http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Aphasia, an impairment in speaking and understanding language after a stroke, is frustrating both for victims and their loved ones. In two talks Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at the conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, Sheila Blumstein, the Albert D. Mead Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences at Brown University, will describe how she has been translating decades of brain science research into a potential therapy for improving speech production in these patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-speech-networks-aphasia.html Neuroscience Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:06:40 EST news280242373 Humans perceive numerous categories of objects and actions, but where are these categories represented spatially in the brain? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-reveals-brain-categorizes-thousands-actions.html Neuroscience Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:00:01 EST news275137241 All patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) lose brain cells, which leads to a shrinking, or atrophy, of the brain. But the pattern of gray matter loss is significantly different in men and women, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-gender-based-differences-alzheimer-disease.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:04 EST news273068868 Just like a road atlas faithfully maps real-word locations, our brain maps many aspects of our physical world: Sensory inputs from our fingers are mapped next to each other in the somatosensory cortex; the auditory system is organized by sound frequency; and the various tastes are signaled in different parts of the gustatory cortex. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-brain-odor.html Neuroscience Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:00:01 EST news251375355 Like explorers mapping a new planet, scientists probing the brain need every type of landmark they can get. Each mountain, river or forest helps scientists find their way through the intricacies of the human brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-scientists-brain-nooks-crannies.html Medical research Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:00:14 EST news232118428