Credit: University of Freiburg Medical Center / Britt Schilling
The blood-brain barrier is an impenetrable barrier between the circulating blood and the brain established before birth that prevents immune cells from entering the brain from the body s immune system. Thus, the brain has its own immune system with a key actor called microglia. As wardens and housekeepers, the microglia play a central role in both monitoring and defending the brain and maintaining its normal functions. At the start of his career, German professor Marco Prinz became fascinated by these cells, which were at that time primarily thought to be the brain s garbage collectors.
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Researchers use special micro-grid recording device to measure hippocampus activity
Researchers at UC San Francisco have observed a new feature of neural activity in the hippocampus - the brain s memory hub - that may explain how this vital brain region combines a diverse range of inputs into a multi-layered memories that can later be recalled.
Using a special micro-grid recording device developed by colleagues at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the UCSF researchers were able to measure hippocampus activity in study participants undergoing surgery to treat severe epilepsy.
They discovered that brain waves travel back and forth across this structure, integrating messages from different areas of the brain, and showed for the first time what scientists previously had only been able to hypothesize.
Credit: Jon Kleen/UCSF
Researchers at UC San Francisco have observed a new feature of neural activity in the hippocampus - the brain s memory hub - that may explain how this vital brain region combines a diverse range of inputs into a multi-layered memories that can later be recalled.
Using a special micro-grid recording device developed by colleagues at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the UCSF researchers were able to measure hippocampus activity in study participants undergoing surgery to treat severe epilepsy. They discovered that brain waves travel back and forth across this structure, integrating messages from different areas of the brain, and showed for the first time what scientists previously had only been able to hypothesize.
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Renowned Neuroscience Institute in Zurich To Soon Offer Next-Gen Non-Invasive Brain Cancer Treatment
ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc. today announced the imminent installation of its advanced ZAP-X Gyroscopic Radiosurgery platform at the Swiss Neuro Radiosurgery Center (SNRC), an organization within the Swiss Clinical Neuroscience Institute (SCNSI) in Zurich, Switzerland.
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ZAP-X Gyroscopic Radiosurgery Platform (Photo: Business Wire)
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