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People Can 'Beat' Guilt Detection Tests by Suppressing Incriminating Memories
May 29, 2013 Psychologists have shown that people can suppress incriminating memories and thereby avoid detection in brain activity guilt detection ... > full story -
New Treatment for Stroke Set to Increase Chances of Recovery
May 29, 2013 Researchers have completed a landmark study which has revealed a new way to treat strokes caused by bleeding inside the ... > full story -
Cause of Infantile Amnesia Revealed: New Neuron Formation Could Increase Capacity for New Learning, at Expense of Old Memories
May 24, 2013 New research presented today shows that formation of new neurons in the hippocampus -- a brain region known for its importance in learning and remembering -- could cause forgetting of old memories by ... > full story -
First Successful Treatment of Pediatric Cerebral Palsy With Autologous Cord Blood: Awoken from a Persistent Vegetative State
May 23, 2013 Medics have succeeded in treating cerebral palsy with autologous cord blood. Following a cardiac arrest with severe brain damage, a two-and-a-half year old boy had been in a persistent vegetative ... > full story -
Regenerating Spinal Cord Fibers May Be Treatment for Stroke-Related Disabilities
May 23, 2013 A new study finds "substantial evidence" that a regenerative process involving damaged nerve fibers in the spinal cord could hold the key to better functional recovery by most stroke victims. The ... > full story -
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Breakthrough on Huntington's Disease
May 23, 2013 Researchers have succeeded in preventing very early symptoms of Huntington’s disease, depression and anxiety, by deactivating the mutated huntingtin protein in the brains of ... > full story -
Neuroscientists Explain How the Sensation of Brain Freeze Works
May 22, 2013 Brain freeze is practically a rite of summer. It happens when you eat ice cream or gulp something ice cold too quickly. The scientific term is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, but that's a mouthful. ... > full story -
Do Salamanders' Immune Systems Hold the Key to Regeneration?
May 20, 2013 Salamanders' immune systems are key to their remarkable ability to regrow limbs, and could also underpin their ability to regenerate spinal cords, brain tissue and even parts of their hearts, ... > full story -
Premature Birth Interrupts Vital Brain Development Processes Leading to Reduced Cognitive Abilities in Infants
May 20, 2013 Researchers have for the first time used a novel form of MRI to identify crucial developmental processes in the brain that are vulnerable to the effects of premature birth. This new study shows that ... > full story -
Far-Reaching, Microvascular Damage Found in Uninjured Side of Brain After Stroke
May 20, 2013 An animal-model study finds far-reaching microvascular damage in the uninjured side of the brain after a stroke. The findings suggest repair of the protective blood-brain barrier may help prevent ... > full story
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