News tagged with cerebral cortex

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Evidence shows concussions require long-term follow-up for players

As the National Football League braces for lawsuits by 4000 former players alleging the league failed to protect them from the long-term consequences of concussions, game-changing research by a leading Canadian researcher ...

Health created Feb 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technique moves practical Alzheimer diagnosis one step closer to reality

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health are moving closer to a significant milepost in the battle against Alzheimer's disease: identifying the first signs of decline in the ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genome-wide atlas of gene enhancers in the brain online

Future research into the underlying causes of neurological disorders such as autism, epilepsy and schizophrenia, should greatly benefit from a first-of-its-kind atlas of gene-enhancers in the cerebrum (telencephalon). ...

Genetics created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find cancer-causing virus in the brain, potential connection to epilepsy

Researchers at Shriner's Hospital Pediatric Research Center at the Temple University School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania have evidence linking the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) – the most common cause ...

Neuroscience created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

New research finds slower growth of preterm infants linked to altered brain development

(Medical Xpress)—Preterm infants who grow more slowly as they approached what would have been their due dates also have slower development in an area of the brain called the cerebral cortex, report Canadian researchers ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research reveals exactly how the human brain adapts to injury

For the first time, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (CCBI) have used a new combination of neural imaging methods to discover exactly how the human brain adapts ...

Neuroscience created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lack of protein Sp2 disrupts neuron creation in brain

(Medical Xpress)—A protein known as Sp2 is key to the proper creation of neurons from stem cells, according to researchers at North Carolina State University. Understanding how this protein works could ...

Neuroscience created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein identified that can disrupt embryonic brain development and neuron migration

Interneurons – nerve cells that function as 'dimmers' – play an important role in the brain. Their formation and migration to the cerebral cortex during the embryonic stage of development is crucial to ...

Neuroscience created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New technique comprehensively generates three-dimensional maps of gene expression in the brain

A research team led by Yuko Okamura-Oho and Hideo Yokota of the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, has developed a novel technique for three-dimensional (3D) mapping of gene expression patterns onto ...

Genetics created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell loss in the brain relates to variations in individual symptoms in Huntington's disease

Scientists have wrestled to understand why Huntington's disease, which is caused by a single gene mutation, can produce such variable symptoms. An authoritative review by a group of leading experts summarizes the progress ...

Neuroscience created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Risk genes for Alzheimer's and mental illness linked to brain changes at birth

Some brain changes that are found in adults with common gene variants linked to disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and autism can also be seen in the brain scans of newborns.

Neuroscience created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers report progress in quest to create objective method of detecting pain

A method of analyzing brain structure using advanced computer algorithms accurately predicted 76 percent of the time whether a patient had lower back pain in a new study by researchers from the Stanford University School ...

Neuroscience created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New biomaterials promote neuroregeneration after a brain injury

Professor Jose Miguel Soria, a member of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, has co-directed with Professor Manuel Monleón of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia a study on the compatibility ...

Neuroscience created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A sonar vision system for the congenitally blind

A "sonar vision" system that enables people who are blind from birth to perceive the shape of a face, a house or even words and letters, is being developed by a team at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Using this device, ...

Neuroscience created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study solves birth and migration mysteries of cortex's powerful inhibitors, 'chandelier' cells

A team at CSHL for the 1st time reveals the birth timing and embryonic origin of a critical class of inhibitory brain cells called chandelier cells, tracing the specific paths they take during early development into the cerebral ...

Neuroscience created Nov 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast