Brain cells activated, reactivated in learning and memory
(Medical Xpress)—Memories are made of this, the song says. Now neuroscientists have for the first time shown individual mouse brain cells being switched on during learning and later reactivated during memory recall. The ...
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Dec 13, 2012 |
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Hand use improved after spinal cord injury with noninvasive stimulation
By using noninvasive stimulation, researchers were able to temporarily improve the ability of people with spinal cord injuries to use their hands. The findings, reported on November 29th in Current Biology, a Cell ...
Neuroscience
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Biologists announce unique spinal nerve cell activity discovery
Scientists from the University of Leicester have hit upon unique forms of spinal nerve activity that shape output of nerve cell networks controlling motor behaviours.
Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Sensory neurons identified as critical to sense of touch
While studying the sense of touch, scientists at Duke Medicine have pinpointed specific neurons that appear to regulate perception.
Neuroscience
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Researchers discover neurological link to loneliness
Researchers from UCL have found that lonely people have less grey matter in a part of the brain associated with decoding eye gaze and other social cues.
Neuroscience
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Study demonstrates how fear can skew spatial perception
That snake heading towards you may be further away than it appears. Fear can skew our perception of approaching objects, causing us to underestimate the distance of a threatening one, finds a study published in Current Bi ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2012 |
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From the twitching whiskers of babes: Naptime behavior shapes the brain
The whiskers of newborn rats twitch as they sleep, and that could open the door to new understandings about the intimate connections between brain and body. The discovery reinforces the notion that such involuntary movements ...
Neuroscience
Oct 18, 2012 |
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Neuroscientists find Broca's area is really two subunits, each with its own function
A century and a half ago, French physician Pierre Paul Broca found that patients with damage to part of the brain's frontal lobe were unable to speak more than a few words. Later dubbed Broca's area, this ...
Neuroscience
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Nerve signal discovery backs Nobel winner's theory
Scientists have proved a 60-year-old theory about how nerve signals are sent around the body at varying speeds as electrical impulses.
Medical research
Oct 11, 2012 |
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Alpha wave blocks your mind for distraction, but not continuously
Alpha waves were long ignored, but gained interest of brain researchers recently. Electrical activity of groups of brain cells results in brain waves with different amplitudes. The so called alpha wave, a slow brain wave ...
Neuroscience
Oct 09, 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 ...
Neuroscience
Oct 04, 2012 |
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Eunuchs outlive other men
Castrated men living in Korea centuries ago outlived other men by a significant margin. The findings, reported in the September 25 issue of Current Biology, suggest that male sex hormones are responsible for shortening the li ...
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Sep 24, 2012 |
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Brain study reveals the roots of chocolate temptations
Researchers have new evidence in rats to explain how it is that chocolate candies can be so completely irresistible. The urge to overeat such deliciously sweet and fatty treats traces to an unexpected part ...
Medical research
Sep 20, 2012 |
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Learning faster with neurodegenerative disease
People who bear the genetic mutation for Huntington's disease learn faster than healthy people. The more pronounced the mutation was, the more quickly they learned. This is reported by researchers from the Ruhr-Universität ...
Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2012 |
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Study gives new insight on inflammation
Scientists' discovery of an important step in the body's process for healing wounds may lead to a new way of treating inflammation.
Inflammatory disorders
Aug 30, 2012 |
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