News tagged with brain maps
Super sense of smell not innate
World-class "noses" in the perfume and wine business are not born with an outsized sense of smell but acquire it through years of professional sniffing, according to new research.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Mini-strokes leave 'hidden' brain damage: research
Each year, approximately 150,000 Canadians have a transient ischemic attack (TIA), sometimes known as a mini-stroke. New research published today in Stroke, the journal of the American Heart Association shows these attack ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Functional boost for magnetic resonance imaging
Over the last few years, researchers have used a type of brain scanning, known as functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI, to help them map changes in blood flow in the brain and to correlate this with thoughts and behavior. ...
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Jan 18, 2011 |
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'Brain maps' track how humans reach
(PhysOrg.com) -- A ballet dancer grasps her partner's hand to connect for a pas de deux. Later that night, in the dark, she reaches for her calf to massage a sore spot. Her brain is using different "maps" to plan for each ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Dual approach gives a more accurate picture of the autistic brain
A new study, the first of its kind, combines two complementary analytical brain imaging techniques, to provide a more comprehensive and accurate picture of the neuroanatomy of the autistic brain. The study, published in the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Computer Technique Creates Map of a Fruit Fly Brain
Researchers, led by Hanchuan Peng, at the Janelia Farm Research Campus at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Ashburn, Virginia are working to map the fruit fly brain in a way that highlights how neurons ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Neuroimaging study describes Alzheimer's disease-like changes in elderly people without the disease
The emergence of multiple new brain imaging technologies and the combined application of these new approaches is helping to create new insights into aging and Alzheimer's disease. One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Discovery gives insight into brain 'replay' process
The hippocampus, a part of the brain essential for memory, has long been known to "replay" recently experienced events. Previously, replay was believed to be a simple process of reviewing recent experiences in order to help ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Researchers image earliest signs of Alzheimer's, before symptoms appear
(PhysOrg.com) -- Estimates are that some 10 percent of people over the age of 65 will develop Alzheimer's disease, the scourge that robs people of their memories and, ultimately, their lives.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Brain maps help guide you through large-scale space, researchers find
Lost? Not sure how to get home? Trying to find your way through the mall or an airport? Help is on the way, thanks to a stack of cells, or neurons, in your head. They're mostly on the left side of the brain in males, on the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 03, 2009 |
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In the Middle of Brain Surgery, Patients Wake Up and Begin Talking
Kim Delvaux was undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor when doctors at Loyola University Hospital woke her up. Dr. Vikram Prabhu talked to her about her favorite topics -- NASCAR and her kids.
Sep 11, 2009 |
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More obesity blues: Obese people are at greater risk for developing Alzheimer's
Obesity is on a rampage, with the World Health Organization pegging the numbers at more than 300 million worldwide, with a billion more overweight. With obesity comes the increased risk for cardiovascular disease, Type II ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Neural networks mapped in dementia patients
Different types of dementia show dissimilar changes in brain activity. A network mapping technique described in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience has been applied to EEG data obtained from patients with Alzheimer's diseas ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Researchers find genetic link between physical pain and social rejection
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA psychologists have determined for the first time that a gene linked with physical pain sensitivity is associated with social pain sensitivity as well.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 17, 2009 |
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A window into the brain: Researchers use MRI to track memories
When we absorb new information, the human brain reshapes itself to store this newfound knowledge. But where exactly is the new knowledge kept, and how does that capacity to adapt reflect our risk for Alzheimer's disease and ...
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Aug 12, 2009 |
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