News tagged with neural signals
New modeling of brain's circuitry may bring better understanding of Parkinson's disease
Researchers from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have developed a mathematical model of the brain's neural circuitry that may provide a better understanding of how and why information ...
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Noninvasive brain implant could someday translate thoughts into movement
(PhysOrg.com) -- A brain implant developed at the University of Michigan uses the body's skin like a conductor to wirelessly transmit the brain's neural signals to control a computer, and may eventually be ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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New model of whiskers provides insight into sense of touch
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a model that will allow them to simulate how rats use their whiskers to sense objects around them. The model enables further research that may provide insight into the ...
Apr 07, 2011 |
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Squid shown to be able to hear
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the US have solved the mystery about whether squid can hear and if so, how.
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Temperature rhythms keep body clocks in sync, researchers find
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that fluctuations in internal body temperature regulate the body's circadian rhythm, the 24-hour cycle that controls metabolism, sleep and other bodily functions.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Hi-res detector used by researchers to map neural circuits of the retina
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a sophisticated neural recording system developed by physicists at UC Santa Cruz, researchers were able to trace for the first time the neural circuitry that connects individual photoreceptors ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Discovery of key pathway interaction may lead to therapies that aid brain growth and repair
Researchers at Children's National Medical Center have discovered that the two major types of signaling pathways activated during brain cell development -- the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway and the Notch pathway ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 16, 2010 |
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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
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Study shows gene's role in developing and maintaining cells key for a lifetime of memories
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators showed a gene named Prox1 is a key player in normal development of a brain structure crucial for learning and memory and remains active throughout life, nurturing the cells ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Gain and Loss in Optimistic Versus Pessimistic Brains
Our belief as to whether we will likely succeed or fail at a given task -- and the consequences of winning or losing -- directly affects the levels of neural effort put forth in movement-planning circuits ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 04, 2010 |
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The secret to sniffing out a safe supper
When mice smell the scent of food on the breath of their fellow mice, they use that experience to decide what's safe to eat in the future. Key in that learning process is the pairing of a particular odor with a chemical ingredient ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Study Shows Electrical Fields Influence Brain Activity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most scientists have viewed electrical fields within the brain as the simple byproducts of neuronal activity. However, Yale scientists report in the July 15 issue of the journal Neuron that e ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Mysterious cilium functions as cellular communication hub, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly all mammalian cells have what's called a primary cilium -- a single, stump-like rod projecting from the smooth contours of the cell's outer membrane. Unlike its more flamboyant cousins, the motile ...
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Electric plastics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Young UNSW biomedical engineer Dr Rylie Green is gaining national attention for her work on conductive plastics for the bionic implants of the future.
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Gene causes blue light to have a banana odor
German scientists have succeeded to genetically modify Drosophila (fruit fly) larvae allowing them to smell blue light. The research team can activate single receptor neurons out of 28 olfactory neurons in ...
May 26, 2010 |
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