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Intelligence and rhythmic accuracy go hand in hand
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 16, 2008 |
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People who score high on intelligence tests are also good at keeping time, new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out the study also suspect that accuracy in timing is important to the brain processes responsible ...
MIT pieces together the mechanism that allows 2 pacemakers to control breathing
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Two pacemakers in the brain work together in harmony to ensure that breathing occurs in a regular rhythm, according to new research from MIT scientists.
U of M researchers identify process that may help treat Parkinson's, spinal cord injuries
Apr 16, 2008 |
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A new discovery by University of Minnesota researchers may lead to a better understanding of how the spinal cord controls how people walk. These insights could help lead to treatments for central nervous system maladies such ...
Strike a yoga pose to strike down stress
Jan 05, 2009 |
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When hyperventilating sometimes seems the only option to stress, Petri Brill has a healthier suggestion: yoga.
Scientists make paralyzed rats walk again after spinal-cord injury
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 20, 2009 |
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UCLA researchers have discovered that a combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and regular exercise can enable paralyzed rats to walk and even run again while supporting their full weight on a treadmill.
Study on olfactory nerve cells shows why we smell better when we sniff
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Unlike most of our sensory systems that detect only one type of stimuli, our sense of smell works double duty, detecting both chemical and mechanical stimuli to improve how we smell, according to University ...
Individual cells isolated from biological clock can keep daily time, but are unreliable
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Alexis Webb enters a small room at Washington University in St. Louis with walls, floor and ceiling painted dark green, shuts the door, turns off the lights and bends over a microscope in a black box draped with black cloth. ...
Slowing the racing heart
May 11, 2007 |
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Scientists have discovered how we put the brakes on a racing heartbeat.
New study describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems
Nov 12, 2009 |
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A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body's Circadian system and may also simultaneously modulate its ...
Research describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body’s Circadian system and may ...
'Biological clock' genes control plant growth
Biology /
Sep 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 125 years ago Charles Darwin first reported that most plants grow in a spurt during the night, not the day – and this week, scientists are reporting the discovery of the genes that ...
Not just bleach: Hydrogen peroxide may tell time for living cells
Nov 03, 2009 |
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If a circadian rhythm is like an orchestra - the united expression of the rhythms of millions of cells - a common chemical may serve as the conductor, or at least as the baton.
Biological 'Clock' Influences Damage Done by Oxidative Stress
Biology /
Aug 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Swing shift workers and frequent fliers beware – scientists have identified yet another biological issue that relates to the “circadian clock” found in almost every species from insects to humans, and discovered ...
Research shows Tai Chi exercise reduces knee osteoarthritis pain in the elderly
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine have determined that patients over 65 years of age with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who engage in regular Tai Chi exercise improve physical function and experience less pain. ...
Babies learn music while sleeping
Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Early screening and treatment for infants with hearing problems, and the ability to computer-generate musical scores, are two very different possible outcomes of some “off-the-wall” research.
