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Analysis supports use of surgery to treat medication-resistant epilepsy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Persons with temporal lobe epilepsy who do not respond to medication could receive a substantial gain in life expectancy and quality of life by undergoing surgery of the temporal lobe part of the brain, according to an analysis ...





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Language performance and differences in brain activity possibly affected by sex

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created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a new fMRI study conducted in the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Research Laboratory (Montpellier I University, France) and published by Elsevier in the February 2009 issue of Cortex, researchers found differ ...


Brain abnormality found in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 9

Researchers trying to uncover the mechanisms that cause attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder have found an abnormality in the brains of adolescent boys suffering from the conditions, but not where ...


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Magnetic fields may help brain work

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created Jun 08, 2006 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (78) | comments 0

Australian researchers say magnetic fields could make ordinary people capable of extraordinary mental feats.


Early brain activity sheds new light on the neural basis of reading

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Most people are expert readers, but it is something of an enigma that our brain can achieve expertise in such a recent cultural invention, which lies at the interface between vision and language. Given that the first alphabetic ...


Remote Brainwaves Predict Future Eureka Moment

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created Sep 09, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Real-world problems come in two broad flavors: those requiring sequential reasoning and those requiring transformative reasoning: a break from past thinking and restructuring followed by an insight (also known as Eureka or ...


Neck surgery for cervical spine disorders found to alleviate associated headaches

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study published in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) finds that two years after anterior cervical neck operations, patients who have arthroplasty (disc replacement) or arthodesis (spine ...


Sights and sounds of emotion trigger big brain responses

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the University of York have identified a part of the brain that responds to both facial and vocal expressions of emotion.


Agent used in spinal surgery linked to higher complications rate, greater inpatient charges

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study indicates that bone-morphogenetic protein (BMP; a biological agent used to promote bone creation) is used in 25 percent of spinal fusion procedures and is associated with a higher rate of complications than in ...


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Researchers find genetic link between physical pain and social rejection

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created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA psychologists have determined for the first time that a gene linked with physical pain sensitivity is associated with social pain sensitivity as well.


Probe position may change results in liver stiffness measurements in transient elastography

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A major clinical challenge is to find the best method to evaluate and to manage the increasing numbers of patients with chronic liver disease. Liver biopsy, due to its risks and limitations, is no longer considered mandatory ...



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