'Reset switch' for brain cells discovered
...or example, it's been known for some time that the circuitry of the spinal cord is altered in response to spinal cord injury, enhancing the NMDA receptor-mediated transmission of nerve impulses," said Ehlers. "This aberrant rewiring causes all kinds of problems in patients, including heart arrhythmias and hype...Monkeys consciously control a robot arm using only brain signals
...ls' brains as they learned revealed that the brain circuitry was actively reorganizing itself to adapt. "It was... offer important insights into how the large-scale circuitry of the brain works," he said. "Since we have total control of the system, for example, we can change...Alcohol may compound its damaging effects through frontocerebellar circuitry
...llum. New research indicates that frontocerebellar circuitry may allow a synergy of lesions to cause damage to ...inical & Experimental Research has found that the circuitry connecting these two spatially disparate brain regions, specifically through the pons and thalamus, ...Yale researchers identify two types of childhood reading disability
...researchers were surprised to find that the neural circuitry for reading real words is present in persistently poor readers, but has not been properly activated. "Reading is the most important work of childhood and yet, as many as one in five children struggle to learn to read, with consequences extending beyo...Alcohol-damaged brains 'recruit' new brain regions to perform simple tasks
...e importance of considering the operation of brain circuitry involved even in an ostensibly simple task," said Edith Sullivan, associate professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. "Further, evidence for recruitment of brain regions that are not normally involved in a given task puts a ...Symphony of memory formation revealed
...r learned. "As knowledge about the brain's complex circuitry grows, neuroscientists will be better able to understand and address a host of debilitating neurological disorders, from Alzheimer's disease to epilepsy to damage caused by head injuries," Zeineh said. The brain's hippocampus is located on the floor ...Exploring the relationship between alcoholism and serotonin one step at a time
...we are referring to a complicated neurotransmitter circuitry that includes the production of serotonin, the factors that regulate the degradation and the reuptake of serotonin, as well as the activity and number of receptors that respond to serotonin. So this means a complex system. "What we wanted to do fo...Procedure to help Parkinsons disease could shed light on psychiatric disorder
... could improve the functions of subcortical limbic circuitry in patients with severe OCD."...Gene therapy success in the laboratory buoys hope for Parkinson's disease
...e for an enzyme, they were able to reprogram brain circuitry and halt the deterioration of dopamine producing b...ore profound. We are actually changing the brain's circuitry as treatment for a disease." According to Dr. Oshinsky and Jia Luo, M.D., research associate at Jef...DARPA to support development of human brain-machine interfaces
...his colleagues will greatly reduce the size of the circuitry required for sampling and analysis of brain signals. "Our dream is to develop a palmtop-like device that routes the signals either to robotic devices, computers, or even to the physician, to alert the physician to some problem," said Nicolelis. Accor...'Power nap' prevents burnout; morning sleep perfects a skill
.... To find out, they engaged a fresh set of neural circuitry by switching the location of the task to the lower right corner of the computer screen for just the fourth practice session. As predicted, subjects experienced no burnout and performed about as well as they did in the first session -- or after a sho...Wake Forest researchers find brain region 'exquisitely' sensitive to alcohol
...hanisms, because they possess all of the necessary circuitry for the generation of spindle waves, which allows us to translate our studies to the situation in humans." Godwin said human studies have shown that just one drink before bed may decrease the time it takes to fall asleep. But in the second half of ...Penn finds atrial fibrilation cure eliminates need for pacemakers, medicine
...e heart, preserving the heart's natural electrical circuitry and eliminating the need for a pacemaker or medication. Francis E. Marchlinski, MD, director of Cardiac Electrophysiology for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, discusses the findings at an 8:30 a.m. session today (Wednesday) of the Am...Using cocaine during pregnancy may damage developing fetuses, causing lifelong learning disabilities
...nding and treating the long-lasting effects on the circuitry of the brain that occurs after exposure to cocaine at a critical stage in development. "Essentially, the brain appears to become re-programmed in a subtle way, causing it to respond abnormally to routine events," Morrow said....Transplanted human neural stem cells improve memory in rats
...s became functionally integrated into the neuronal circuitry of the host animal. "We believe this offers a promising line of research in treating brain disorders," said Sugaya. In the study, 32 rats were trained to swim to a hidden escape platform in a standard water maze. In trials four months later, the re...Missouri scientist takes 'rocky' road to NASA
...video cameras. The cameras feed what they see into circuitry that digitizes and manipulates the image to compensate for the weaknesses of the particular wearer's vision even brightening the image, if necessary. The improved image is then displayed inside the headset, bringing a clear picture to the person. To...Myc's cancer-causing joy ride more reckless than previously believed
...dreamed about. The full texture of the biochemical circuitry of cells is justbeginning to emerge, and that's exciting. Information like this helps us tounderstand how to manipulate cancer cells and ultimately should help us treatcancer in new and unexpected ways." Land was one of the first to realize t...Scientists provide first detailed maps of wiring circuitry in the living human brain
... were surprised and excited to find that the brain circuitry was wiredin such an orderly fashion," Conturo says....Pain, itself, elicits pain relief, and does so through 'reward' pathway
...duced by the brain's"reward" pathway -- the neural circuitry activated by drugs of abuse. In their study, published in the August 15 issue of Journal of Neuroscience,the investigators determined that, at its maximum, the pain relief was as potentas a high dose of morphine. While various individual structures...