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...with Mobiussyndrome and mothers of 96 infants with neural tube defects. Among the mothersof infants with Mobius syndrome, 47 (49 per cent) had taken misoprostol duringpregnancy compared with just three (three percent) of the mothers from the othergroup. Mobius syndrome is a rare disorder that is characteri...... potentially very significant findingregarding the neural basis of ADHD and its developmental progression," says ADHDexpert B.J. Casey, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In the study, the researchers analyzed the brains of 17 ADHD adults withpositron emission tomography (PET). T...Brain Regions Identified That Influence What We Remember Or Forget
...agnetic resonanceimaging to obtain measures of the neural activity of volunteers as they viewedwords or phot...ture or word.) Previous studies had indicated more neural activity whenvolunteers were presented with novel photos than when they were presentedrepeatedly wit......with Trodat could be a usefulindicator of dopamine neural loss. With advanced radiologic imaging technology,such as single positron emission tomography (SPET) -- which works by emittingphotons or light -- Trodat can be a valuable tool for live diagnosis andtreatment of illnesses associated with dopamine tr...Electronic Nose Inspects Cheese, Hints At Human Sense Of Smell
...ially-available electronic nose with an artificial neural network that trained the device to scan the cheeses forthese key fatty acids. The electronic nose correctly discriminated among the cheeses. It noted that t...How Ritalin Enhances Memory: Clues Provided By Brain Scans of ADHD Patients Using The Drug
...nderactive in others during thetask. Task-related neural activity among men with ADHD was not noted in thefrontal region, an area traditionally associated withworking memory, as it was in the normal control subjects, but rather appeared inthe PET images to be most concentrated in the brain's cerebellum and...Low Folate Levels In African American And Mexican American Adults
... Barbara A Bowman Low folate levels are a risk for neural tube defects in offspring andpotentially other diseases. In the third NHANES both African American andMexican American adults have lower serum and red cell folates than white adultsregardless of education, underscoring need for improved diet and fola......ome, the AFP test can predict the presenceof fetal neural tube defects, such as spina bifida. To arrange an interview, please call 1-800-396-1002 (Thanks for not publishingthis number in stories.)...MIT Touch Lab Research Explores The Hand
...g computer models of thefingerpad to recording the neural signals sent from receptors in the finger tothe brain (a collaboration with Yale University). "Touch begins in thefingertips but ends in the brain," Dr. Srinivasan explained. The research spansthe fields of biomechanics (the study of properties such ...NICHD-Funded Researchers Show Estrogen Effects On Brain After Menopause
... the memory systems of mature women and that these neural systems are neitherfixed nor immutable." The study conducted by Dr. Shaywitz and her colleagues is an outgrowthof NICHD's research program in reading disabilities, explained Reid Lyon, Ph.D.,Chief of NICHD's Child Development and Behavior Br...Brain Resolves Sensory Contradictions By Creating Its Own Reality
...en different senses. "We're confident this kind of neural processingapplies to other sensory systems, such as sight and hearing," said Merfeld. The research was funded by the National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration, The National Institute on Deafness and Other CommunicationDisorders and the Eu...Repeated Exposure To Cocaine Alters Brain Structure
...nstantly work harder for the drug," he said. "This neural sensitization standsin contrast to the better known phenomenon of drug tolerance, which is reducedresponsiveness." Circumstances that surround drug taking--environmental cues--exert a powerfulinfluence over sensitization, he added. His studies have s...Cellular Implants Explored For Brain Trauma
...gineering, and pharmacology,has been investigating neural implants to one day correct brain injuries, whichaffect nearly two million people every year. For the most part, neuronaltransplantation has concentrated on stroke, neurodegenerative disorders, andspinal-cord injuries. Last year, hNT cells -immortali...Using spatial illusion to learn how the brain processes sound
...erstand the rules the brain uses to translate this neural activity into whatwe hear as sound." In a paper pu...M Center for Neural Communication Technology,these neural probes are the size of a grain of pepper and sensitive enough torecord signals from a single nerve c......nt of epilepsy, says the recognition of theta as a neural "signature" forcertain kinds of memory should help neurosurgeons avoid inadvertently excisingregions key to memory and other critical brain functions. "These findings mayhelp to identify where memory functions are located in the brain and eventuallya...... and University College Medical School report that neural tube defects have been decreasing since the early ...ther there had been any change in the incidence of neural tube defects since this recommendation was made and they found that the rate of decline in the numbe...NYU researchers uncover the neurobiology of decision-making
...eurons. Paul Glimcher is an assistant professor of neural science and psychology atNYU's Center for Neural Science. He is the principal investigator for theLaboratory for Sensory-Oculomotor Research, which is funded by the National EyeInstitute. Glimcher received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylva...UI study finds types of decision-making deficiencies depend on area of brain damage
...of neurology. Damasio had proposed that there is a neural circuit criticalfor processing emotional signals. He predicted that lesions in any elements ofthat circuit would result in defects in decision making. "In essence, damage in either of the two structures (the amygdala and VMFcortex) lead to impairment......nis G. Pelli is an NYU professor of psychology and neural science. Hereceived his Ph.D. in 1981 from Cambridge. He is the co-designer of an eyechart -- the Pelli-Robson contrast sensitivity chart -- that measures thefaintest letter we can see, complementing the traditional eye chart measurementof the smal...