News tagged with brain injury

Related topics: traumatic brain injury , brain , stroke , brain damage , brain function

A glove on your hand can change your mind

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unconsciously, right-handers associate good with the right side of space and bad with the left. But this association can be rapidly changed, according to a study published online March 9, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Soldiers' helmets could control brain activity with ultrasound

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of DARPA's latest pursuits of cutting-edge research involves a neurotechnology lab at Arizona State University that specializes in ultrasonic brain stimulation. By implementing the technology ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (24) | comments 24 | with audio podcast weblog

Introspection linked to more gray matter in brain: study

A specific region of the brain appears to be larger in individuals who are good at turning their thoughts inward and reflecting upon their decisions, according to new research published in the journal Science. This a ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (18) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Right or left? Brain stimulation can change which hand you favor

(PhysOrg.com) -- Each time we perform a simple task, like pushing an elevator button or reaching for a cup of coffee, the brain races to decide whether the left or right hand will do the job. But the left ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Can magnetism help us control the brain, remotely?

University at Buffalo scientists have used magnetic nanoparticles to remotely control ion channels, neurons in cell culture and even the movement of a tiny worm.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Control the cursor with power of thought

The act of mind reading is something usually reserved for science-fiction movies but researchers in America have used a technique, usually associated with identifying epilepsy, for the first time to show that ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Repeated stress produces long-lasting resistance to stroke damage in the brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- An innate protective response that makes the brain resistant to injury from stroke can be made to last for months longer than previously documented, researchers at Washington University School ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

App for mobile phones helps diagnose concussions

(AP) -- The next tool in the campaign against concussions might be your smartphone. A doctor at the University of North Carolina teamed with other head-trauma researchers to develop an application for mobile devices that ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Study shows acupressure effective in helping to treat traumatic brain injury

A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates an ancient form of complementary medicine may be effective in helping to treat people with mild traumatic brain injury, a finding that may have implications ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecular architecture of key NMDA receptor subunit revealed

Structural biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in collaboration with colleagues at Emory University have determined the molecular structure of a key portion, or subunit, of a receptor type commonly expressed ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Anti-depressants boost brain cells after injury in early studies

Anti-depressants may help spur the creation and survival of new brain cells after brain injury, according to a study by neurosurgeons at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US treats first patient with human embryonic stem cells (Update 2)

US doctors have begun the first tests of human embryonic stem cells in patients, treating a man with spinal cord injuries in a landmark trial of the controversial process, the Geron Corporation said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

Patterned pulses boost the effects of deep brain stimulation, research shows

Electrical stimulation has been used as a sort of defibrillator of consciousness, rousing a victim of traumatic brain injury to at least partial awareness, after years in a coma. The procedure, termed deep brain stimulation, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Robot arm improves performance of brain-controlled device

The performance of a brain-machine interface designed to help paralyzed subjects move objects with their thoughts is improved with the addition of a robotic arm providing sensory feedback, a new study from ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A pacemaker for your brain

By stimulating certain areas of the brain, scientists can alleviate the effects of disorders such as depression or Parkinson's disease. That's the good news. But because controlling that stimulation currently lacks precision, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast