News tagged with motor function
Size matters: Length of songbirds' playlists linked to brain region proportions
Call a bird "birdbrained" and they may call "fowl." Cornell University researchers have proven that the capacity for learning in birds is not linked to overall brain size, but to the relative size and proportion of their ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Trouble with the latest dance move? GABA chemical messenger might be to blame
If you tend to have trouble picking up the latest dance moves or learning to play a new piano piece, there might be an explanation. A new study published online on March 3rd in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, shows ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness should be assessed separately in Parkinson's
Nearly three-quarters of patients with Parkinson's disease experience fatigue or excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), but clinicians should assess both problems separately in order to improve the profession's understanding ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Gene discovery supports link between handedness and language-related disorders
Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, have identified a genetic variant which influences whether a person with dyslexia is more skilled with either the left or right hand. The finding ...
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Gene flaw causes small brain - scientists
Microcephaly, a disorder which leads to an abnormally small brain, has been traced in part to a flaw in a gene called WDR62 that plays a key role in the development of neurons, according to studies published on Sunday by ...
Oct 03, 2010 |
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Brain stimulation can help partially paralyzed stroke patients regain use of their muscles
Stroke patients who were left partially paralysed found that their condition improved after they received a simple and non-invasive method of brain stimulation, according to research in the September issue of the European Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Brain connections break down as we age
It's unavoidable: breakdowns in brain connections slow down our physical response times as we age, a new study suggests.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Invention enables severely disabled people to communicate and steer a wheelchair by sniffing
A unique device based on sniffing -- inhaling and exhaling through the nose -- might enable numerous disabled people to navigate wheelchairs or communicate with their loved ones. Sniffing technology might even be used in ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Sense of smell holds the key to diagnosis and treatment in early stage Parkinson's disease
A fast, simple and non invasive test of the ability to smell may be an important tool to screen people who are likely to develop Parkinson's disease (PD), in which motor symptoms only become evident at a later stage of the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Brain powered robot
(PhysOrg.com) -- A squat, circular robot scurries along the floor of a laboratory, moving left, then right, then left again, before coming to a stop. A Northeastern University student researcher commands the ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Regular aerobic exercise is good for the brain, scientists say
Regular exercise speeds learning and improves blood flow to the brain, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that is the first to examine these relationships in a ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Age dramatically delays recovery of the sense of taste
Age dramatically delays the time if takes to recover the sense of taste following a significant nerve injury, Medical College of Georgia researchers said.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Protein linked to problems with executive thinking skills
New research shows that a high level of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker for inflammation in the blood, is associated with brain changes that are linked to problems with executive thinking skills. The study is published ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Wii video games may help stroke patients improve motor function
Virtual reality game technology using Wii may help recovering stroke patients improve their motor function, according to research presented as a late breaking poster at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Gene mutation is linked to autism-like symptoms in mice
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a gene implicated in human autism is disabled in mice, the rodents show learning problems and obsessive, repetitive behaviors, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 23, 2010 |
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