News tagged with motor neurons
Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time
(PhysOrg.com) -- By implanting an electrode into the brain of a person with locked-in syndrome, scientists have demonstrated how to wirelessly transmit neural signals to a speech synthesizer. The "thought-to-speech" ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Heaven is a 'fairy story', says Stephen Hawking
British scientist Stephen Hawking has branded heaven a "fairy story" for people afraid of the dark, in his latest dismissal of the concepts underpinning the world's religions.
May 16, 2011 |
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Advanced Robotic Arm Controlled by Monkey’s Thoughts (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated a monkey controlling an advanced robotic arm by using its thoughts. The experiments were led by Dr. Andrew Schwartz, a professor ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease
British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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'Brief History' scientist Stephen Hawking 'very ill': university
Stephen Hawking, the wheelchair-bound British physicist whose book "A Brief History Of Time" became an international best-seller, is "very ill" in hospital, Cambridge University said Monday.
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Researchers regenerate axons necessary for voluntary movement
For the first time, researchers have clearly shown regeneration of a critical type of nerve fiber that travels between the brain and the spinal cord and which is required for voluntary movement. The regeneration was accomplished ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Scientists demonstrate link between genetic defect and brain changes in schizophrenia
For decades, scientists have thought the faulty neural wiring that predisposes individuals to behavioral disorders like autism and psychiatric diseases like schizophrenia must occur during development. Even so, no one has ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Antioxidant controls spinal cord development
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have discovered how one antioxidant protein controls the activity of another protein, critical for the development of spinal cord neurons. The research, publishing this ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 18, 2009 |
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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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The secret to chimp strength
February's brutal chimpanzee attack, during which a pet chimp inflicted devastating injuries on a Connecticut woman, was a stark reminder that chimps are much stronger than humans—as much as four-times stronger, some researchers ...
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Brain implant reveals the neural patterns of attention
A paralyzed patient implanted with a brain-computer interface device has allowed scientists to determine the relationship between brain waves and attention.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Pecans provide neurological protection
Eating about a handful of pecans each day may play a role in protecting the nervous system, according to a new animal study published in the current issue of Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research. The study, conducted at the ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Nano-motors facilitate communication between brain cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- MRC-funded scientists led by Dr Josef Kittler (University College London Neuroscience) have identified how nano-sized motors in nerve cells help to regulate the balance of communication in ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 22, 2010 |
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New method delivers Alzheimer's drug to the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University scientists have developed a new method for delivering complex drugs directly to the brain, a necessary step for treating diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 21, 2011 |
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From skin cells to motor neurons
A team of Harvard stem cell researchers has succeeded in reprogramming adult mouse skin cells directly into the type of motor neurons damaged in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), best known as Lou Gehrig’s ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Motor neuron
In vertebrates, the term motor neuron (or motoneuron) classically applies to neurons located in the central nervous system (or CNS) that project their axons outside the CNS and directly or indirectly control muscles. Motor neuron is often associated with efferent neuron, primary neuron, or alpha motor neurons.
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