Neuroscience
Smell test helps spot brain trauma in combat zones, study says
(HealthDay)—Testing soldiers' sense of smell can help diagnose those with traumatic brain injury, a new study shows.
Mar 27, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tracking parasites with satellites
Scientists are teaming up to use satellite data to target deadly parasites to help predict patterns of parasitic diseases such as malaria, worms and hydatids.
Feb 14, 2015
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Medical radiation may be reduced to one-sixth
One of this century's most significant mathematical discoveries may reduce the number of measuring points to one-sixth of the present level. This means reduced exposure to radiation and faster medical imaging diagnostics.
Jan 26, 2015
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Neuroscience
International research gives neuroscientists better feeling about sense of touch
Our sense of touch is one we often take for granted, until our leg falls asleep and we aren't able to stand, or when we experience acute pain. The sense of touch also has been taken for granted in neuroscience, where it's ...
Jan 6, 2015
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Paying attention makes touch-sensing brain cells fire rapidly and in sync
Whether we're paying attention to something we see can be discerned by monitoring the firings of specific groups of brain cells. Now, new work from Johns Hopkins shows that the same holds true for the sense of touch. The ...
Dec 9, 2014
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Medical research
Scientists identify principal protein sensor for touch
A team led by biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has solved a long-standing mystery in neuroscience by identifying the "mechanoreceptor" protein that mediates the sense of touch in mammals.
Dec 3, 2014
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Health
Decreased ability to identify odors may predict five-year mortality
For older adults, being unable to identify scents is a strong predictor of death within five years, according to a study published October 1, 2014, in the journal PLOS ONE. Thirty-nine percent of study subjects who failed ...
Oct 1, 2014
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The human race evolved to be fair for selfish reasons
"Make sure you play fairly," often say parents to their kids. In fact, children do not need encouragement to be fair, it is a unique feature of human social life, which emerges in childhood. When given the opportunity to ...
Sep 19, 2014
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Neuroscience
New research links bad diet to loss of smell
Could stuffing yourself full of high-fat foods cause you to lose your sense of smell?
Jul 21, 2014
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Medical research
A new model explains why we perceive sounds when they are conducted through the skull
(Medical Xpress)—The ear is an important organ that allows us to perceive the world around us. However, very few of us are aware that not only the ear cup but also our skull bone can receive and conduct sounds. Tatjana ...
Jun 27, 2014
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