Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata: Cognition is the brain’s ability to process any piece of information according to the perspective of a specific person. Different people have different sorts of cognitive abilities and specific neural patterns which lead to such cognition. While much research has been done to understand the relation of cognition with neural […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s are some of the most complicated diseases existing amongst modern humankind. These diseases are often complicated to understand. And since their causative agents are unknown in 80% of cases, their treatment is even more challenging. Primarily, the reasons associated with AD were mainly centered around the […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata The human brain is a fascinating organ. Holding the key to a whole lot of mysteries of human psyche and behavioral patterns, it has drawn attention of numerous researchers across the world for decades. One such research team from Bruchas Lab at University of Washington was intrigued about dopamine. It […]
Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University, Kolkata ‘I feel as if I’m losing all my leaves. The branches, and the wind, and the rain. I don’t know what’s happening anymore.’ This is the statement that reminds us of Anthony Hopkins’ accurate portrayal of a dementia patient in “The Father” (2020). And precisely, the movie attempts to put […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Paraplegic people who have lost the ability to speak communicate using devices that use motor movements to spell words out one letter at a time. Some rely on a device that lets them control a computer cursor with thoughts. Scientists are working on various techniques to […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata Depression is currently one of the most well-known psychiatric disorders with an increasing number of patients every year. Existing research reveals the role played by different cellular, neuroendocrine and neurochemical mechanisms on the pathophysiology of depression. Since the last two decades, studies of neuroanatomical changes in depression, mainly in the […]
Shreyas bhat , DY Patil School of biotechnology and bioinformatics What is sleep apnea? Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which frequent on and off events of breathing take place repeatedly. If you snore loudly and feel tired even after sleeping for more than 8hrs, you might have sleep apnea. The major types of […]
Sarah Khatkhatay, SK Somaiya, Vidhyadhar Tau proteins are proteins that exhibit the function of stabilizing microtubules. These are present abundantly in the nerve cells. They have isolated as a microtubule-associated protein and promote the assembly and stability of the microtubules. Microtubules play a fundamental role in the division of the cell and neuronal activity. A […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata Stages of sleep: Various research studies have elucidated the various aspects of the mind in the midnight hour. While we sleep and have dreams, our brain is directly involved in regulating our sleep cycles and monitoring sleep and dream quality. Sleep has two stages: (i) REM (rapid eye movement) (ii) […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata “Of course, it’s happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?” that’s what Dumbledore said to Harry right? But at the end of the day, it is considered fiction, the entire Harry Potter. What if such a fictional world is the reality for someone? That’s […]
