News tagged with neurological basis

Dopamine not about pleasure (anymore)

(Medical Xpress)—To John Salamone, professor of psychology and longtime researcher of the brain chemical dopamine, scientific research can be very slow-moving.

Neuroscience Dec 03, 2012 | 4.9 / 5 (14) | 1 |

Research proposes common link between autism, diabetes

A review of the genetic and biochemical abnormalities associated with autism reveals a possible link between the widely diagnosed neurological disorder and Type 2 diabetes, another medical disorder on the rise in recent decades.

Medical research Oct 19, 2011 | 4.4 / 5 (8) | 3 |

Scientists map the frontiers of vision

There's a 3-D world in our brains. It's a landscape that mimics the outside world, where the objects we see exist as collections of neural circuits and electrical impulses.

Neuroscience Jan 06, 2012 | 4.6 / 5 (7) | 0 |

Stimulation of female genital regions produces strong activation of various brain sites

A new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine reveals that for the first time, stimulation of the vagina, cervix, or clitoris was shown to activate three separate and distinct sites in the sensory cortex.

Neuroscience Sep 12, 2011 | 4.3 / 5 (6) | 5 |

Secrets of human speech uncovered: Study shows brain exerts symphony-like control of vocal tract during act of speaking

A team of researchers at UC San Francisco has uncovered the neurological basis of speech motor control, the complex coordinated activity of tiny brain regions that controls our lips, jaw, tongue and larynx as we speak.

Neuroscience Feb 20, 2013 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Researchers ID gene behind primary cervical dystonia, a neck-twisting disorder

Researchers have identified a gene that causes adult-onset primary cervical dystonia, an often-painful condition in which patients' necks twist involuntarily. The discovery by a team from the Jacksonville, Fla., campus of ...

Genetics Mar 05, 2012 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Month of birth impacts on immune system development

Newborn babies' immune system development and levels of vitamin D have been found to vary according to their month of birth, according to new research.

Neuroscience Apr 08, 2013 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Tinted specs offer real migraine relief, says fMRI study

Precision tinted lenses have been used widely to reduce visual perceptual distortions in poor readers, and are increasingly used for migraine sufferers, but until now the science behind these effects has been unclear. Now ...

Neuroscience May 26, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

New research reveals more about how the brain processes facial expressions and emotions

Research released today helps reveal how human and primate brains process and interpret facial expressions, and the role of facial mimicry in everything from deciphering an unclear smile to establishing relationships of power ...

Neuroscience Oct 15, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0