UFS Mcknight Brain Institute researchers: Pioneering spinal cord procedure appears safe
...nt surgeries, the first two patients have remained neurologically stable, Wirth said. Tests analyzed by Floyd J. Thompson, an associate professor of neuroscience, revealed that the first patient had experienced a decrease in the excessive firing of the nerve cells in his lower spinal cord. Such excessive firing is ...Braille reading strategies may enhance stimulation of the brain responsible for vision
...bject using a standardized questionnaire, and only neurologically normal (excepting visual function) subjects were scanned. The nine subjects (four females, five males, average age of 44.78) were early-blind having no sight at birth or by five years of age. Seven (four females, 3 male; average age 49.14) were late...Prenatal alcohol exposure affects visual processing
...ple who were dysmorphic would be more likely to be neurologically damaged as well. We included the special education group because we thought that maybe there was something specific about this group - perhaps the effect of being in 'special education,' or of being disabled, etc. - that was going to affect outcome....MRI studies provide new insight into how emotions interfere with staying focused
...used functional MRI devices to study the brains of neurologically healthy subjects who tried to pay attention to specific visual targets on a screen. The test subjects were distracted in various ways, sometimes by images that were likely to evoke an emotional response. The results confirmed previous findings that e...McLean Hospital and Repligen announce results of brain imaging study of secretin
...going research efforts to understand secretin as a neurologically active peptide. Repligen previously reported a finding that treatment of rats with secretin specifically activates the neurons in the amygdala. Repligen is currently developing secretin for autism in a Phase 3 clinical trial program. "These studies...Sleep disorders linked to faulty brain chemistry, study finds
...urological diseases or in people who are otherwise neurologically well, but these findings are already suggesting further research opportunities." For instance, the U-M team is recruiting patients with Parkinson's disease for a similar study, to see if brain chemistry disruptions from their disorder may also be lin...