News tagged with neural system

Temporal processing in the olfactory system

The neural machinery underlying our olfactory sense continues to be an enigma for neuroscience. A recent review in Neuron seeks to expand traditional ideas about how neurons in the olfactory bulb might encode information about ...

Neuroscience May 17, 2013 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Sense of touch reproduced through prosthetic hand

In a study recently published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, neurobiologists at the University of Chicago show how an organism can sense a tactile stimulus, in real time, through an art ...

Neuroscience May 10, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

Neural codes for memory implants

(Medical Xpress)—The ability to short-circuit debilitating tremors in disease states with implantable stimulators is nothing short of remarkable. The same can be said for cochlear prosthetics which restore ...

Neuroscience Apr 24, 2013 | 4.9 / 5 (8) | 5 |

Blocking protein expression delays onset of multiple sclerosis in mice, study says

(Medical Xpress)—Blocking the expression of just one protein in the brain delays the onset of paralysis in mice with a form of multiple sclerosis, say researchers at the School of Medicine.

Medical research May 10, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Ghosts in the machine: The neural basis of visual illusions in fruit flies

(Medical Xpress) -- We experience an interesting phenomenon when the contrast of an image flickers as it moves across our visual field – namely, an illusory reversal in the direction of motion. Moreover, ...

Neuroscience Jun 22, 2011 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers manipulate neurons in worms' brains, take control of their behavior

In the quest to understand how the brain turns sensory input into behavior, Harvard scientists have crossed a major threshold. Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers have been able to take over an animal's ...

Neuroscience Sep 24, 2012 | 5 / 5 (8) | 1 |

New study finds brain tumors can arise from neurons

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the US and Japan have shown that an aggressive type of brain tumor can arise from normal cells in the central nervous system such as neurons. The cells revert to an earlier, ...

Cancer Oct 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Birdsong study pecks theory that music is uniquely human

(Medical Xpress)—A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human listening to music, suggests a new study on white-throated sparrows, published in Frontiers of Evolutionary Ne ...

Neuroscience Dec 27, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 11 |

New algorithm greatly improves speed and accuracy of thought-controlled computer cursor

Stanford researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people maneuver computer cursors with their thoughts. The algorithm's ...

Neuroscience Nov 18, 2012 | 4.9 / 5 (10) | 4 |

Pain is not one-dimensional, researchers say

Pain is not one-dimensional but a combination of inflammatory reactions as well as of processes in the central nervous system and memory cells. This is the result of a current study by pain researchers at ...

Medical research May 01, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Researchers discover workings of brain's 'GPS system'

Just as a global positioning system (GPS) helps find your location, the brain has an internal system for helping determine the body's location as it moves through its surroundings.

Neuroscience Mar 07, 2013 | 4 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Nerve regeneration research and therapy may get boost from new discovery

A new mechanism for guiding the growth of nerves that involves cell-death machinery has been found by scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno that may bring advances in neurological medicine and research. ...

Neuroscience Mar 25, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Spring cleaning in your brain: New stem cell research shows how important it is

Deep inside your brain, a legion of stem cells lies ready to turn into new brain and nerve cells whenever and wherever you need them most. While they wait, they keep themselves in a state of perpetual readiness ...

Neuroscience Apr 10, 2013 | 5 / 5 (7) | 0 |

Scientists find that competition between two brain regions influences the ability to make healthy choices

(Medical Xpress)—Almost everyone knows the feeling: you see a delicious piece of chocolate cake on the table, but as you grab your fork, you think twice. The cake is too fattening and unhealthy, you tell ...

Neuroscience Sep 26, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Neural stem cells regenerate axons in severe spinal cord injury

In a study at the University of California, San Diego and VA San Diego Healthcare, researchers were able to regenerate "an astonishing degree" of axonal growth at the site of severe spinal cord injury in rats. Their research ...

Medical research Sep 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (7) | 1 |

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