Culture sculpts neural response to visual stimuli, new research indicates
...n Illinois and Singapore have found that the aging brain reflects cultural differences in the way that it p...hnology allowed the researchers to determine which brain regions were activated when study subjects contemplated various images. A 2006 analysis published ...Gender, ethnic differences may hamper eating disorder diagnosis
...ups for other conditions, like gastric problems or brain tumors, before their physicians hit on the right diagnosis." Ethnic differences may also play into the range of symptoms experienced by people with eating disorders. In the second study, Peebles used a Web-based questionnaire to survey a variety of...New data shows once a day LAMICTAL XR is effective in patients with partial epilepsy
...rson has depends on which part and how much of the brain is affected by the electrical disturbance that pro...ized seizures are seizures that involve the entire brain from the outset. Partial seizures, which are more common, involve a restricted area of the brain. ...Study raises new treatment possibilities for cognitive disorders
... Sciences. The compounds target receptors in the brain that are activated by nicotine. They impart the be...hat activating a certain nicotinic receptor in the brain improved working memory and made it easier to filter sensory input. Additional animal work is needed...Why losing money may be more painful than you think
...mbling task, losing money activated an area of the brain involved in responding to fear and pain. "Many e...we already know an impressive amount about how the brain learns to predict financial gains, until now, we have known little about how we deal with losing mon...Studies suggest investigational agent reduces disease activity in MS
... the drug rituximab reduced the number of areas of brain damage, or lesions, in people with MS and the numb...given rituximab had approximately 90 percent fewer brain lesions than those given placebo. During the six-month period, 58 percent fewer of those taking the ...Your brain and hormones may conspire to make you fat
...sts are unraveling the role that your hormones and brain play in urging you to eat more than you should. So...y needs with its desire for food. The hormones and brain communicate to determine when an individual is full, with the brain issuing the signal that says Sto...Mice with a migraine show signs of brain damage
... like tiny transient strokes, leaving parts of the brain starved for oxygen and altering the brain in significant ways. A paper describing the work by neuroscientists at the University of Rochester...Exercise science principles strengthen swallowing rehabilitation
...it harder to do. Head and neck cancer, a stroke, brain tumor, brain injury or even a tracheostomy tube and mechanical ventilation needed to sustain life can make it imp...Study puts us one step closer to understanding the function of sleep
...and Public Health, has discovered how to stimulate brain waves that characterize the deepest stage of sleep...ng humans healthy, happy and able to learn. The brain function in question, called slow wave activity, is critical to the restoration of mood and the abil...No increased risk of certain cancers from electromagnetic fields among energy workers
...been implicated in an increased risk of leukaemia, brain and breast cancers. The researchers used the hea...ence for an increased risk of leukaemia, breast or brain cancers. There were no excess cases of leukaemia among men or of breast cancer among female employ...Study finds role of mid-brain in integrating heart and respiratory response to exercise
...versity researchers recently examined several deep brain nuclei during exercise and have concluded that the...ical structures recorded from humans who have deep brain stimulating electrodes chronically implanted is directly related to changes in heart rate (HR), arte...Does a peptide affect the heart's response to social isolation?
...the effects of oxytocin, a peptide produced by the brain that regulates social behavior, has found that it can prevent detrimental cardiac responses in adult female animals exposed to social isolation. The findings may provide further insight into how these mechanisms affect humans. The study was conduc...How plastic is your brain? UH engineer seeks answers
...ay seem easy to change your mind, but if it's your brain we're talking about, maybe it's harder than we thi...m, Germany, to predict the extent of recovery from brain injuries. Kalatsky has created a new device that more quickly and accurately reveals how "plastic,"...Decision making by the growing elderly population is uncharted territory
...s, Peters said. "We know quite a bit about how the brain processes information, but we dont know a whole lo...eagues examine existing literature about the aging brain and decision making. Little is known about this important topic at a time when Americans are looking...$7.5 million NIH grant to Yale for Autism Center of Excellence
...researchers hope to trace underlying mechanisms of brain growth and specialization of individuals with auti...iated with forms of autism. Autism is a complex brain disorder that inhibits a persons ability to communicate and develop social relationships, and it is ...New mechanism identified for resistance to targeted lung cancer drugs
...ancer, colon cancer, head and neck cancer, and the brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme," says Jnne, who is an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Engelman is an HMS instructor of Medicine. "Our results suggest that, when patients' tumors become resistant, repeat biopsies to...Dopamine-related drugs affect reward-seeking behavior
BOSTON -- Drugs that adjust dopamine levels in the brain greatly affect how people react to success and fai...e-related drugs affect the striatum, a part of the brain that is stimulated by rewards. The study, conducted at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging...SNM's 54th Annual Meeting speakers address state of molecular imaging/nuclear medicine technologies
...n understanding, diagnosing and treating heart and brain diseases and cancerrelease their findings in nearl...cusing on PET/CT, cardiovascular nuclear medicine, brain imaging, pediatrics, oncology and therapy, thyroid cancer and radiation safety. Annual Meeting sp...... which leads to dementia by affecting parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. The n...ning it does not affect other enzymes important to brain function," he said. Jordan Tang, head of the Protein Studies Research Program at the Oklahoma Medi...