Neuroscience
Molecular imbalance linked to brain tumour seizures
Researchers in France may have discovered why some patients with a type of brain tumour have epileptic seizures.
Jul 14, 2014
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Chip implanted in brain reads thoughts, activates sleeve to move paralyzed hand
For the first time ever, a paralyzed man can move his fingers and hand with his own thoughts thanks to an innovative partnership between The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Battelle.
Jun 24, 2014
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Researchers model how neurons work together
A newly-developed, highly accurate representation of the way in which neurons behave when performing movements such as reaching could not only enhance understanding of the complex dynamics at work in the brain, but aid in ...
Jun 18, 2014
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Fight-or-flight chemical prepares cells to shift brain from subdued to alert
A new study from The Johns Hopkins University shows that the brain cells surrounding a mouse's neurons do much more than fill space. According to the researchers, the cells, called astrocytes because of their star-shaped ...
Jun 18, 2014
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Brain power: New insight into how the brain regulates its blood flow
In a new study published online in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers at Columbia Engineering report that they have identified a new component of the biological mechanism that controls blood flow in ...
Jun 12, 2014
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Neuroscience
Researchers find spatial awareness shifts right as people fall asleep
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working at Cambridge University in the U.K. has found that spatial awareness shifts to the right when people are falling asleep. In their paper published in the journal Scientific ...
Neuroscience
Conceptual representation in the brain: Towards mind-reading
Your measured brain signals can reveal whether you are thinking about an animal or a tool. That's what neuroscientist Irina Simanova discovered during her PhD at Radboud University, where she investigated the conceptual representation ...
Apr 17, 2014
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Neuroscience
Movies synchronize brains
When we watch a movie, our brains react to it immediately in a way similar to other people's brains.
Apr 1, 2014
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Neuroscience
Monkey think, monkey do: experiment could lead to paralysis cure
Scientists working on a paralysis cure said Tuesday they had demonstrated how a monkey can use only its thoughts, transferred by electrodes, to manipulate a sleeping fellow primate's arm to do its bidding.
Feb 18, 2014
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Medical research
Long distance signals protect brain from viral infections
The brain contains a defense system that prevents at least two unrelated viruses—and possibly many more—from invading the brain at large. The research is published online ahead of print in the Journal of Virology.
Feb 10, 2014
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