News tagged with sensory disturbances

Research: Migraine increases stroke risk

Migraine with aura (temporary visual or sensory disturbances before or during a migraine headache) is associated with a twofold increased risk of stroke, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today. Further ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Birds evolved compass 'head up display'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain birds may have compass information mapped directly onto their vision, much as fighter pilots have ‘head up displays’ overlaying flight information on their view of the skies.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Switching senses: Biologists find that leeches shift the way they locate prey in adulthood

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many meat-eating animals have unique ways of hunting down a meal using their senses. To find a tasty treat, bats use echolocation, snakes rely on infrared vision, and owls take advantage of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

32,000 years of special effects

(PhysOrg.com) -- Werner Herzog’s new film, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, tells the story of the ancient creation and modern discovery of the stunning rock-art of the Chauvet cave in the Ardèche Valley, south-east France ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A possible new target for treatment of multiple sclerosis

The immune system recognizes and neutralizes or destroys toxins and foreign pathogens that have gained access to the body. Autoimmune diseases result when the system attacks the body's own tissues instead. One of the most ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Brain rhythm predicts real-time sleep stability, may lead to more precise sleep medications

A new study finds that a brain rhythm considered the hallmark of wakefulness not only persists inconspicuously during sleep but also signifies an individual's vulnerability to disturbance by the outside world. In their report ...

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created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Trial and error: The brain learns from mistakes

In the developing brain, countless nerve connections are made which turn out to be inappropriate and as a result must eventually be removed. The process of establishing a neuronal network does not always prove ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Learn more quickly by transcranial magnetic brain stimulation

What sounds like science fiction is actually possible: thanks to magnetic stimulation, the activity of certain brain nerve cells can be deliberately influenced. What happens in the brain in this context has ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Numbness, tingling or pain in arms and hands? Peripheral nerve damage could be the culprit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ignoring persistent pain and disturbing bouts of tingling or numbness in your arms, elbow and hands won't make the problem go away: It's more likely to worsen conditions that are very treatable.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

HSAN 1: Identification of new mutations, more accurate diagnosis and improved genetic counseling

Belgian researchers at the University of Antwerp have identified several mutations that play an important role in the development of Hereditary Sensory and Autonomous Neuropathy Type 1 (HSAN 1). HSAN 1 is a rare genetic disorder ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Adapting to darkness: How behavioral and genetic changes helped cavefish survive extreme environment

University of Maryland biologists have identified how changes in both behavior and genetics led to the evolution of the Mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) from its sighted, surface-dwelling ancest ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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