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New Rehabilitation Methods for Amputees, Stroke Patients Developed
Mar. 12, 2014 — When use of a dominant hand is lost by amputation or stroke, a patient is forced to compensate by using the nondominant hand exclusively for precision tasks like writing or drawing. Presently, the ... full story -
Chronic Pain Research Delves Into Brain: New Insight Into How Brain Responds to Pain
Mar. 12, 2014 — New insights into how the human brain responds to chronic pain could eventually lead to improved treatments for patients, researchers say. Chronic pain is common throughout the world. More than 100 ... full story -
Substance Naturally Found in Humans Effective in Fighting Brain Damage from Stroke
Mar. 11, 2014 — A molecular substance that occurs naturally in humans and rats was found to 'substantially reduce' brain damage after an acute stroke and contribute to a better recovery, according to a ... full story -
Lack of Sleep, Stress Describe a Mother's Experience After Child's ALL Treatment
Mar. 11, 2014 — Many months after their child's diagnosis and treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), 46 percent of mothers exhibited symptoms of clinical anxiety and 26 percent of mothers showed ... full story -
Why Antisocial Youth Are Less Able to See Perspective of Others
Mar. 11, 2014 — Adolescents with antisocial personality disorder inflict serious physical and psychological harm on both themselves and others. However, little is yet known about the underlying neural processes. ... full story -
Restoring Order in Brain: Brain Cell Regeneration May Alleviate Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease
Mar. 11, 2014 — Researchers have discovered that when they re-established a population of new cells in the part of the brain associated with behavior, some symptoms of Alzheimer's disease significantly ... full story -
To Drink or Not to Drink: Decision-Making Center of Brain Identified
Mar. 11, 2014 — Although choosing to do something because the perceived benefit outweighs the financial cost is something people do daily, little is known about what happens in the brain when a person makes these ... full story -
Plaques Detected in Brain Scans Forecast Cognitive Impairment
Mar. 11, 2014 — Brain imaging using radioactive dye can detect early evidence of Alzheimer's disease that may predict future cognitive decline among adults with mild or no cognitive impairment, according to a ... full story -
Key Breaking Point Involved in Traumatic Brain Injury Modeled by Researchers
Mar. 10, 2014 — Even the mildest form of a traumatic brain injury, better known as a concussion, can deal permanent, irreparable damage. Now, an interdisciplinary team of researchers is using mathematical modeling ... full story -
Outside the Body Our Memories Fail Us
Mar. 10, 2014 — New research demonstrates for the first time that there is a close relationship between body perception and the ability to remember. For us to be able to store new memories from our lives, we need to ... full story -
Parkinson's Disease: Quickly Identifying Patients at Risk of Dementia
Mar. 10, 2014 — It may now be possible to identify the first-stage Parkinson’s patients who will go on to develop dementia, according to a study. Although Parkinson's disease is generally associated with ... full story -
Lower IQ and Poorer Cardiovascular Fitness in Teen Years Increase Risk of Early-Onset Dementia
Mar. 10, 2014 — Men who at the age of 18 years have poorer cardiovascular fitness and/or a lower IQ more often suffer from dementia before the age of 60. This is shown in a recent study encompassing more than one ... full story -
Can the Blind 'Hear' Colors, Shapes? Yes, Show Researchers
Mar. 9, 2014 — What if you could “hear” colors? Or shapes? These features are normally perceived visually, but using sensory substitution devices (SSDs) they can now be conveyed to the brain noninvasively ... full story -
Ever-So-Slight Delay Improves Decision-Making Accuracy
Mar. 7, 2014 — Researchers have found that decision-making accuracy can be improved by postponing the onset of a decision by a mere fraction of a second. The results could further our understanding of ... full story -
Self-Acceptance Could Be the Key to a Happier Life, Yet It's the Happy Habit Many People Practice the Least
Mar. 7, 2014 — Happiness is more than just a feeling; it is something we can all practice on a daily basis. But people are better at some 'happy habits' than others. In fact, the one habit that ... full story -
Inherited Alzheimer's Damage Greater Decades Before Symptoms Appear
Mar. 7, 2014 — The progression of Alzheimer's may slow once symptoms appear and do significant damage, according to a study investigating an inherited form of the disease. Through an international study, ... full story -
Talking-Therapy Treatments to Manage Osteoarthritis Pain
Mar. 7, 2014 — Abnormalities in the way the brain experiences pain may be to blame for the chronic pain suffered by osteoarthritis patients, scientists have shown for the first time. As a results, the researchers ... full story -
Drug Protects Mice Against Malaria Brain Damage, Raises Levels of BDNF in Humans
Mar. 6, 2014 — Cerebral malaria is a serious complication of infection with the malaria parasite, affecting approximately one in a thousand children in areas where malaria is common. Many of the patients die, and ... full story -
Marijuana's Anxiety Relief Effects: Receptors Found in Emotional Hub of Brain
Mar. 6, 2014 — Cannabinoid receptors, through which marijuana exerts its effects, have been found in a key emotional hub in the brain involved in regulating anxiety and the flight-or-fight response. This is the ... full story -
'Seeing' Bodies With Sound (No Sight Required)
Mar. 6, 2014 — People born unable to see are readily capable of learning to perceive the shape of the human body through soundscapes that translate images into sound, according to researchers. With a little ... full story -
Computers Used to 'See' Neurons to Better Understand Brain Function
Mar. 6, 2014 — A study reveals new information about the motor circuits of the brain that may one day help those developing therapies to treat conditions such as stroke, schizophrenia, spinal cord injury or ... full story
- New rehabilitation methods for amputees, stroke patients developed
- Chronic pain research delves into brain: New insight into how brain responds to pain
- Substance naturally found in humans effective in fighting brain damage from stroke
