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Research Reveals How Brain Adapts to Lifelong Learning
New research from the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research has revealed a previously unknown mechanism that allows our brains to adapt to lifelong learning.
In the brain, nerve cells form circuits that transmit and process information in the form of electrical signals. These circuits are insulated by a fatty substance called myelin that acts as insulation and ensures electrical signals travel reliably along the nerve.
Associate Professor Kaylene Young and Dr Carlie Cullen from the MS Research Flagship based at the Menzies Institute found that very small changes to the structure of this insulation can speed up or slow down the electrical signal and influence learning.
UWA invention to speed up healing in dental patients
15 Jan 2021 | 3 mins
An invention developed by a researcher from The University of Western Australia that can speed up the regeneration of bone and tissue in patients after dental procedures will soon be rolled out to dental patients across the United States.
The intervention, named Striate+, is an artificial structure that can be implanted into the body for tissue to grow on to repair damage. It has been commercialised by Orthocell – a Perth-based regenerative medical company that develops products for the repair of soft tissue injuries.
Striate+ can be used in procedures such as dental bone defect repair and tissue augmentation around dental implants.
Date Time
UWA invention to speed up healing in dental patients
An invention developed by a researcher from The University of Western Australia that can speed up the regeneration of bone and tissue in patients after dental procedures will soon be rolled out to dental patients across the United States.
The intervention, named Striate+, is an artificial structure that can be implanted in the body for tissue to grow on to repair damage. It has been commercialised by Orthocell – a Perth-based regenerative medical company that develops products for the repair of soft tissue injuries.
Striate+ can be used in procedures such as dental bone defect repair and tissue augmentation around dental implants.