http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and published in the leading journal Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-memory-susceptible-eradication-responses.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:30:04 EST news280427069 A training regimen to adjust the body's motor reflexes may help improve mobility for some people with incomplete spinal cord injuries, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-reflex-incomplete-spinal-injuries.html Neuroscience Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:00:04 EST news279305636 (HealthDay)—Electrophysiological abnormalities have been identified that are of some prognostic value in determining deteriorating clinical status over the long term for patients with mild-to-moderate lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), according to research published in the December issue of the European Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ep-lumbar-spinal-stenosis-prognosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:26:25 EST news275894778 You glimpse a stranger standing in the street. The light is hazy and the person's face and clothing are indistinct. Who is it? Chances are you will think it is a man—and the reason for this is a survival reflex, according to an unusual study published on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-survival-reflex-male-perception-bias.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:51:35 EST news269664631 New research from the Monell Center reveals that exposure to secondhand smoke decreases sensitivity to cough-eliciting respiratory irritants in otherwise healthy children and adolescents. The findings may help to explain why children of smokers are more likely to develop pneumonia, bronchitis and other diseases and also are more likely to experiment with smoking during adolescence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-secondhand-impairs-vital-reflex-kids.html Health Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:50:01 EST news264646076 (Medical Xpress) -- A three-year study by researchers at the University of Stirling has found that reflexology to the upper half of the left foot (the heart reflex point) had an effect on the hearts of healthy volunteers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-reflexology-affects-hearts-non-cardiology-patients.html Cardiology Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:26:19 EST news261591937 Millions of Americans reach for their cough drops or syrup at the first sign of a cough. However, scientists are unsure if and how these popular remedies work. Now, new findings from the Monell Center suggest that sucrose and menthol, ingredients commonly regarded as flavorings in these preparations, each act independently to reduce coughing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-sweet-minty-relief.html Medications Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:12:45 EST news258646356 Women who have just finished ovulating are better at detecting snakes than at other times of their menstrual cycle, according to an unusual study that sheds light on in-built reflexes for survival. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-hisss-women-snakes.html Other Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:09:35 EST news250441762 Structures in the midbrain that developed early in evolution can be responsible for functions in newborns which in adults are taken over by the cerebral cortex. New evidence for this theory has been found in the visual system of monkeys by a team of researchers from the RUB. The scientists studied a reflex that stabilizes the image of a moving scene on the retina to prevent blur, the so-termed optokinetic nystagmus. They found that nuclei in the midbrain initially control this reflex and that signals from the cerebral cortex (neocortex) are only added later on. PD Dr. Claudia Distler-Hoffmann from the Department of General Zoology and Neurobiology and Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Hoffmann from the Department of Animal Physiology report in the Journal of Neuroscience. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-evolutionarily-ancient-brain-areas-important.html Neuroscience Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:19:08 EST news241867138