- Lack of sleep, stress describe a mother's experience after child's ALL treatment
- Why antisocial youth are less able to see perspective of others
- Restoring order in brain: Brain cell regeneration may alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's disease
- To drink or not to drink: Decision-making center of brain identified
- Plaques detected in brain scans forecast cognitive impairment
- Key breaking point involved in traumatic brain injury modeled by researchers
- Outside the body our memories fail us
- Parkinson's disease: Quickly identifying patients at risk of dementia
- Lower IQ and poorer cardiovascular fitness in teen years increase risk of early-onset dementia
- Ever-so-slight delay improves decision-making accuracy
- Self-acceptance could be the key to a happier life, yet it's the happy habit many people practice the least
- Inherited Alzheimer's damage greater decades before symptoms appear
- Talking-therapy treatments to manage osteoarthritis pain
- Drug protects mice against malaria brain damage, raises levels of BDNF in humans
- Marijuana's anxiety relief effects: Receptors found in emotional hub of brain
- 'Seeing' bodies with sound (no sight required)
- Computers used to 'see' neurons to better understand brain function
- Learning how to listen with neurofeedback
- Cocaine, pleasure principle explored in new rat study
- Drug therapy could eventually reverse memory decline in seniors
- Blocking immune system protein in mice prevents fetal brain injury, but not preterm birth
- Similarity breeds proximity in memory
- Brain circuits multitask to detect, discriminate the outside world
- Ultra-high-field MRI may allow earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
- What bat brains might tell us about human brains
- Drug war violence in Mexico connected with desensitization in social media
- Off with your glasses: Visual crowding linked to retina, brain processing
- New evidence confirms link between IQ, brain cortex
- Motion-sensing cells in eye let brain 'know' about directional changes
- Muscle-controlling neurons know when they mess up, according to research
- Cigarette smoking may cause physical changes in brains of young smokers, study shows
- Protein identified linked to most common movement disorder, essential tremor
- Doggy agility: are emotions thwarting performance?
- Poor sleep quality linked to reduced brain gray matter in Gulf War vets
- Brain differences linked to insomnia identified by researchers
- Education attenuates impact of TBI on cognition
- Novel therapeutic targets for Huntington's disease discovered
- Early strokes leave many young adults with long-lasting disability
- Dual role of brain glycogen revealed by researchers
- Mechanisms cancer cells use to establish metastatic brain tumors revealed by research
- Internal logic: Eight distinct subnetworks in mouse cerebral cortex
- Mouse brain atlas maps neural networks to reveal how brain regions interact
- The pain of social exclusion: Physical pain brain circuits activated by 'social pain'
- After death, twin brains show similar patterns of neuropathologic changes
- Effective treatment for youth anxiety disorders has lasting benefit
- Mental health of most UK troops serving in Afghanistan, Iraq is 'resilient'
- One gene influences recovery from traumatic brain injury
- Can non-invasive electrical stimulation of brain help patients regain state of consciousness after coma?
- Why breastfed babies are so smart: Moms who breastfeed are often responsive and read to their babies
- Factors affecting self-reporting among people with traumatic brain injury evaluated
- Causal link found between vitamin D, serotonin synthesis and autism in new study
- Exercise, surgically removing belly fat improves cognition in obese, diabetic mice
- Brain cell activity regulates Alzheimer's protein
- Increasing brain acidity may reduce anxiety
- Brainstem discovered as important relay site after stroke
- Music as therapeutic intervention can relieve anxiety, depression in older people
- Why almost winning is just as good for some gamblers
- White matter disease exacts heavy toll, increasing risk of stroke, Alzheimer's, dementia
- Stereotactic radio surgery procedure comes to New Mexico
- New ideas change your brain cells, research shows
- Watching how the brain works with new live imaging
- New research helps explain how social understanding is performed by the brain
- Stimulation glove for stroke patients helps improve tactile perception, motor function
- Could PTSD involve immune cell response to stress? Study in mice raises question
- Neuron-generating brain region could hold promise for neurodegenerative therapies
- Human and dog brains both have dedicated 'voice areas'
- Active thyroid may raise risk of depression in older individuals
- Mechanism behind activation of dormant memory cells discovered
- The musical brain: Novel study of jazz players shows common brain circuitry processes both music, language
- Brain signals move paralyzed limbs in new experiment
- Workings of working memory revealed
- Potential solution for feeding, swallowing difficulties in children with digeorge syndrome, autism
- Protein's role in human memory and learning: Deficiency in SNX27 could explain the learning difficulties in Down's syndrome
- 'Beautiful but sad' music can help people feel better
- Dreams, déjà vu and delusions caused by faulty 'reality testing,' research shows
- Family problems experienced in childhood and adolescence affect brain development
- A brain circuit for recognizing change
- Neuropsychological assessment more efficient than MRI for tracking disease progression in memory clinic patients
- Can you boost your brain power through video?
- Researchers discover how ALS spreads
- Surprising differences in brain activity of alcohol-dependent women discovered
- Researchers hijack cancer migration mechanism to 'move' brain tumors
- Thinking it through: Scientists seek to unlock mysteries of the brain
- Growing number of chemicals linked with brain disorders in children
- Another reason to not mix work, family: Money makes parenting less meaningful, study suggests
- New depression treatments reported
- Consequences of protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disorders
- Brain's 'sweet spot' for love found in neurological patient
- Impaired recovery from inflammation linked to Alzheimer's
- Brains have switch board to guide behavior in response to external stimuli
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