News tagged with brain activation
Related topics: brain , functional magnetic resonance imaging , brain activity
Researcher expects improvements to epilepsy diagnosis and prevention of life-threatening seizures
(Medical Xpress)—The electroencephalogram (EEG) for human uses has been around since 1924. Small metal discs placed along the scalp measure electrical activity in the human brain, important in diagnosing ...
Neuroscience
Dec 21, 2012 |
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Search for epigenetic decoder leads scientists to Rett Syndrome
(Medical Xpress)—A few years ago, scientists discovered an unexpected layer of information woven into the genetic code – a nucleotide called 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, or 5hmC. Its meaning was unknown at the time, but a ...
Medical research
Dec 21, 2012 |
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Neuroscience: The extraordinary ease of ordinal series
Familiar categories whose members appear in orderly sequences are processed differently than others in the brain, according to new research published by David Eagleman in the open access journal Frontiers in Neuroscience on Dec ...
Neuroscience
Dec 20, 2012 |
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Brain imaging identifies bipolar risk
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the Black Dog Institute and University of NSW have used brain imaging technology to show that young people with a known genetic risk of bipolar but no clinical signs of ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Advanced brain investigations can become better and cheaper
(Medical Xpress)—An important method for brain research and diagnosis is magnetoencephalography (MEG). But the MEG systems are so expensive that not all EU countries have one today. A group of Swedish researchers ...
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Dec 14, 2012 |
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Stress-resilience, susceptibility traced to neurons in reward circuit
A specific pattern of neuronal firing in a brain reward circuit instantly rendered mice vulnerable to depression-like behavior induced by acute severe stress, a study supported by the National Institutes ...
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Dec 12, 2012 |
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Study: Infants process faces long before they recognize other objects
(Medical Xpress)—Using brain-monitoring technology, Stanford psychology researchers have discovered that infant brains respond to faces in much the same way as adult brains do, even while the rest of their ...
Neuroscience
Dec 11, 2012 |
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A better early blood test for autism: Genetic signatures point to disrupted neuro-immune pathways
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have developed a blood test for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) that outperforms existing genetic tests, while presenting evidence that abnormal ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Dec 10, 2012 |
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In US first, Johns Hopkins surgeons implant brain 'pacemaker' for Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine in November surgically implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, the first such operation in the United States. The device, ...
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Dec 05, 2012 |
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AES: Brain's stress response differs among epilepsy patients
(HealthDay)—There is a significant difference in the brain's response to stress among patients with epilepsy who believe stress is an important factor in seizure control compared to those who do not, according ...
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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Learning to control brain activity improves visual sensitivity
Training human volunteers to control their own brain activity in precise areas of the brain can enhance fundamental aspects of their visual sensitivity, according to a new study. This non-invasive 'neurofeedback' ...
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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Brain stimulation may buffer feelings of social pain
Accumulating evidence suggests that certain brain areas involved in processing physical pain may also underlie feelings of social pain. But can altering brain activity in these areas actually change how people experience ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 04, 2012 |
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Study supports link between stress, epileptic seizures
(HealthDay)—Scientists have long thought that stress plays a role in epileptic seizures, and new evidence suggests that epilepsy patients who believe this is the case experience a different brain response ...
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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Do brain cells need to be connected to have meaning?
(Medical Xpress)—The classic theory of the brain is one of connections, in which the brain consists of a network of neurons that interact with each other to allow us to think, see, interpret, and understand ...
Neuroscience
Dec 04, 2012 |
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New research on how the brain makes decisions
(Medical Xpress)—Neuroscience researchers at Trinity College Dublin have opened a new avenue for research on how the brain enables us to make decisions about our environment. By observing the gradual formation ...
Neuroscience
Dec 04, 2012 |
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