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Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 23, 2009 |
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A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers is the first to pinpoint damage inside the brains of veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome - a finding that links the illness to chemical exposures ...
Brain abnormality found in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 17, 2009 |
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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 ...
Brain mechanism recruited to reduce noise during challenging tasks
Feb 25, 2009 |
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New research reveals a sophisticated brain mechanism that is critical for filtering out irrelevant signals during demanding cognitive tasks. The study, published by Cell Press in the February 26 issue of the journal Neuron, also p ...
Echoes discovered in early visual brain areas play role in working memory
Feb 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered that early visual areas, long believed to play no role in higher cognitive functions such as memory, retain information previously hidden from brain studies. ...
Dynamical theory and novel 4-D colorimetric method reveal modus operandi of intact living brain
Jan 21, 2009 |
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For the brain to achieve its intricate functions such as perception, action, attention and decision making, neural regions have to work together yet still retain their specialized roles. Excess or lack of ...
The 'satellite navigation' in our brains
Sep 11, 2008 |
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Our brains contain their own navigation system much like satellite navigation ("sat-nav"), with in-built maps, grids and compasses, neuroscientist Dr Hugo Spiers told the BA Festival of Science at the University of Liverpool ...
Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to brain activity
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Cambridge researchers have discovered that measuring activity in a region of the brain could help to identify people at risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
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