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Reversing fibrosis is one of the holy grails in the entire field of medicine. Fibrosis can be life threatening when it affects internal organs, it can cause chronic pain, and it can end careers, especially for athletes, when it occurs in skeletal muscle. Yet even now, there is very little that...

In the Tinnitus Quest Q&A, Dr. Djalilian stated that with the electrode placement his research group is considering, the device would stimulate the higher frequencies. Does the same logic apply to the other research groups and the devices they are planning? Would those devices primarily...

If I had to guess, I would say that single severe noise traumas such as explosions, other intense impulse noises, or loud concerts that leave hearing temporarily muffled, or sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) with large dips and no recovery, are the most likely situations in which a person...

(Original article) The research article, including the abstract, is quite technical, but NeuroScienceNews offers a bit more easily readable article about the results. In short, researchers identified new neuron subtypes in the cochlear nucleus, as one of their main results.

This research apparently suggests that a different part of the brain is involved in the gating mechanism than what was proposed by Rauschecker et al. in 2015 (the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens)?

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I tried to check whether the original article mentioned if the OCT they used was heavily modified or similar to the versions used in ophthalmology. However, this was not stated in the free version of the article. I’ve noticed that OCT scans are now commonly available, even in walk-in optician...

Regeneron published more information about the DB-OTO CHORD trial a few weeks ago: (Full press release)

Exercise is generally good for both mood and overall health, making it easier to cope with tinnitus. Lifting heavy weights can fatigue the nervous system, and for me, it temporarily makes my tinnitus louder, likely because it affects sleep and other recovery processes. If my tinnitus stays...

Thank you for the informative document and the effort you put into creating it. If you plan to update this document in the future, I have a minor suggestion: In the Filling-in Models section, should the lowest image on the right list low frequencies as 20–600 Hz instead of 200–600 Hz? The...

Here are some interesting videos about the bionic eye and Neuralink: Elon Musk's Bionic Eyes Are Here How Neuralink Will Cure Blindness From a layman’s perspective, the eye appears to be a far more complex sensory organ than the ear. Its resolution is significantly higher than that of the...

Links in the table at the bottom of the page show that the plan is to recruit up to six participants for the upcoming CAN-PRIME study in Canada. The original PRIME study, which includes the three current patients, was initially planned for up to five participants in total. The follow-up study...

Neuralink: Year of Telepathy Third patient got his BCI implant somewhere in the late 2024.

Coordination between vision and the vestibular system is a well-understood phenomenon that stabilizes our vision during head movements. This process is known as the vestibulo-ocular reflex. Recent studies have shown that there is also an interaction between vision and the auditory system...