News tagged with rhythmic activity
Neurotransmitter serotonin shown to link sleep–wake cycles with the body's natural 24-hour cycle
Almost all animals have a hard-wired 'body-clock' that controls biological function in cycles of approximately 24 hours. This is known as the circadian rhythm and, in mammals, it is controlled by signaling ...
Neuroscience
Feb 22, 2013 |
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This is your brain on freestyle rap: Study reveals characteristic brain patterns of lyrical improvisation
Researchers in the voice, speech, and language branch of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have used functional magnetic resonance imaging ...
Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2012 |
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Biologists announce unique spinal nerve cell activity discovery
Scientists from the University of Leicester have hit upon unique forms of spinal nerve activity that shape output of nerve cell networks controlling motor behaviours.
Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Dancing their falls away
Foxtrot, salsa, rumba! Twice weekly ballroom dancing classes for senior citizens could bring back the balance and strength needed to prevent falls in elderly Australians, according to University of Sydney ...
Health
Nov 07, 2011 |
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How cannabis causes 'cognitive chaos' in the brain
Cannabis use is associated with disturbances in concentration and memory. New research by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, has found that brain activity becomes uncoor ...
Neuroscience
Oct 25, 2011 |
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GPS in the head? Rhythmic activity of neurons to code position in space
Prof. Dr. Motoharu Yoshida and colleagues from Boston University investigated how the rhythmic activity of nerve cells supports spatial navigation. The research scientists showed that cells in the entorhinal cortex, which ...
Neuroscience
Sep 15, 2011 |
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