Fred Schwaller

The brain’s map of the body is surprisingly stable — even after a limb is lost Study challenges the textbook idea that the brain region that processes body sensations reorganizes itself after limb amputation.

A brain-imaging study of people with amputated arms has upended a long-standing belief

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Migraine is more than a headache — a radical rethink offers hope to one billion people Drugs that can prevent or relieve migraine attacks are only effective for some people. Research is starting to untangle the reasons why.

The story was written by the amazing @fredschwaller.bsky.social who himself deals with migraine. www.nature.com/articles/d41... And the artwork was inspired by drawings by the twelfth century Christian mystic Hildegard von Bingen who is also believed to have had the condition.

Type 2 diabetes: Why people from South Asia are more at risk – DW – 11/26/2024 People from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are four times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, and earlier, than Europeans. New research indicates a link to genetics.

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The quest to build bionic limbs that feel like the real thing Through brain implants, neural interfaces and skin grafts, researchers are starting to restore sensation for paralysed or amputated limbs.

"Like a child learning to touch." Find out how scientists are creating sensations in people who lost their sense of touch. @natureportfolio.bsky.social

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