What is MND and are athletes more likely to be diagnosed?

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team look at motor neurone disease and if there is a link with the disease and athletes.
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Neurons burn fat to keep your brain running and fight disease

Researchers have long believed that neurons rely on glucose nearly entirely for fuel. The brain’s enormous energy ...
Quanta Magazine

How the Brain Balances Excitation and Inhibition

A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...
Popular Science

Even old brains can make new neurons, study suggests

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Biohybrid BCI Adds More Neurons to the Brain

Brain-computer interfaces have enabled people with paralysis to move a computer cursor with their mind and reanimate their ...

The neurons that let us see what isn’t there

“It’s possible that the mice weren’t seeing them,” admits Shin, “because the technique has involved a relatively small number ...