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Study shows brain processing similarities between music and movement
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Dartmouth College have devised an experiment that demonstrates how music and movement are processed by the brain in similar ways. They describe their experiment and discuss ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Researchers devise a method for reprogramming cells in urine into neural progenitor cells
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in China have developed a technique for reprogramming cells found in urine into neural progenitor cells that are capable of growing into neurons. In their paper published in ...
Medical research
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Study finds protein in platelets fight malaria but only for some people
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Australia have found that a protein in platelets found naturally in blood has a protective effect against malaria. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes how th ...
Medical research
Dec 07, 2012 |
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New understanding of how we see colors
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have until now not fully understood how animals see in color, since visual pigments in eyes contain exactly the same chromophore (light absorbing segment of the molecule) and yet can absorb different ...
Medical research
Dec 07, 2012 |
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Researchers claim NIH grant process is 'totally broken'
(Medical Xpress)—John Ioannidis, a researcher at Stanford University has, along with graduate student Joshua Nicholson, published a commentary piece in the journal Nature, taking the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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Researchers use microRNAs to induce regeneration of heart tissue
(Medical Xpress)—A research team working at Italy's International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology has succeeded in causing heart tissue to regenerate by introducing two microRNAs into damaged mice hearts. ...
Medical research
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Researchers find reading uses the same brain regions regardless of language
(Medical Xpress)—A team of French and Taiwanese researchers has found evidence to indicate that people use the same regions of the brain when reading, regardless of which language is being read. In their ...
Neuroscience
Nov 27, 2012 |
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Research shows brain hub activity different in coma patients
(Medical Xpress)—A team of French and British researchers has found that brain region activity for coma patients is markedly different than for healthy people. In their paper published in the Proceedings of ...
Neuroscience
Nov 27, 2012 |
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Proteins expressed by human cytomegalovirus mapped
(Medical Xpress)—A new study in the US and Germany has added to our understanding of the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and how it manipulates the cells it infects.
Medical research
Nov 23, 2012 |
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Researchers find fly receptor neurons able to communicate without synapse connections
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Yale University have found that neural receptors in a fly's antenna are able to communicate with one another despite a lack of synaptic connections. They suggest in their ...
Neuroscience
Nov 22, 2012 |
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Follow-up study finds lasting benefit from MDMA for people with PTSD
(Medical Xpress)—A research team made up of a group of private practitioners and medical experts has conducted a follow-up study of a trial of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) use in therapy sessions ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 21, 2012 |
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Researchers discover generic 'white' odor Laurax
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers working at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have discovered that there exists an odor analog of the color white and the sound of white noise. They've been conducting studies on the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2012 |
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Doctors communicate with man assumed to be in vegetative state using fMRI
(Medical Xpress)—Doctors in Canada claim they have opened a communication channel, using fMRI, with a man assumed to be in a vegetative state for over twelve years. By asking the patient to envision two ...
Neuroscience
Nov 14, 2012 |
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Study shows people capable of reading and solving math equations subconsciously
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Hebrew University in Jerusalem have found that contrary to popular thinking, people are capable of reading sentences and solving math problems without consciously thinking ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Neuroscientists suggest perception of harmonicity, not beating underlies perception of dissonance
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Montreal and New York University suggest in a paper they've had published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that the perception of har ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2012 |
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