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• in Family
  Glutamate, the Brain, and Autism: Revisited
  Recent studies have seen increased glutamate in brains of those with autism. But does that mean we should freak out about MSG?
  by scothoser / on Dec 5, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  Alzheimers Disease: Is There Hope on the Horizon or More Dashed Dreams?
  A new drug used to treat skin cancer has shown promise in reversing Alzheimer's Disease symptoms in mice.
  by jenna3967 / on Feb 15, 2012
• in Technology
  Brain Pacemaker To Treat Depression
  Goodbye Zoloft. Farewell Prozac. A new sheriff is in town to treat depression. It's called Deep Brain Stimulation and it cuts like a knife.
  by jobertv / on Jan 2, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “brain”

 

• Mediterranean diet seems to boost ageing brain power

  
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  A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, indicates research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry . The authors from the University of Navarra in Spain ...
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• AHRQ-funded journal supplement offers lessons on primary care practice transformation

  
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• new book – ‘Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience’

  
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  Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience by Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld (Basic Books, 2013) (kindle ed.), (amazon.co.uk) Book description from the publisher: What can’t neuroscience tell us about ourselves? Since fMRI—functional magnetic resonance imaging—was introduced in the early ...
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• Medical Mysteries: A clue to a girl’s painful ailment goes long overlooked

  
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  ‘Oh my God,” Leigh Partridge remembers thinking, her mind reeling as she tried to contemplate the unimaginable. “This cannot be happening again.” Doctors in the emergency room of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) had just told Partridge that a mass in the abdomen of her 16-year-old daughter might ...
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• Medical Mysteries: A clue to a girl’s painful ailment goes long overlooked

  
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  ‘Oh my God,” Leigh Partridge remembers thinking, her mind reeling as she tried to contemplate the unimaginable. “This cannot be happening again.” Doctors in the emergency room of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) had just told Partridge that a mass in the abdomen of her 16-year-old daughter might ...
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• Entrepreneurs need to balance risk of persisting with payoff of succeeding

  
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  In a new business, sometimes the better part of wisdom is knowing when to quit, a new study concludes. Even though persistence is a key to business success, entrepreneurs might be more successful if they not only knew when to start a business and take risks, but also knew when to abandon it and find something that ...
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• Wait to Receive Something You Buy and Youll Actually Like It More

  
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  We live in a culture of immediacy where we think we want everything on demand, but it turns out that we may actually prefer the wait. When we pay for something we wont get for quite some time, it tends to make us happier because we forget that it cost us money. Read more...        
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• Do Near-Death Experiences Prove That Consciousness Exists Outside the Brain?

  
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  Resuscitation specialist Sam Parnia continues to darken already murky waters of thanatology, by offering his colleagues to carefully examine stories of people returned from the dead. In his view, which will be fully supported by any competent philosopher, these stories shed light on the nature of [...]
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• Leading researchers report on the elusive search for biomarkers in Huntingtons disease

  
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• SUMO wrestling cells reveal new protective mechanism target for stroke

  
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  Scientists investigating the interaction of a group of proteins in the brain responsible for protecting nerve cells from damage have identified a new target that could increase cell survival. The discovery, made by researchers from the University’s School of Biochemistry and published in the EMBO journal with ...
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• U of M researchers develop model for better testing, targeting of MPNST

  
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  Researchers from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, and the University’s Brain Tumor Program, have developed a new mouse model of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) that allow them to discover new genes and gene pathways driving this type of cancer. The research was published this ...
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• A Conversation With Brenda Milner: Still Charting Memory’s Depths

  
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  Brenda Milner’s work with an amnesia patient in the 1950s showed how memory is rooted in specific regions of the brain. With modern technology, she says, “we can see so much more.”        
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• Complex brain function depends on flexibility

  
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  Neurons that can multitask greatly enhance the brain’s computational power, study finds. Over the past few decades, neuroscientists have made much progress in mapping the brain by deciphering the functions of individual neurons that perform very specific tasks, such as recognizing the location or color of an object. ...
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• Human-like opponents lead to more aggression in video game players

  
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  Video games that pit players against human-looking characters may be more likely to provoke violent thoughts and words than games where monstrous creatures are the enemy, according to a new study by...
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• Principles of locomotion in confined spaces could help robot teams work underground

  
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  Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are all-too-familiar to people living in the southern United States. read more
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• Do salamanders hold the solution to regeneration?

  
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  Salamanders immune systems are key to their remarkable ability to regrow limbs, and could also underpin their ability to regenerate spinal cords, brain tissue and even parts of their hearts, scientists have found. In research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences researchers from ...
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• Imaging technique shows premature birth interrupts vital brain development processes leading to reduced cognitive abilities in i

  
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  This video shows the development of the frontal and temporal regions of the cerebral cortex in preterm infants during the last three months before the normal time of birth, turning from red to blue as it matures. The primary motor and sensory regions are well developed at the beginning of the sequence, while much of ...
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• Study shows how bilinguals switch between languages

  
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  Individuals who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate "sound systems" for each language, according to new research conducted at the University of Arizona. The research, to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for ...
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• How bilinguals switch between languages

  
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  Individuals who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate “sound systems” for each language, according to new research conducted at the University...
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• Alicia’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Brain Cancer)

  
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  Hi ,my name is Alicia Willis and I am 24 years old. I have brain cancer right now and always will.  I was getting severe headaches all the time and they were getting worse, so I went to a hospital to see what was going on and they said that it was just migraines. I went back home and the next day it was getting much ...
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