AISHILA KAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Behavioural states of arousal are maintained by a system of nuclei spread all over the brain. Endogenous sleep and general anaesthesia are well-defined states that share similar traits. Especially to neuroscience is the loss of consciousness that goes through both states. Hypothalamic preoptic area (POA) neurons are intimately connected in […]
PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY The word homonymous hemianopsia (HH) although quite unfamiliar with most people, yet comprises of a significant area in the field of ophthalmology. In every average human being, the left half of the occipital lobe in the brain is responsible for processing the visual information coming from the view perceived through the […]
Aishila Kar, Amity University Kolkata A second pandemic shadows our land, following after COVID-19: a pandemic of slumbering brains. We isolated the elder and older to protect them from the virus. A survey by the Washington Post suggests that over 13,000 excess deaths have occurred in dementia patients after the pandemic started, not related to COVID. The neurologist stated […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Throughout the evolution of the primate’s brain from the rear end to the foremost part – the prefrontal cortex (PFC) makes Homo sapiens the most intelligent species known on this planet. PFC, the rational part of the brain has evolutionarily specialized cognitive abilities such as complex decision making. Due […]
–Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A study by the University of Bristol describes a newfound mechanism of learning in the brain which stabilizes memories and decreases impedance between them. Memories are created by excitatory connections between the nerve cells in the hypothalamus of the brain – a region crucial for the formation of memories. Inhibitory […]
