Posts Tagged ‘brain’
Top Stories - Sep 26, 2011 9:19 - 0 Comments
Technology ‘reads mind’ to make movies
UC BERKELEY (US) — Researchers decoded the brain signals of people as they watched movie trailers, and replayed those thoughts as movies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 20, 2011 13:29 - 0 Comments
‘Cartoon’ maps brain’s tangle of synapses
CALTECH (US) — Biologists have come up with a visual way to tease apart the elusive details of the network that regulates the brain’s synapses. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 20, 2011 10:26 - 0 Comments
Head hits in football alter teen brain
PURDUE U. (US) — High school football players who experience repeated hits to the head show changes in mental processes even when there are no clinical signs of concussion. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 14, 2011 12:04 - 14 Comments
Train brain, not ears, to stop the ringing
UC BERKELEY (US) — New treatments, including retraining the brain, could offer hope to the millions who suffer from tinnitus, a constant ringing or buzzing in the ears. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 1, 2011 11:56 - 0 Comments
Free radical catch-22: Eat less, age more
YALE (US) — The good news: Elevating free radical levels in the hypothalamus suppresses appetite in obese mice. The bad news: Free radicals likely drive the aging process. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 30, 2011 11:50 - 2 Comments
Multiple sclerosis: Origin of abnormal cells found
UC DAVIS (US) — Researchers have discovered the source of cells involved in a phenomenon seen in the brains and spinal cords of people with multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 25, 2011 15:34 - 0 Comments
Device fails to lower risk of surgery recall
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — An FDA-approved device designed to reduce the likelihood that patients will recall surgery does not lower the risk any more than a less expensive method. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 25, 2011 11:20 - 0 Comments
How brain predicts sans crystal ball
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Knowing how the brain is able to make predictions on a daily basis could offer valuable information for treating people in the early stages of a variety of neurological diseases. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 24, 2011 9:52 - 2 Comments
Cause of Lou Gehrig’s disease found
NORTHWESTERN U. (US) — Scientists have identified a common cause for all forms of ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that paralyzes its victims. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 8, 2011 12:05 - 0 Comments
How brain recalls what happened when
NYU (US) — New research showing how the brain remembers the order of events may offer a roadmap for addressing memory-related conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 2, 2011 10:56 - 0 Comments
Blows may cause disease in athlete brain
UC DAVIS (US) — Professional athletes who suffer repeated blows to the head are at risk for developing a brain disease that years later manifests as memory loss, mood disorders, and even early dementia. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 8, 2011 10:57 - 0 Comments
Early cells in deadly brain cancer found
U. OREGON (US) — Biologists have isolated the earliest cells to show abnormal growth in the fatal brain cancer glioma—the same cancer that killed U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy in 2009. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 16, 2011 9:57 - 1 Comment
Now, where did I put those keys?
UC DAVIS (US) — Lose something? Wait awhile and think again. New research shows the brain might be in a better state to recall things at some times than others. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 19, 2011 14:55 - 0 Comments
Big brains gave mammals strong sniffers
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Scientists used CT scans to reconstruct the brains of two early mammals and discovered that they had larger-than-expected brains, particularly in the area for smell. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 19, 2011 13:51 - 8 Comments
Religion changes lives … and brains?
DUKE (US) — All human brains shrink with age, but people who say they’ve had a life-changing religious experience have more shrinkage in the hippocampus than those who have not. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 16, 2011 11:35 - 0 Comments
Gene tells brain when to fold ‘em
YALE (US) — A tiny variation of a single gene determines the formation of convolutions in the brain—the basis for rational and abstract thought. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 10, 2011 14:40 - 0 Comments
Teen brain keeps change in high gear
BROWN (US) — Changes to the teenage brain are still going strong long after physical growth spurts have petered out. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 6, 2011 13:46 - 0 Comments
If you give a computer schizophrenia…
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN / YALE (US) — Researchers were able to elicit schizophrenia-like symptoms in a virtual computer network, mimicking the excessive release of dopamine in the human brain. (more…)
