Parkinson’s disease: A new study using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology links astrocyte dysfunction to Parkinson's disease (PD)...
Links between diabetes blood markers and Alzheimer’s
A new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease provides insight into the association of blood markers of diabetes with brain beta-amyloid accumulation among...
Young people on the autism spectrum and work
Helping young people on the autism spectrum plan and prepare for their working life. "Don't limit yourself. Go higher. Think bigger." That’s the advice 20-year-old Liam Picen has for other...
Polyvagal Theory and the potency of the dorsal state
So much of our focus on the Polyvagal Theory centres around honouring and validating the ventral vagus and teaching people to move up from the...
Understanding why some children enjoy TV more than others
Children's own temperament could be driving the amount of TV they watch – according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Birkbeck,...
