SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of South Korean researchers has made a significant breakthrough in understanding how the brain processes pain, revealing a complex interplay between expectation and actual stimuli. The study, led by Woo Choong-Wan and Yoo Seng-Bum from the Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – In a breakthrough that could revolutionize the treatment of neurological disorders, South Korean researchers have developed technology that tailors electronic stimulation to individual brain patterns, potentially offering new hope for patients with drug-resistant conditions. The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) announced on September 19 that a team led by researchers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A study has confirmed for the first time that higher exposure to fine dust raises the risk of asymptomatic cerebral infarctions and other cerebrovascular diseases. A joint research team from Seoul National University Hospital, Boramae Medical Center and the National Cancer Center conducted a study of cerebral magnetic resonance [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The primary reason why shift workers tend to suffer more from sleep disorders and depression than non-shift workers is the activation of a specific brain area associated with information processing capability, a study indicated Monday. A joint research team from Seoul National University Hospital and Samsung Medical Center divided [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT said Monday that it will launch a brain bank designation system to enable brain science researchers to make use of research resources. The government stipulated details on the qualifications and procedures for the designation of brain banks and the management of brain research [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A new wireless network technology has been developed that uses the Internet to control brain neural circuits remotely. A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Wednesday it had developed an internet-of-things (IoT)-based brain neural circuit remote control system in collaboration with research [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean researchers revealed that animals are inherently born with brains that have a sense of numbers, unlike artificial neural networks. A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Monday that animals are capable of understanding numbers without having to go through a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have answered the question of how people become divided over various issues based on their political sentiment by looking into the brain, revealing that the differences occur in neural networks. A joint research team from Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital and SNU Department of Brain and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint research team of South Korean and American researchers has scientifically proven the effects of acupuncture by observing changes to brain structure. Researchers from the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine and the Harvard Medical School announced Thursday that they had verified the hypothesis that acupuncture heals the senses [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) announced on Wednesday that it has found an explanation for brain cell activity that results in preference for a certain location. In sum, memories of preferred locations are created while astrocytes in the brain combine with opioids, compounds that are known to cause [...]