http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Nausea is a common and distressing side effect of many drugs and treatments. Unlike vomiting, nausea is not well understood, but new research by University of Guelph scientists may soon change that. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-disgusted-rats-scientists-nausea-cancer.html Neuroscience Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:42:16 EST news268659677 Ancient Greek philosophers considered the ability to "know thyself" as the pinnacle of humanity. Now, thousands of years later, neuroscientists are trying to decipher precisely how the human brain constructs our sense of self. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-self-awareness-humans-complex-diffuse-previously.html Neuroscience Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:06:55 EST news264874007 Max Planck scientists discover brain cells in monkeys that may be linked to self-awareness and empathy in humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-rare-neurons-monkey-brains.html Neuroscience Mon, 21 May 2012 12:44:47 EST news256823056 The part of the brain we use when engaging in egalitarian behavior may also be linked to a larger sense of morality, researchers have found. Their conclusions, which offer scientific support for Adam Smith's theories of morality, are based on experimental research published in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-neurological-adam-smith-theories-morality.html Neuroscience Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:04:20 EST news253206022 The extent to which we are able to activate our muscles voluntarily depends on motivation and will power or the physical condition and level of fatigue of the muscles, for instance. The latter particularly leads to noticeable and measurable performance impairments. For a long time, the research on muscle fatigue was largely confined to changes in the muscle itself. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-muscle-fatigue.html Neuroscience Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:02:44 EST news242305355