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  Kids With Conduct Problems May Have Brains That Under-React to Painful Images: May Increase Risk of Adult Psychopathy

  May 2, 2013 — When children with conduct problems see images of others in pain, key parts of their brains don't react in the way they do in most people. This pattern of reduced brain activity upon witnessing pain ... > full story
• Pain Control
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  Persistent Pain After Stressful Events May Have a Neurobiological Basis

  May 2, 2013 — A new study is the first to identify a genetic risk factor for persistent pain after traumatic events such as motor vehicle collision and sexual assault. The study also contributes further evidence ... > full story
• Epilepsy
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  World-First Study Predicts Epilepsy Seizures in Humans

  May 2, 2013 — A small device implanted in the brain has accurately predicted epilepsy seizures in humans in a world-first ... > full story
• Medical Imaging
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  Brilliant Dye to Probe the Brain

  May 2, 2013 — To obtain very-high-resolution 3D images of the cerebral vascular system, a dye is used that fluoresces in the near infrared and can pass through the ... > full story
• Brain Injury
  Neuroscience
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  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  New Brain Research Shows Two Parents May Be Better Than One

  May 1, 2013 — Scientists have discovered that adult brain cell production might be determined, in part, by the early parental environment. The study suggests that dual parenting may be more beneficial than single ... > full story
• Perception
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  Tinnitus
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  How Brain's Auditory Center Transmits Information for Decisions, Actions

  May 1, 2013 — When a pedestrian hears the screech of a car's brakes, she has to decide whether, and if so, how, to move in response. Is the action taking place blocks away, or 20 feet to the left? One of the ... > full story
• Disability
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  Gentle Touch and the Bionic Eye: Using Haptics to Improve Outcomes for People Given Visual Prosthetics

  May 1, 2013 — Normal vision is essentially a spatial sense that often relies upon touch and movement during and after development. Training with haptic, touch, technology could improve outcomes for the blind ... > full story
• Healthy Aging
  Mice
  Dementia
  Neuroscience
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  Hypothalamus: Brain Region May Hold Key to Aging

  May 1, 2013 — While the search continues for the Fountain of Youth, researchers may have found the body's "fountain of aging": the brain region known as the hypothalamus. For the first time, scientists report that ... > full story
• Nervous System
  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  Parkinson's Research
  Psychology Research
  Brain Tumor
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  Neon Exposes Hidden ALS Cells

  April 30, 2013 — A small group of neurons in the cortex play a big role in ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a fatal disease. But the neurons have been difficult to study because they look so similar to others in ... > full story
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Mental Health Research
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  Gender Difference
  Women's Health
   

  Psychological Trauma After Miscarriage Is More Likely in Women Using Assisted Reproduction

  April 30, 2013 — Subfertile women who conceive through assisted reproduction are more likely to experience a greater traumatic impact following early pregnancy loss compared with women who conceive naturally, ... > full story

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