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Glial cells can cross from the central to the peripheral nervous system (w/ Video)

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Glial cells, which help neurons communicate with each other, can leave the central nervous system and cross into the peripheral nervous system to compensate for missing cells, according to new research in the Dec. 2 issue ...

New source discovered for the generation of nerve cells in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (Germany) has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in the brain. The researchers ...

3 Questions: Suzanne Corkin on the world's most famous amnesic

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H.M., the well-known amnesic patient whose condition helped scientists understand memory and memory impairment, died a year ago at the age of 82. H.M. (whose full name, Henry Gustav Molaison, was disclosed ...

Now you see it, now you know you see it

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 30, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 3

There is a tiny period of time between the registration of a visual stimulus by the unconscious mind and our conscious recognition of it ― between the time we see an apple and the time we recognize it as an apple. Our ...

Scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock

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Nov 30, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

How does our biological system know that it is supposed to operate on a 24-hour cycle? Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that a tiny molecule holds the clue to the mystery.

Study shows new brain connections form rapidly during motor learning

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Nov 29, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of Cal ...

Heavy metal paradox could point toward new therapy for Lou Gehrig's disease

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Nov 30, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

New discoveries have been made about how an elevated level of lead, which is a neurotoxic heavy metal, can slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease - findings that could point the way ...

Americans born in the South may have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults

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Nov 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The "stroke belt" has a tight hold. People born in the Southern stroke belt have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults, even if they later move away, compared to people who were born in other parts of the country. ...

Two molecules affecting brain plasticity

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Nov 25, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (8) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- You wouldn't want a car with no brakes. It turns out that the developing brain needs them, too.

Scientists find emotion-like behaviors, regulated by dopamine, in fruit flies

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Nov 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered evidence of a primitive emotion-like behavior in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Their findings, which may be relevant to the relationship betwee ...

Auditory illusion: How our brains can fill in the gaps to create continuous sound

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Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

It is relatively common for listeners to "hear" sounds that are not really there. In fact, it is the brain's ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds that allows us to successfully carry on a conversation in a noisy room. ...

Hormone ghrelin can boost resistance to Parkinson's disease

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Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Ghrelin, a hormone produced in the stomach, may be used to boost resistance to, or slow, the development of Parkinson's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a study published in a recent issue of the Journal of ...

High unexpressed anger in MS patients linked to nervous system damage, not disease severity

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Nov 24, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) feel more than twice as much withheld anger as the general population and this could have an adverse effect on their relationships and health, according to a study published in the December ...