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A Wild New Study Sheds Light On Why Exercise Is So Good For Our Brains
Researchers unearth exercise secrets from a biomolecular soup of synthetic innervated muscle tissue.
It’s no secret that regular exercise is great for the body and the brain...
Ultrasound, ultraprecise: Researchers advance super-resolution imaging with deep learning
Beckman Institute News Stories
Beckman researchers advance high-resolution ultrasound imaging with deep learning. The new...
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'I'm a Neurologist, and Here's What I Want Everyone to Know About How Chocolate Impacts Brain Health'
Parade
While sugary treats are generally considered flat-out bad for your body and brain (sorry), there's one exception that comes up often: dark chocolate. Specifically, certain compounds...
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Two Illinois professors awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors have been awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships.
This year’s Illinois fellows are evolution, ecology and behavior professor ...
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Scientist Reveals How To Regrow Your Age-Shrunken Brain in Just Six Months
Newsweek: What happens to our brains as we get older? Well, for the most part, they shrink—but not all of this shrinkage is inevitable.
To find out how to slow, and even reverse, age-...
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The IKIDS study is uncovering how prenatal exposure to chemicals can affect a child’s development
WILL-AM (Champaign, Ill., March 25) – Chemicals and other environmental exposures are affecting the neurodevelopment of babies and children, according to a study at Illinois. The Illinois Kids Development Study, follows pregnant people from their first trimester and measures their health and...
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Scientists identify the earliest biomarker of Alzheimer's disease
From earth.com
Alzheimer’s earliest biomarker: The role of PSD-95
Lead researcher, Professor Nien-Pei Tsai of the ...
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Why do poison frogs love to 'tap dance'?
BIOLOGY
BBC News (London, March 5) – Poison dart frogs appear to make a dancing movement with their back toes, not unlike tap dancing. Illinois researchers discovered the frogs tapped far more when food was present and that the number of taps depended on what type of surface the frog was sitting on...
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3D Molecular Maps of the Brain: Unveiling Complexity with Spatial Omics
LabRoots (Yorba Linda, Calif., March 5) – Illinois researchers have developed a novel approach to mapping brain behavior when someone is sick or healthy. “If you look at the brain chemically, it’s like a soup with a bunch of ingredients,” says Fan Lam, a professor of bioengineering at the U....
Brain Awareness Outreach and Education Opportunities
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Neuroscience Graduate Program has a long history of outreach to the surrounding communities in Champaign County. From providing Brain Awareness Day