Columbia researchers receive $3 million to combat genetic killer of infants & toddlers
...differentiation and the formation of sensory-motor circuitry in the developing spinal cord. Recent studies together with Hynek Wichterle, Ph.D., now in the Department of Pathology at Columbia University Medical Center, have been able to convert embryonic stem cells into functional motor neurons, opening up ne...Exploring the brain's internal stopwatch
.... Instead, our results demonstrate that the neural circuitry driving smooth pursuit in primates has access to both time and distance cues, and it appears that these two signals are used concurrently to guide learned timing." Javier F. Medina, Megan R. Carey, and Stephen G. Lisberger: "The Representation...Mayo Clinic researchers find PDAs okay with pacemakers
... "Despite the increasing sophistication of sensing circuitry in contemporary pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, these devices are still susceptible to electromagnetic interference and physicians need good data telling them which ones are or aren't. And as technology advances, we'll need co...Researchers develop MRI technique to study brain anatomy in invertebrates
...portant model systems for understanding how neural circuitry produces behavior in all animals, including humans."...Drug to treat ADHD has similar effect on children with reading disorders
...first study, using fMRI to find that the attention circuitry in the brain is directly affected by ADHD." T...ciated with dysfunction in the brain's attentional circuitry and that methylphenidate normalizes activation within this neural system. ...Replicating an eel's nerve circuitry may aid paralyzed people
... and the University of Maryland are unraveling the circuitry in an eel's spinal cord to help develop a microchip implant that may someday help paralyzed people walk again. After a spinal cord injury, many patients are unable to move because the brain is cut off from nerve control centers called central pattern...Chronic back pain shrinks 'thinking parts' of the brain, study finds
... The researchers hypothesize that atrophy of brain circuitry involved in pain perception may dictate the proper...ain state, such that as atrophy of elements of the circuitry progresses, the pain condition becomes more irreversible and less responsive to therapy. Other rese...Research on nerve cell circuitry reveals clue about schizophrenia
... better with each other. Their study of nerve cell circuitry is a new approach to learning about schizophrenia. "We believe this can tell us a lot about how defects in genes might cause schizophrenia," said Hegde. "Our next step will be to see if defects in RGS4 can actually cause schizophrenia-like symptoms....Fetal tissue restores lost sight
...ets of the upper retinal layer. This preserves the circuitry of the light-sensing cells, as well as the supporting cells that nourish them. Aramant is dismissive of the stem-cell work, pointing out that no one is anywhere near recreating the complex structure of the retina using stem cells. Instead, his team i...UCI's Brain Imaging Center chosen to help advance nation's Roadmap for Medical Research
...tics. Specialists in brain imaging (Turner), brain circuitry (Fallon), data mining (Smyth), statistics (Stern) and virtual reality and visualization (Falco Kuester, engineering researcher) from UCI and geneticists from the University of Toronto (Drs. James Kennedy and Fabio Macciardi) will integrate brain imag...Carnegie Mellon University neurobiologist Justin Crowley receives Searle Scholar Award
...anding what cues direct neurons to form functional circuitry during the development of the visual system and th...d to treatment options for repairing damage to the circuitry of the nervous system caused by traumatic injury or disease." "Justin Crowley is a very promising y...MIT reports new insights in visual recognition
...s a body) are present. "In other words, the neural circuitry in the human brain can use context to compensate for extreme levels of image degradations," Sinha said. Past studies of human behavior and the work of many artists have suggested that context plays a role in recognition. "What is novel about this wo...A bird 'language' gene pinpointed
...ntribute to the architecture and function of brain circuitry for singing in birds. Among the lead researchers...h the gene switches on, allowing the song-learning circuitry to become more plastic, which allows the birds to imitate sounds." "By contrast, when we analyzed ...Single cocaine exposure boosts both drug craving and avoidance
...velop at different rates, and if the drug-aversion circuitry predominates, it may protect some individuals from... addictive power of psychoactive drugs. "The brain circuitry that enhances avoidance may help protect people from being overwhelmed by a single highly rewarding ...UNC neuroscientist awarded renewal of federal grant that began in 1957
...f these neurons but we don't understand the neural circuitry and what its function is," he said. "My aim before I die is to sort out the nature of this circuitry and how itworks."...UCL study establishes common biological ground for maternal and romantic love in humans
... individuals through the involvement of the reward circuitry (regions in the brain that induce euphoric feelings), explaining the power of love to motivate and exhilerate."...Emotion-regulating protein lacking in panic disorder
...eptors appears to specifically impact the cortical circuitry involved in the regulation of anxiety."...Evidence that memories are consolidated during sleep
...ing off specific genes to attempt to affect neural circuitry involved in memory storage....Brain area identified that weighs rewards
...l studies show that it is kind of a nexus of brain circuitry involved in motivational or emotional inputs from the limbic system. And it is strongly connected to structures involved in making decisions and generating responses. So, we theorized that it seemed to be important for somehow putting together the co...Environmental influences found to have role for development and function of the pain system
.... This sensory feedback is then "imprinted" on the circuitry of the module. In a sense, the spinal module asks...e question. The strength of the connections in the circuitry can then be set appropriately. That tactile (i.e., innocuous), rather than noxious, (i.e., painful) ...