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2021
29
March
2021
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10:14
Europe/London
A collaboration between two Barcelona institutions and the Nanomedicine Lab at The University of Manchester - aimed at treating brain disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease - has secured £12m in funding.
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2019
09
September
2019
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15:56
Europe/London
Although most of us can distinguish between and remember hundreds of different faces, some people are better at it than others. “Super-recognisers” can accurately identify faces even when they have only seen them briefly previously. At …
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07
June
2019
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17:57
Europe/London
Using the internet, for social media, browsing information and entertainment may affect our brain’s structure, function and cognitive development according to an academic review by an international team of researchers.
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2018
20
April
2018
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09:48
Europe/London
A study of nearly half a million people has revealed that muscular strength, measured by handgrip, is an indication of how healthy our brains are.
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24
January
2018
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16:00
Europe/London
Scientists have discovered that the left side of the brain controls the verbal expression of our long-term ‘semantic’ memory which contains facts, meanings, concepts and knowledge.
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2014
04
March
2014
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00:00
Europe/London
Scientists have shown for the first time that the abnormalities in the way the brain experiences pain may be to blame for the chronic pain suffered by osteoarthritis patients.
The findings by Arthritis Research UK-funded researchers at The …
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2012
20
July
2012
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01:00
Europe/London
Scientists at The University of Manchester have uncovered how the internal mechanisms in nerve cells wire the brain. The findings open up new avenues in the investigation of neurodegenerative diseases by analysing the cellular processes underlying …
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2011
11
June
2011
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01:00
Europe/London
University of Manchester researchers have for the first time been able to watch what happens to the brain as it loses consciousness.
Using sophisticated imaging equipment they have constructed a 3-D movie of the brain as it changes while an …
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2010
02
June
2010
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01:00
Europe/London
People who meditate regularly find pain less unpleasant because their brains anticipate the pain less, a new study has found.
Scientists from The University of Manchester recruited individuals into the study who had a diverse range of experience …
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2009
21
May
2009
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01:00
Europe/London
Eating fish – long considered ‘brain food’ – may really be good for the old grey matter, as is a healthy dose of sunshine, new research suggests.
University of Manchester scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from …
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07
May
2009
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01:00
Europe/London
A £39M research centre that will make Manchester home to one of the largest biomedical complexes in Europe will be officially opened today (May 7th).
The AV Hill Building will house 300 scientists in 50 research groups, mainly focussing on …
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