News tagged with brain structure
Related topics: brain , brain regions , magnetic resonance imaging , hippocampus , brain function
Language learning makes the brain grow
(Medical Xpress)—At the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, young recruits learn a new language at a very fast pace. By measuring their brains before and after the language training, a group of researchers have had ...
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Oct 08, 2012 |
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'Disgusted' rats teaching scientists about nausea, work may lead to new cancer treatments
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.
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Oct 05, 2012 |
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Researchers create a universal map of vision in the human brain
Nearly 100 years after a British neurologist first mapped the blind spots caused by missile wounds to the brains of soldiers, Perelman School of Medicine researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have ...
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Oct 04, 2012 |
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Mom's high blood pressure in pregnancy could affect child's IQ in old age
New research from the University of Helsinki, Finland, suggests that a mother's high blood pressure during pregnancy may have an effect on her child's thinking skills all the way into old age. The study is published in the ...
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Oct 03, 2012 |
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Learning requires rhythmical activity of neurons
The hippocampus represents an important brain structure for learning. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich discovered how it filters electrical neuronal signals through an input ...
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Sep 26, 2012 |
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Dark matter DNA active in brain during day-night cycle
(Medical Xpress)—Long stretches of DNA once considered inert dark matter appear to be uniquely active in a part of the brain known to control the body's 24-hour cycle, according to researchers at the National Institutes ...
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Sep 24, 2012 |
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Volume of grey matter may predict degree of altruism
What makes a person altruistic? Philosophers throughout the ages often pondered the question but failed to get concrete answers. New research from the University of Zurich in Switzerland shows that the answer ...
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Sep 17, 2012 |
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Study: Common gene mutation affects kids with autism spectrum disorders
(Medical Xpress)—Over the past decade, researchers have made great strides in identifying genes that lead to an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which result in a continuum of social deficits, communication ...
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Sep 14, 2012 |
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Stress hormones: Good or bad for posttraumatic stress disorder risk?
Glucocorticoids, a group of hormones that includes cortisol, are considered stress hormones because their levels increase following stress. When their relationship to stress was first identified, it was shown that the release ...
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Sep 12, 2012 |
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Brain imaging reveals reduced brain connections in people with generalized anxiety disorder
(Medical Xpress)—A new University of Wisconsin-Madison imaging study shows the brains of people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have weaker connections between a brain structure that controls emotional response ...
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Sep 04, 2012 |
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Metabolism in the brain fluctuates with circadian rhythm
(Medical Xpress)—The rhythm of life is driven by the cycles of day and night, and most organisms carry in their cells a common, (roughly) 24-hour beat. In animals, this rhythm emerges from a tiny brain ...
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Aug 28, 2012 |
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For mitochondria, bigger may not be better
Goldilocks was on to something when she preferred everything "just right." Harvard Medical School researchers have found that when it comes to the length of mitochondria, the power-producing organelles, applying the fairy ...
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Aug 23, 2012 |
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Intense prep for law school admission test alters brain structure
Intensive preparation for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) actually changes the microscopic structure of the brain, physically bolstering the connections between areas of the brain important for reasoning, ...
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Aug 22, 2012 |
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Tripping the switches on brain growth to treat depression
Depression takes a substantial toll on brain health. Brain imaging and post-mortem studies provide evidence that the wealth of connections in the brain are reduced in individuals with depression, with the result of impaired ...
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Aug 15, 2012 |
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Unlocking a major secret of the brain: Researchers uncover crucial link between hippocampus and prefrontal cortex
(Medical Xpress) -- A clue to understanding certain cognitive and mental disorders may involve two parts of the brain which were previously thought to have independent functions, according to a McGill University ...
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Aug 15, 2012 |
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