Spinal cord injury disconnects communication between the brain and the spinal cord, disrupting control over parts of the body. Studying the mechanisms of recovery, Leuven researcher Aya Takeoka (NERF) found that a specific ...
Apr 08, 2019
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The brain tracks the location of body limbs in space. This is called proprioception or body localization. Additionally, the brain is aware of its ownership of body parts, and can can control extremities because they are sensed ...
Apr 04, 2019
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How did it feel getting out of bed this morning?
Mar 12, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Men and women alike want defined abs. But you don't have to achieve a "six-pack"—the nickname for the three most visible pairs of abdominal muscles—to get the benefits of a stronger middle, needed to support ...
Feb 11, 2019
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If you've ever had to work in a draughty office, warehouse or classroom, you've probably been tempted to keep your coat on inside. And you were probably also advised against it because you wouldn't "feel the benefit" when ...
Dec 28, 2018
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A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in India has developed a topical get that can be used by farmers to prevent nerve damage due to chemical crop spraying. In their paper published in the journal Science ...
Understanding the brain, in part, means understanding how behavior is created.
Aug 31, 2018
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A typically developing 2-month-old baby can make cooing sounds, suck on her hand to calm down and smile at people.
Jul 09, 2018
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Peripersonal space (PPS) is a mental space defined by the brain immediately around body parts used when interacting with people and objects. Recently, researchers have shown that some neurons in the primate brain respond ...
Jun 08, 2018
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Researchers have learned that precursor cells for skeletal muscles actually also give rise to neurons, blood vessels, blood cells and immune cells, pushing science one step closer to generating body parts in a laboratory.
May 16, 2018
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