News tagged with electrical brain activity
Changes in patterns of brain activity predict fear memory formation
Psychologists at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have discovered that changes in patterns of brain activity during fearful experiences predict whether a long-term fear memory is formed. The research results have recently ...
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Mar 04, 2013 |
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Brain-to-brain interface allows transmission of tactile and motor information between rats
Researchers have electronically linked the brains of pairs of rats for the first time, enabling them to communicate directly to solve simple behavioral puzzles. A further test of this work successfully linked ...
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Feb 28, 2013 |
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FDA panel backs brain stimulator for epilepsy
(HealthDay News) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel has unanimously backed a device that lowers the rate of seizures among people with epilepsy.
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Feb 25, 2013 |
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Study reveals how people with a severe unexplained psychological illness have abnormal activity in the brain
Psychogenic diseases, formerly known as 'hysterical' illnesses, can have many severe symptoms such as painful cramps or paralysis but without any physical explanation. However, new research from the University of Cambridge ...
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Feb 24, 2013 |
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FDA panel to consider brain stimulator for epilepsy
(HealthDay News) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will weigh on Friday the merits of a new therapy for some people with epilepsy who have seizures that don't respond to medication.
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Feb 21, 2013 |
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Electrical brain stimulation plus drug fights depression, study reports
(HealthDay)—Treating major depression safely and affordably is a challenge. Now, Brazilian researchers have found that two techniques often used individually produce better results when used together.
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Feb 06, 2013 |
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Rhythms in the brain help give a sense of location, study shows
Research at the University of Edinburgh tracked electrical signals in the part of the brain linked to spatial awareness.
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Jan 10, 2013 |
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Don't let botox go to your head…or should you?
Injecting botox into the arm muscles of stroke survivors, with severe spasticity, changes electrical activity in the brain and may assist with longer-term recovery, according to new research.
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Jan 08, 2013 |
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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 ...
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Dec 21, 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 ...
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Dec 11, 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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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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In schizophrenia patients, auditory cues sound bigger problems
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System have found that deficiencies in the neural processing of simple auditory tones can evolve into ...
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Nov 30, 2012 |
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Musical duets lock brains as well as rhythms
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin have shown that synchronization emerges between brains when making music together, and even when musicians play different voices. ...
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Nov 29, 2012 |
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Brain waves encode rules for behavior
One of the biggest puzzles in neuroscience is how our brains encode thoughts, such as perceptions and memories, at the cellular level. Some evidence suggests that ensembles of neurons represent each unique piece of information, ...
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Nov 21, 2012 |
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