• 黑巧克力可保护大脑免受中风伤害

    10-05-06 Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that a compound in dark chocolate may protect the brain after a stroke by increasing cellular signals already known to shield(保护,遮蔽) nerve cells from damage. Ninety minutes after feeding mice a sin...

  • 醒酒液在醒酒的同时可增加酒瘾

    10-05-06 Drinking alcohol over a long period of time profoundly(深刻地,极度地) affects the brain, which adapts to the intoxicant(醉人的) and causes withdrawal symptoms(脱瘾症状,断除症状) when consumption stops. Neuroscientists from the University of...

  • 做梦或有助于学习

    10-04-23 Napping after learning something new could help you commit it to memory - as long as you dream, scientists say. 科学家称,在学习某些新东西之后小睡一会儿,此时如果做梦则有助于强化记忆。 Dreaming may be a sign our brain is working hard in our sleep Th...

  • 心脏搭桥手术的实施伴随有中风危险

    10-04-23 The standard practice of cooling and then rewarming a patient to prevent organ damage during cardiac(心脏的) bypass surgery(心脏搭桥手术) may impair the body's mechanism that controls blood flow to the brain, potentially increasing the patient's...

  • 红酒如何保护大脑免受中风危害

    10-04-22 Researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have discovered the way in which red wine consumption may protect the brain from damage following a stroke. Two hours after feeding mice a single modest(谦虚的,适度的) dose of resveratrol(白藜芦醇) , a comp...

  • 揭密:机会只垂青于愿意等待的人

    10-04-15 New research reveals a brain circuit that seems to underlie the ability of humans to resist instant gratification(满意,喜悦) and delay reward for months, or even years, in order to earn a better payoff. The study, published by Cell Press in the A...

  • 仿造猫脑结构制造计算机

    10-04-15 A cat can recognize a face faster and more efficiently than a supercomputer. That's one reason a feline(猫科的) brain is the model for a biologically-inspired computer project involving the University of Michigan. U-M computer engineer Wei Lu has...

  • 健康女性脑部扫描显示她们唯恐变胖

    10-04-14 A group of women in a new study seemed unlikely to have body image issues at least their responses on a tried-and-true psychological screening presented no red flags. That assessment changed when Brigham Young University researchers used MRI technol...

  • 对血脑屏障进行治疗可延缓老年痴呆症

    10-04-13 Researchers may be one step closer to slowing the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease. An animal study supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows that by ta...

  • 神经学家揭示大脑如何存储特定的恐惧记忆

    10-04-05 The brain is capable of holding and retrieving(取回,恢复) memories for specific fears, revealing a more sophisticated storage and recall capacity than previously thought, neuroscientists have found. The study, which appears in the journal Nature...