News tagged with neurological changes

Computer Based on Insights From The Brain Moves Closer to Reality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today at SC 09, the supercomputing conference, IBM announced significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 18, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (27) | 4

Maternal immune response to fetal brain during pregnancy a key factor in some autism

New studies in pregnant mice using antibodies against fetal brains made by the mothers of autistic children show that immune cells can cross the placenta and trigger neurobehavioral changes similar to autism in the mouse ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Apr 17, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 4