News tagged with corpus callosum


Atypical brain circuits may cause slower gaze shifting in infants who later develop autism

Infants at 7 months of age who go on to develop autism are slower to reorient their gaze and attention from one object to another when compared to 7-month-olds who do not develop autism, and this behavioral ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Impact of stem cell transplantation location in brain a crucial factor for cell survival

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., and the Mossakowski Medical Research Centre in Warsaw, Poland, have found that nonself-donated cells (allografts) better survive implantation into the brains ...

Medical research created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

White matter of abstinent alcoholics recovers over time

(HealthDay) -- Based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), the microstructural changes seen in the genu and body of the corpus callosum in recently detoxified alcohol-dependent patients are found to improve after ...

Addiction created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Regeneration after a stroke requires intact communication channels between the two halves of the brain

(Medical Xpress) -- The structure of the corpus callosum, a thick band of nerve fibres that connects the two halves of the brain with each other and in this way enables the rapid exchange of information between ...

Neuroscience created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neuroscientists find normal brain communication in people who lack connections between right, left hemispheres

(Medical Xpress) -- Like a bridge that spans a river to connect two major metropolises, the corpus callosum is the main conduit for information flowing between the left and right hemispheres of our brains. ...

Neuroscience created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 6 | with audio podcast