Mustafa Vora, DY Patil University Navi Mumbai Scientists have recently discovered two types of novel brain cells that are found to be glial cells. One of them is called a gordita, which is an astrocyte, a type of glial cells. The name ‘gorditas’ comes from the plum-shaped appearance of the squat and round cell bodies. […]
AISHILA KAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Scientists have long believed but couldn’t make sure that brain activity declines once we sleep. Most sleep research is conducted using electroencephalography, a technique that entails measuring brain activity via electrodes put down along a patient’s scalp. But, an assistant at EPFL’s Medical Image Processing Laboratory, Anjali Tarun, decided to […]
-Anuska Sen, Team bioXone The word “dreams” is quite a commonly used one. There are indeed numerous cultural, religious, and historical explanations regarding the occurrence of dreams. But the exact underlying scientific purpose and mechanism of dreams have not yet been understood. This has led to years of intensive research in oneirology (the scientific study […]
