News tagged with phantom limb syndrome
Robotic Hand That Senses Touch (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Italy, the Smart Hand project has given patient, Robin af Ekenstam (see video) the sense of touch in ...
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Imaging reveals how brain fails to tune out phantom sounds of tinnitus
About 40 million people in the U.S. today suffer from tinnitus, an irritating and sometimes debilitating auditory disorder in which a person "hears" sounds, such as ringing, that don't actually exist. There isn't a cure for ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Nerve impulses from primary motor cortex can cause movement even when person is unaware
Alien hand syndrome (AHS) is a rare neurological disorder that causes hand movement without the person being aware of what is happening or having control over the action. The afflicted person may sometimes reach for objects ...
Jul 17, 2007 |
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Scientists Find Memory Molecule
In an article in Science magazine, SUNY Downstate researchers describe erasing memory from the brain by targeting a molecular mechanism that controls memory. Finding may be applied to chronic pain, memory loss, and other ...
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Aug 27, 2006 |
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