News tagged with abnormal eye movements

Scientists shed new light on cause of inherited movement disorder

University of Utah School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center have found strong evidence that abnormal calcium signaling in neurons may play an important role ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Study shows developing organisms can identify and fix abnormalities in head and face

Developmental biologists at Tufts University have identified a "self-correcting" mechanism by which developing organisms recognize and repair head and facial abnormalities. This is the first time that such ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IBN's 'fish and chips' may help accelerate drug discovery

A cheaper, faster and more efficient platform for preclinical drug discovery applications has been invented by scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world’s first ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Visual nudge improves accuracy of mammogram readings

In 2011 -- to the consternation of women everywhere -- a systematic review of randomized clinical trials showed that routine mammography was of little value to younger women at average or low risk of breast ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sideline test accurately detects athletes' concussions in minutes, study shows

A simple test performed at the sideline of sporting events can accurately detect concussions in athletes, according to study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Current sideline tests can ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover how brain is wired for attention

University of Utah medical researchers have uncovered a wiring diagram that shows how the brain pays attention to visual, cognitive, sensory, and motor cues. The research provides a critical foundation for the study of abnormalities ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Parkinson’s disease protein impedes nerve signaling long before brain cells die

Parkinson’s disease patients have not benefited from any new type of standard treatment in decades. Even so, there have been important discoveries about the disease that may lead to whole new treatment ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study shows newborns learn while asleep

(PhysOrg.com) -- Newborn infants can sleep as much as 18 hours a day. But contrary to popular belief, babies aren't just blissfully dozing in between feedings.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify new neurological deficit behind lazy eye

Researchers at New York University's Center for Neural Science have identified a new neurological deficit behind amblyopia, or "lazy eye." Their findings, which appear in the most recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, shed a ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The brain speaks: Scientists decode words from brain signals

In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (25) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

LEDs illuminate eye for ocular disease screening

A new imaging system using six different wavelengths to illuminate the interior of the eyeball (ocular fundus) may pave the way for doctors to easily screen patients for common diseases of the eye, such as age-related macular ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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