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New research on how the brain makes decisions
(Medical Xpress)—Neuroscience researchers at Trinity College Dublin have opened a new avenue for research on how the brain enables us to make decisions about our environment. By observing the gradual formation ...
Neuroscience
Dec 04, 2012 |
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Thought-controlled prosthesis is changing the lives of amputees
The world's first implantable robotic arm controlled by thoughts is being developed by Chalmers researcher Max Ortiz Catalan. The first operations on patients will take place this winter.
Medical research
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Blind patient reads words stimulated directly onto the retina
For the very first time researchers have streamed braille patterns directly into a blind patient's retina, allowing him to read four-letter words accurately and quickly with an ocular neuroprosthetic device. ...
Neuroscience
Nov 22, 2012 |
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A better brain implant: Slim electrode cozies up to single neurons
(Medical Xpress)—A thin, flexible electrode developed at the University of Michigan is 10 times smaller than the nearest competition and could make long-term measurements of neural activity practical at ...
Neuroscience
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Making memories: Researchers explore the anatomy of recollection
With the help of data collected from intracranial electrodes implanted on epilepsy patients, researchers in Drexel's School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems are getting a rare look inside the brain in ...
Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Young brain develops activity peaks while it is still growing
After a short period of growth, cultured networks of neurons regularly exhibit major activity in the absence of external stimulation. These "bursts" are entirely related to growth. At this stage, they have ...
Neuroscience
Nov 07, 2012 |
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Women don't fare as well as men with implanted defibrillators, study says
(HealthDay)—Women are more likely than men to experience complications and to die within six months of getting an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, according to new research that looked at nearly ...
Cardiology
Nov 07, 2012 |
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'World-first' surgery gives Australian boy new hope
Australian doctors Thursday hailed what they described as a world-first surgical treatment for a boy suffering from a rare disease that sends his blood pressure soaring and triggered a stroke.
Surgery
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Less-invasive method of brain stimulation helps patients with Parkinson's disease
Electrical stimulation using extradural electrodes—placed underneath the skull but not implanted in the brain—is a safe approach with meaningful benefits for patients with Parkinson's disease, reports the October issue ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Getting sleepy at the wheel? Dangerous 'Microsleep' may occur without a break
(Medical Xpress)—Nodding off at the wheel could be easier than you think. All participants in a QUT study showed extreme levels of sleepiness 40 minutes into a simulated driving test after waking early that day.
Health
Oct 10, 2012 |
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Innovative new defibrillator offers alternative for regulating heart beat
A new ground-breaking technology was recently used at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) where two cardiologists, Dr. David Birnie and Dr. Pablo Nery, implanted a new innovative leadless defibrillator, the subcutaneous ...
Cardiology
Oct 03, 2012 |
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Singing in the brain
What does anger sound like? What music does sorrow imply? Human emotion is being given a new soundtrack thanks to an exciting new collaboration between art and neuroscience.
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Sep 26, 2012 |
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Research sheds light on debilitating stomach condition
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) have accurately mapped the patterns of abnormal gastric electrical activity that occurs during gastroparesis, a debilitating stomach condition.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 26, 2012 |
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Chronic pain and shaking under control using 'pacemaker for the brain'
How does electrical stimulation affect the brain? A project by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, launched in early 2012, studies the impact mechanism of deep brain stimulation and develops ...
Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2012 |
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In gerbils, stem cells boost hopes of ending deafness
Scientists working with deaf gerbils said on Wednesday they had found a way of coaxing early stem cells into specialised ear cells that helped the rodents hear sound once more.
Medical research
Sep 12, 2012 |
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