Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Enhances Short-Term Brain Plasticity
...n-plasticcortex somehow inhibits plasticity on the opposite side of the brain. "This paper addressed the possibility of modulating reorganization in anon-invasive way," says Dr. Cohen. "The technique used is not as important asthe overall concept that we can increase and decrease plasticity." The ab...Effective Obesity Treatment Likely To Require Targeting Of Multiple Weight Control Systems
... at the same time inhibiting pathwaysthat have the opposite effect. These dual responses maximize the body's tendencyto find a physiological balance (homeostasis), and consequently maximize theefficiency of the body in replenishing depleted fuel stores. "While such a robust system for defending fat st...Magnetic Hearing Aid Could Open New "Window" For Hearing Impaired
...s littleor no sound at all; each sound wave is the opposite of the other and they canceleach other out. Spindel said he envisions a human prototype with a separate external controldevice used to tune in the desired frequencies and tune out unwanted sounds andnoise. Changes in the settings would be relayed to......y who seek greaterlevels of fertility. Indeed the opposite is true; the focus is on restrictingthe number of mouths to feed." White will also present more general information about the production of thestatuettes. These findings include: Regardless of location, all of the statuettes were made of either ma...Differences In Brain Function Found For Attention Deficit Disorder
...usively, influences dopamine neurotransmission.The opposite effects of Ritalin on boys with ADD and boys without the disordersuggest that ADD involves atypical dopamine modulation in the striatum, shesaid. The researchers caution that the study was conducted with a small group andneeds to be replicated with g...New Theory May Explain Ritalin Action In Hyperactivity
...mans. To understand why the drugs had such opposite effects on the two groupsof mice, the researchers measured brain dopamine levels in both groups 20minutes after a dose of Ritalin. As expected, normal mice showed an increase ofdopamine in the "synaptic clefts," or spaces between nerve cells, while t...... to the pediatric treatment area, which issituated opposite the emergency department's acute care center in the "quiet"side of the facility. There are specially designed treatment rooms for childrenas well as a designated trauma bay for youngsters requiring more critical care.Instead of the curtained cubicles...Stent Procedures May Be Unnecessary In Some Heart Cases
...t, on average,women's vessels are smaller." At the opposite end of the spectrum would be women who had medium tolong blockages. "For this group, 46 percent needed revascularization at six months,"Cantor said. "So, even if someone in this group had a stent-like result afterballoon angioplasty, we should still...UF Researcher Explores Complex Relationship Between Smoking And Fertility
...e-threatening condition in pregnancy, was theexact opposite of what you would predict," said Kathleen Shiverick aprofessor of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of FloridaCollege of Medicine. "And other studies had shown a surprising decrease inthe rates of uterine cancer and endometriosis, which......t couldmake IL-6 would fare worse, but in fact the opposite was true. The mice thatcould not produce IL-6 had more pathological and clinical evidence of cirrhosis,including fewer hepatocytes and higher bilirubin levels, and had a mortalityrate twice that of the IL-6-producing mice. "IL-6 is important to main...USC Historian Sifts World's Oldest Printed Medical Books For Clues To Riddle Of Gender
...ng similarity in the social practice ofmedicine on opposite sides of Eurasia in the 15th and 16th centuries. Medicine was sex-segregated, its science was close to daily life,professionalism was limited and classical learning was prestigious but oflimited clinical value. Competing groups of healers included li...Adolescents And Risk-Taking: A 'Very Likely' Danger May Not Mean The Same To A Teen As To An Adult
...arm from a risky behaviorcan have different - even opposite - meanings to teenagers. "Those differing interpretations can have serious effects if a teen makes thewrong choice about a behavior, whether it's neglecting to take a needed medicineor experimenting with unprotected sex," said UCSF adolescent medici...Cholesterol Carriers Better Predictors Than Cholesterol For Second Heart Attack
...s, "One can think of this clotting tendency as the opposite of hemophilia,a condition characterized by a tendency for excessive bleeding because of afaulty clotting mechanism. In high-risk heart disease patients, an excessclotting tendency contributes to blockage of the blood vessel." In the study, researche...Ph.D. Degree Research Results In Patent For Low-Cost Pharmaceutical Filters Made From Seafood Waste
...ct anegatively-charged protein, for example, since opposite charges attract. Othertypes of interactions, such as hydrophobic interactions, can be used as well.,"says Todd. "The basis of the patent is the way we attach the ligand to the beads," he says."We use a spacer arm to separate the ligand from the chit...Women, men view and judge childhood sexual abuses cases differently
...d, the idea that men and women can view cases from opposite viewpointsisn't. A new study by University of Washington researchers, to be presentedlater this week at the American Psychological Society's annual meeting inDenver, indicates that men and women view sexual abuse cases differently andcould b......he primary drugsin use. Parathyroid hormone has an opposite mode of action. It stimulates bone formationby increasing the number of osteoblasts, or bone rebuilding cells. Women in the study reported by Roe, Arnaud and colleagues had already beentaking estrogen for osteoporosis for at least one year prior to t...WHO issues wake up call against microbial threats
...mic development and improved living standards, the opposite is alsotrue; that the control of infectious diseases removes barriers to economicgrowth. "Infectious diseases are causing half of all deaths among families and younglabourers, farmers, supervisors and shop owners around the world," said DrBrundtland....Study reveals how brain controls eating in normal rats
Fat hormone leptin has opposite effect on two distinctive groups of nerve cells ...f cells in one part of the hypothalamus respond in opposite ways to leptin. Specifically, they've shown these leptin-sensitive cells have hardwired connections ...MGH researchers identify angiogenesis inhibitor in gallbladder cancer
...t itpromotes angiogenesis. Finding that it has an opposite effect in this situationis provocative." Jain adds that TGF-beta-1 suppressed both growth of the tumors in the cranialwindows and the development of blood vessels in windows with the bFGF gels,confirming that it acted by suppressing angiogenesis and...