University Of Kentucky One Of First To Use New Technique To Treat Atrial Flutter
... doctors could "turn off" any misfiring electrical circuits and stop the atrial flutter. But in some patients -- particularly larger people with large hearts -- the heat failed to reach some deeply buried circuits, which allowed the atrial flutter to come back. In the experimental method used yesterday, t...Tiny Tools Give New Meaning To 'Cutting Edge'
...ilicon age," said Lal, who believesthat integrated circuits are only scraping the surface of the material'spotential. "It's the most perfect material you can find for the cost. Onesilicon wafer might cost $15 bucks, and it is practically flawlessstructurally." Silicon micro-machines -- also called micro-elect...Coffee: a cause of neonatal seizures?
... as oxygenstarvation, adenosine protects the nerve circuits from uncontrolled excitation,which can be detrimental. Caffeine takes the place of adenosine and prevents itfrom playing its normal role. This experiment illustrates the detrimental effects of caffeine present in thebrain of a hypoxic fetus. Caffei...Keck Foundation funds research to repair the injured spinal cord
...newhether cell transplantation restores electrical circuits from the injured partof the spinal cord. They also...splanted cells mustintegrate themselves into these circuits for functional recovery to occur. "Thisstudy will determine whether transplanted nerve cell precurso...Inflammatory pain may help deter inflammatory diseases like arthritis
...nding provides quantifiable evidence that the pain circuits are involvedin controlling inflammation." Other co-authors of the study included Paul G. Green, PhD, an adjunct assistantprofessor of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Ernest Lo, MS, a student, David B.Reichling, PhD, an assistant research physiologi...New research on Tourette's syndrome
...ke obsessive compulsivedisorders, which affect the circuits of the brain's premotor frontal lobe andbasal ganglia-areas that control planning and decision making. Most people have the urge to say or do inappropriate things, but decidenot to, says Flanagan. But Tourette's sufferers lack the ability to ...University Of Wisconsin to launch center to study how emotions affect health
...ld contact him directly at (608) 263-3577. Brain circuits linked to coping with stress Sophisticated scann...g scientists an insider's view of theprecise brain circuits that produce and control emotional reaction. UWresearchers are going further by correlating individu......icates that when thehuman brain's important neural circuits no longer work as well as they should--a normal si...the brain can compensate by calling uponsubstitute circuits to pitch in. The finding suggests that our brains mayconstantly reorganize themselves throughout our......o protect that tissue, as well. Other features are circuits to control and monitor the coupling between the applicator and prostate by the power-reflection coefficient. There is a matching network between the RF generator and the applicator to ensure that at least 99 percent of the power is coupled into the p...Using PET scan technology to study alcohol's effects on the brain
...tive. In order to differentiate amongst the brain circuits involved in the sedative versus the stimulant properties of alcohol, a study published in the June issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research compares alcohol's effects on the brain with those of a benzodiazepine drug called lorazepam (c...Finding offers clue to understanding addiction relapse
...se can produce profound molecular changes in brain circuits linked to learning and decision-making as well circuits related to emotion," said Ann Kelley, UW Medical School professor of psychiatry. "The changes in cog......ge in input had passed by day 14, so that neuronal circuits were not altered by the tissue injury and pain. Adult rats that experienced left hind paw tissue injury and swelling on day 1 also reacted more strongly to pain as adults. When an irritant was injected into their left hind paw and the paw wa...Scientists find link between dopamine and obesity
...t more to try to stimulate the dopamine "pleasure" circuits in their brains, just as addicts do by taking drugs. "The results from this study suggest that strategies aimed at improving dopamine function might be beneficial in the treatment of obese individuals," says physician Gene-Jack Wang, the lead scienti...New research shows even a single drug exposure can alter brain function
...n the impact of cocaine on the memory and learning circuits of the brain may help explain the switch from occasional drug use to addiction. This study emphasizes the dangers of even experimenting with cocaine and other illicit drugs, says Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., Director of the National Institute on Drug Ab...NIAAA steps up search for brain mechanisms of alcohol abuse, alcoholism
...d at approximately $50 million to define the brain circuits and mechanisms that underlie behavioral responses ...approach to identify the neurochemistry and neural circuits involved in alcohol-stress interactions. Entitled "The Stress-Anxiety of Alcohol Abuse," this consor...Different parts of the brain handle fantasy and reality
... it turns out they use completely different neural circuits and the brain doesnt know how to put them together....Medical microspheres provide precision-release drug delivery
...y uniform balls of solder for packaging integrated circuits to creating hollow, lightweight ball bearings for aircraft, spacecraft and satellites. The researchers have applied for a patent....A helping hand: Healthy arm helps retrain stroke-impaired arm
...ectrical stimulation sparks the rewiring of neural circuits to restore connections lost to stroke-induced brain injury. "This study shows that two motor-recovery protocols are better than one that stimulation and bilateral movements are better than only stimulation. But stimulation is better than just sitti...'Power nap' prevents burnout; morning sleep perfects a skill
...urnout was limited to just the brain visual system circuits involved in the task. 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 burno......ation of neural networks, in which the computer's circuits are modelled on the nerves and neurones of the brain, and fuzzy logic, which was originally developed as a means of modelling the uncertainty of natural language. Once assembled, the system was 'trained' to analyse images of cells from tissue samples...