News tagged with excitation
Excitation
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Where the nonspecific thalamus meets the prefrontal cortex: First measurements made of key brain links
Inside the brains of mice and men alike, a relatively big football-shaped region called the thalamus acts like a switchboard, providing the prefrontal cortex, the part that does abstract thinking and decision-making, with ...
Neuroscience
Dec 04, 2012 |
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Research provides clue to unexplained excited delirium deaths
The headlines are often filled with this scenario: a person displaying violent, bizarre and agitated behavior is subdued by law enforcement personnel and later dies in custody. It appears to be a case of police brutality ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 20, 2012 |
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Study confirms anatomic existence of the elusive G-spot
For centuries, women have been reporting engorgement of the upper, anterior part of the vagina during the stage of sexual excitement, despite the fact the structure of this phenomenon had not been anatomically determined.
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Apr 25, 2012 |
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Scientists find that neurological changes can happen due to social status
Researchers at Georgia State University have discovered that in one species of freshwater crustaceans, social status can affect the configuration of neural circuitry.
Neuroscience
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Looking for a link between seizures and migraine after traumatic brain injury in soldiers
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects many Americans: high school athletes, drivers and passengers in motor vehicle accidents, and victims of domestic violence, to name a few. Some of the most striking effects of brain injury ...
Neuroscience
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Team creates genetic 'GPS' system to comprehensively locate and track inhibitory nerve cells
A team of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has succeeded in creating what amounts to a GPS system for locating and tracking a vital class of brain cells that until now has eluded comprehensive identification, ...
Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2011 |
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New technique to stimulate heart muscle by light may lead to light-controlled pacemakers
By employing optogenetics, a new field that uses genetically altered cells to respond to light, and a tandem unit cell (TCU) strategy, researchers at Stony Brook University have demonstrated a way to control ...
Cardiology
Aug 22, 2011 |
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