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Music from the Ear: Researchers Show How an Objective Audiometric Test Can Become Even More Reliable
January 10, 2013 Not only can the human ear detect sounds, it can also generate them. If the ear hears the two upper tones of a major triad, it produces the fundamental of the chord which can then be measured. This ... > full story -
Sensory Hair Cells Regenerated, Hearing Restored in Noise-Damaged Mammal Ear
January 9, 2013 Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that hair cells can be regenerated in an adult mammalian ear by using a drug to stimulate resident cells to become new hair cells, resulting in ... > full story -
First Oral Drug for Spinal Cord Injury Improves Movement in Mice
January 8, 2013 An experimental oral drug given to mice after a spinal cord injury was effective at improving limb movement after the injury, a new study ... > full story -
Adaptable Prosthetics for Amputees Being Developed in the UK
January 8, 2013 Approximately one in every 1,000 people in the UK is an amputee. Many lose their limbs as the result of tragic accidents or due to active military combat and for some amputees losing a limb can feel ... > full story -
New Stem Cell Approach for Blindness Successful in Mice
January 7, 2013 Blind mice can see again, after researchers transplanted developing cells into their eyes and found they could re-form the entire light-sensitive layer of the ... > full story -
Mechanism of Hearing Is Similar to Car Battery, Researcher Learns
January 7, 2013 Biologists have shown that one of the mechanisms involved in hearing is similar to the battery in your car. And if that isn't interesting enough, the scientists advanced their knowledge of human ... > full story -
The Pain Puzzle: Uncovering How Morphine Increases Pain in Some People
January 6, 2013 For individuals with agonizing pain, it is a cruel blow when the gold-standard medication actually causes more pain. Adults and children whose pain gets worse when treated with morphine may be closer ... > full story -
Long-Term Consequences for Those Suffering Traumatic Brain Injury
January 4, 2013 Researchers studying the long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using rat models, have found that, overtime, TBI results in progressive brain deterioration characterized by elevated ... > full story -
New Understanding of Nerve Damage Caused by Spinal Cord Injury Could Improve Treatment Design
January 3, 2013 More than half of traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) in humans are cervical lesions, resulting in chronic loss of limb function. A better understanding of the link between the neurologic damage ... > full story -
Second Impact Syndrome in a High School Football Player: Researchers Use Imaging Findings to Chronicle New Details
January 1, 2013 Image series and other data help researchers shed new light on the rare and devastating condition of second impact ... > full story
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