Neural Plasticity
Neural Plasticity: (also known as brain plasticity and neural plasticity) can be defined as the ability of the central nervous system (CNS) to adapt in response to changes in the environment or lesions. The human brain has the astonishing ability to reorganize itself by forming new connections between brain cells (neurons).
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OCT 17, 2019Neuroscience
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OCT 17, 2019
Neuroscience
OCT 17, 2019
The Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine does not look like your average doctor's office - there are couches, paintings of natural scenery, and glowing...
WRITTEN BY:
Nina Lichtenberg
OCT 02, 2019
Neuroscience
OCT 02, 2019
Studies have found that people born blind or who became blind during childhood typically have a better sense of hearing than sighted people. But why? New r...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
JUL 12, 2019
Neuroscience
JUL 12, 2019
Achieving our goals is not always easy. What if we could increase our chances of making our dreams reality by visualizing nailing that upcoming presentation at work, creating a mental image o...
WRITTEN BY:
Nina Lichtenberg
APR 09, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
APR 09, 2019
A recent finding suggests that using marijuana to treat morning sickness may actually harm the developing brain of the fetus. This finding was present...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 27, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
MAR 27, 2019
Scientists out of Spain led by Dr. Andrés Ozaita revealed last month in their publication in the journal Neurology of Disease last mo...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 25, 2019
Neuroscience
FEB 25, 2019
In the largest planned study to examine the effects of a new Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is underway. It will involve 40 sites across the country. Some of...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 22, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
FEB 22, 2019
Several imaging studies have focused mainly on whether marijuana use in young users causes morphological changes in the brain. The results of these studies...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 14, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
FEB 14, 2019
There is a growing consensus among scientists that adolescents who use marijuana are at risk for developing mood disorders when they are older....
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 08, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
FEB 08, 2019
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a newly discovered, recently studied physiological system which interfaces with the brain and so many other biological...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 07, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
FEB 07, 2019
An exhaustive review came out in mid-2018 in the journal Brain Research Bulletin by Dr. Dwaipayan Sen and colleagues from Vellore Institute...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 24, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
JAN 24, 2019
According to the largest brain imaging study conducted by Dr. Daniel G. Amen, MD, founder of Amen Clinics in Costa Mesa, CA, cannabis use is linked to...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 16, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
JAN 16, 2019
A recent article published in the Journal of Neuroscience presents more data to suggest that marijuana use in adolescents is harmful to brain development a...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 09, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
JAN 09, 2019
There are many of the uses of medical marijuana. Glaucoma, chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety disorders, fibromyalgia, and may even treat or p...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
NOV 13, 2018
Neuroscience
NOV 13, 2018
Perineuronal nets (PNNs), a specialized extracellular matrix structures that surround the cell bodies and proximal...
WRITTEN BY:
Aswini Kanneganti
NOV 12, 2018
Neuroscience
NOV 12, 2018
New study finds evidence that neurons the fire together need not be connected to together electrically...
WRITTEN BY:
Aswini Kanneganti
OCT 18, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
OCT 18, 2018
The brain starts out as a dynamic organ that is capable of many changes. That flexibility allows us to learn, adapt and grow....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
JUN 28, 2018
More studies are being done to look at the benefit of phytocannabinoids on neurological systems in health and disease....
WRITTEN BY:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 25, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
JUN 25, 2018
Our brains can adapt and learn; that changeability is called neural plasticity....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
OCT 11, 2017
A new study has shown that psychedelics may have potential therapeutic value as antidepressants and anti-inflammatory agents....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 19, 2017
Researchers have been searching for the cause of autism for many years, and now eight mutations have been found in a single gene....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2017
Neuroscience
AUG 30, 2017
Often, when there is a need to study how a particular part of the body works, researchers can create a lab version of an organ so that a process can be obs...
WRITTEN BY:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 10, 2017
Neuroscience
MAY 10, 2017
Addiction, whether to drugs or alcohol, has its roots in the brain. Brain chemistry and activity is significantly altered by the use of drugs or alcohol an...
WRITTEN BY:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
APR 14, 2017
Researchers have used a grafting technique plus a reagent that is approved for use in humans to enable blind zebrafish to see again....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
FEB 05, 2017
It's not surprising to learn that scientists have found additional evidence that sleep is critical to the health of nerve cells in the brain; they use...
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch