News tagged with neurological disorder

Is this peptide a key to happiness?

(Medical Xpress)—What makes us happy? Family? Money? Love? How about a peptide? The neurochemical changes underlying human emotions and social behavior are largely unknown. Now though, for the first time in humans, scientists ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Electrical brain stimulation curbs epileptic seizures in rats

(HealthDay) -- Researchers report that they have created a device able to short-circuit epileptic seizures in rats.

Neuroscience created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Memories serve as tools for learning and decision-making, new study shows

(Medical Xpress) -- When humans learn, their brains relate new information with past experiences to derive new knowledge, according to psychology research from The University of Texas at Austin.

Neuroscience created Jul 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Songbirds' learning hub in brain offers insight into motor control

To learn its signature melody, the male songbird uses a trial-and-error process to mimic the song of its father, singing the tune over and over again, hundreds of times a day, making subtle changes in the pitch of the notes. ...

Neuroscience created May 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two unique studies indentify three genetic regions associated with schizophrenia

(Medical Xpress) -- Two new independent research groups looking to find the genetic roots of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have found evidence of variations in regions of the human genome that appear to be associated ...

Genetics created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Connecting neurons to fix the brain

Each of the brain's 100 billion neurons forms thousands of connections with other neurons. These connections, known as synapses, allow cells to rapidly share information, coordinate their activities, and achieve ...

Neuroscience created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study finds transcriptional biomarker for Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease, a devastating genetic disorder that causes degeneration of nerve cells in the brain, affects more than 15,000 Americans, and at least 150,000 are at risk of developing the disease. There is no known ...

Medical research created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists solve mystery of nerve disease genes

For several years, scientists have been pondering a question about a genetic disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease type 2D: how can different types of mutations, spread out across a gene, produce ...

Medical research created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Three possible susceptibility genes found in neurodegenerative disorder

An international research team, co-led by scientists at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida, have discovered three potential susceptibility genes for development of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare neurodegenerative ...

Genetics created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rett protein MeCP2 needed for proper adult neuron function

The protein MeCP2 is porridge to the finicky neuron. Like Goldilocks, the neuron or brain cell needs the protein in just the right amount. Girls born with dysfunctional MeCP2 (methyl-CpG-binding protein 2) develop Rett syndrome, ...

Neuroscience created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study of the machinery of cells reveals clues to neurological disorder

(Medical Xpress)—Investigation by researchers from the University of Exeter and ETH Zurich has shed new light on a protein which is linked to a common neurological disorder called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Neuroscience created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Turning human stem cells into brain cells sheds light on neural development

Medical researchers have manipulated human stem cells into producing types of brain cells known to play important roles in neurodevelopmental disorders such as epilepsy, schizophrenia and autism. The new model cell system ...

Medical research created May 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Suppressing protein may stem Alzheimer's disease process

Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered a potential strategy for developing treatments to stem the disease process in Alzheimer's disease. It's based on unclogging removal of ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fight control: Researchers link individual neurons to regulation of aggressive behavior in flies

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have long pondered the roots of aggression—and ways to temper it. Now, new research is beginning to illuminate the cellular-level circuitry responsible for modulating aggression ...

Neuroscience created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Learning disabilities affect up to 10 percent of children, study finds

Up to 10 per cent of the population are affected by specific learning disabilities (SLDs), such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and autism, translating to 2 or 3 pupils in every classroom according to a new study.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

List of neurological disorders

This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g.back pain), signs (e.g. aphasia) and syndromes (e.g. Aicardi syndrome).

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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