Health & Medicine - Dec 7, 2010 11:21 - 2 Comments

Calming drug prevents PTSD ‘dance’

NORTHWESTERN (US) — Injecting calming drugs into the brain within five hours of a disturbing event, prevents post-traumatic stress syndrome from occurring, according to a new study. (more…)

Science & Technology - Dec 3, 2010 13:34 - 0 Comments

Brain maps give reach direction

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Different kinds of reaching are activated by the same part of the brain, but separate road maps point the way to the specific action. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 3, 2010 10:15 - 0 Comments

PTSD linked to right brain activity

U. MINNESOTA (US) — Increased circuit activity in the right side of the brain correlates with the debilitating, involuntary flashbacks triggered by post-traumatic stress disorder. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 16, 2010 17:11 - 3 Comments

What color is your rainbow? It depends

VANDERBILT (US) — A brain area known to play a critical role in vision is divided into compartments that respond separately to different colors and orientations. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2010 11:49 - 0 Comments

Neurons have minds of their own

STANFORD (US) — Neurons in the brain trigger physical movements in the body, but at times seem to fire in a crazy quilt pattern just before and during the movement. (more…)

Society & Culture - Nov 4, 2010 14:31 - 1 Comment

Friends with cognitive benefits

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Chatting with others in a friendly—rather than competitive—tone boosts the part of the brain that helps us solve everyday problems. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2010 11:54 - 0 Comments

Boring brain cells lead double life

U. ROCHESTER (US) — Immune cells known as microglia, long thought to be activated in the brain only when fighting infection or injury, are constantly active and likely play a central role in the creation and elimination of synapses. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 28, 2010 16:27 - 0 Comments

Erase fear at the molecular level

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Researchers working with mice discovered that they can permanently erase traumatic memories by removing a protein from the region of the brain responsible for recalling fear. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 28, 2010 15:42 - 1 Comment

Fingers find typos that brain ignores

VANDERBILT (US) — Typing without thinking is a skill managed by an autopilot, one that is able to catch errors that can fool our conscious brain. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 21, 2010 10:37 - 0 Comments

Killer virus has a deadly sweet tooth

BROWN (US) — It doesn’t strike often but when the JC polyomavirus does, it’s ruthless. The virus preys on people with weakened immune systems and almost always kills them. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 21, 2010 10:16 - 5 Comments

How brain learns to act automatically

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — People who excel at a particular activity don’t necessarily excel at teaching or explaining that activity to others. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2010 12:27 - 0 Comments

Edit brain to treat Parkinson’s

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Removal of part of the brain could help sufferers of Parkinson’s disease regain smooth initiation of movement. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 5, 2010 16:13 - 0 Comments

MRI scans show cause of chemobrain

INDIANA U. (US) — Researchers for first time have used brain imaging to study women with breast cancer before and after chemotherapy, showing that treatment can affect gray matter. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 24, 2010 12:15 - 6 Comments

Bigger brain for those who self-reflect

U. COLLEGE LONDON (UK) — Researchers in the U.K. have identified an area of the brain that is larger in people who are good at reflecting on their own thoughts and emotions. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 1, 2010 7:42 - 0 Comments

Neuron diversity’s no ‘bug of biology’

CARNEGIE MELLON (US)—Much like snowflakes, no two neurons are exactly alike. But it’s not the size or shape that sets one neuron apart from another, it’s the way it responds to incoming stimuli. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 6, 2010 12:54 - 4 Comments

Gum disease may increase Alzheimer’s risk

NYU (US)—Periodontal (gum) disease may increase the risk of cognitive dysfunction associated with Alzheimer’s disease in healthy individuals as well as in those who already are cognitively impaired. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 4, 2010 17:25 - 0 Comments

Are brains born programmed for obesity?

YALE (US)—Why is it that two people can consume the same high-fat, high-calorie Western diet and one becomes obese and prone to diabetes while the other maintains a slim frame? (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 4, 2010 11:51 - 0 Comments

Thank your neck for a better brain

CORNELL/NYU (US)—By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck—the lowly body part between head and shoulders—gave humans so much freedom of movement that it played a major role in the evolution of the human brain. (more…)

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