Hope for depression sufferers as new treatment cures illness by inserting electrodes into patients’ BRAINS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2129983/New-hope-depression-sufferers-new-treatments-cures-illness-inserting-electrodes-patients-brains.html By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 23:20 EST, 14 April 2012 | UPDATED: 23:40 EST, 14 April 2012 A breakthrough treatment promises to transform the lives of depression sufferers by probing their brains with electrodes. The drastic therapy is intended for those who have tried medication but seen no improvement in their condition. And after positive […]

Drinking alcohol really does shrink the brain as grey matter seeks to protect itself against alcohol-induced damage

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2102146/Drinking-alcohol-really-does-shrink-brain-grey-matter-seeks-protect-alcohol-induced-damage.html Brain scans of mice given significant quantities of alcohol has revealed serious shrinkage in some regions of the brain. But the effect only occurred in mice lacking a particular type of receptor for dopamine, a chemical with a key role in setting moods. The study, conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National […]

Are our brains being boggled by Google? Study says humans now use the internet as our main ‘memory’ – instead of our heads

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2091127/Are-brains-boggled-Google-Study-says-humans-use-internet-main-memory–instead-heads.html People remember where to look up information – not the info itself People actively forget information if they think they can look it up later Tests on how people remembered items they would normally Google By Rob Waugh Last updated at 2:52 PM on 24th January 2012 The Internet is becoming our main source […]

A cure for depression? Brain pacemaker puts 58% of patients into remission

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2081617/Depression-Brain-pacemaker-finally-relief-long-suffering-depressives.html After two years 92% of patients tested had responded to the treatment By Claire Bates Last updated at 12:37 PM on 3rd January 2012 People suffering from depression and bipolar disorder who don’t respond to drugs and therapy could finally find relief from their symptoms thanks to a brain pacemaker. The medical device is […]

‘Mind control’ scientists can make mice forget bad memories – and the technique could work in humans

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2081318/Mind-control-scientists-make-mice-forget-bad-memories–technique-apply-humans.html By Rob Waugh Last updated at 3:24 PM on 2nd January 2012 Neuroscientists at MIT have found a chemical way to make mice forget bad memories. By deactivating a ‘memory gene’ – Npas 4 – they found that mice would ‘forget’ their fear of a chamber where they had previously been given electric shocks. […]