Brain damage

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The brain repairs itself only minimally following damage or disease. x-ray delta one

Set to fade: is the brain doomed to degenerate?

By Malcolm Horne, University of Melbourne and Bradley Turner, University of Melbourne

Welcome to the sixth and final part of On the Brain, a Conversation series by people whose job it is to know as much as there is to know about the body’s most complex organ. Here, Professor Malcolm Horne…
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Everything from playing sport to speaking a foreign language is better when done automatically. pfv

Your brain knows the moves (you just get in its way)

By Malcolm Horne, University of Melbourne

Welcome to part two of On the brain, a Conversation series by people whose job it is to know as much as there is to know about the body’s most complex organ. Here, Malcolm Horne, deputy director of the…

Research Briefs (5)

Fish oil prevents brain damage in mice

Louisiana State University

Fish oil injection prevents brain damage after a stroke in mice. After inducing a stroke in new-born mice, researchers injected…

Brain maps reveal where decisions happen

Caltech, University of California, The University of Iowa

Data studied over 30 years has revealed that reasoning and behavioural control depend on a different area from decision-making…

Vitamin E reduces stroke damage

Ohio State University

Regular doses of vitamin E may reduce brain damage in stroke victims, according to researchers at a US university. Researchers…

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