News tagged with neuroscientists

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Neuroeconomics to study decision-making in anxious individuals

Anxiety disorders affect approximately 40 million American adults each year, and although they are treatable, they often cause significant distress.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reorganizing brain could lead to new stroke, tinnitus treatments

UT Dallas researchers recently demonstrated how nerve stimulation paired with specific experiences, such as movements or sounds, can reorganize the brain. This technology could lead to new treatments for stroke, tinnitus, ...

Neuroscience created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research shows nerve stimulation can reorganize brain

(Medical Xpress) -- UT Dallas researchers recently demonstrated how nerve stimulation paired with specific experiences, such as movements or sounds, can reorganize the brain. This technology could lead to ...

Neuroscience created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Memantine drug shown to improve memory in those with Down syndrome

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found a drug that boosts memory function in those with Down syndrome, a major milestone in the treatment of this genetic disorder that could significantly ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

All things big and small: The brain's discerning taste for size

The human brain can recognize thousands of different objects, but neuroscientists have long grappled with how the brain organizes object representation; in other words, how the brain perceives and identifies different objects. ...

Neuroscience created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Short-term memory is more flexible than thought

(Medical Xpress) -- A theory that has been widely accepted for many years can be overturned: our short-term memory does not limit itself to remembering four to seven things at the same time. Groundbreaking research demonstrates ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

MRI images show what the brain looks like when you lose self-control

New pictures from the University of Iowa show what it looks like when a person runs out of patience and loses self-control.

Neuroscience created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Children, brain development and the criminal law

The legal system needs to take greater account of new discoveries in neuroscience that show how a difficult childhood can affect the development of a young person's brain which can increase the risk adolescent crimes, according ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research yields insights into Parkinson's disease

Researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) used an innovative technique to examine chemical interactions that are implicated in Parkinson's Disease.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Jun 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A different drummer: Neural rhythms drive physical movement

Unlike their visual cousins, the neurons that control movement are not a predictable bunch. Scientists working to decode how such neurons convey information to muscles have been stymied when trying to establish ...

Neuroscience created Jun 03, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Persistent sensory experience is good for aging brain

Despite a long-held scientific belief that much of the wiring of the brain is fixed by the time of adolescence, a new study shows that changes in sensory experience can cause massive rewiring of the brain, even as one ages. ...

Neuroscience created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Watching neurons learn

What happens at the level of individual neurons while we learn? This question intrigued the neuroscientist Daniel Huber, who recently arrived at the Department of Basic Neuroscience at the University of Geneva. During his ...

Neuroscience created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study points to potential treatment for stroke

Stanford University School of Medicine neuroscientists have demonstrated, in a study to be published online April 24 in Stroke, that a compound mimicking a key activity of a hefty, brain-based protein is capable of increa ...

Cardiology created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists discover key protein responsible for controlling nerve cell protection

A key protein, which may be activated to protect nerve cells from damage during heart failure or epileptic seizure, has been found to regulate the transfer of information between nerve cells in the brain. The discovery, made ...

Neuroscience created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Single-neuron observations mark steps in Alzheimer's disease

Studying a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, neuroscientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen have observed correlations between increases in both soluble and plaque-forming beta-amyloid – a ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast