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The Queen and I: How autistic brain distinguishes oneself from others

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published today in the journal Brain provid ...


Scientists set their sights on hearing breakthrough for babies

Scientists set their sights on hearing breakthrough for babies

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first year to two years of life is a critical time for hearing impaired children and their language development. Whilst young babies with hearing difficulties can now be fitted with cochlear ...


Most antidepressants miss key target of clinical depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A key brain protein called monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) - is highly elevated during clinical depression yet is unaffected by treatment with commonly used antidepressants, according to an important study published today in ...


Family's inherited condition links prion diseases, Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory connection between Alzheimer's disease and brain-wasting diseases such as the human form of mad cow disease has moved into the clinic for what is believed to be the first time, manifesting itself ...


New biosensors reveal workings of anti-psychotic drugs in the living brain

New biosensors reveal workings of anti-psychotic drugs in the living brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists have resolved a question about how a popular class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia works using biosensors that reveal previously hidden components of chemical communication in the brain.


Carnegie Mellon scientists discover first evidence of brain rewiring in children

Scientists discover first evidence of brain rewiring in children

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Carnegie Mellon University scientists Timothy Keller and Marcel Just have uncovered the first evidence that intensive instruction to improve reading skills in young children causes the brain to physically ...


Study strengthens link between sirtuins and life extension

Study strengthens link between sirtuins proteins and life extension

Medicine & Health / Research

created 6 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new paper from MIT biology professor Leonard Guarente strengthens the link between longevity proteins called sirtuins and the lifespan-extending effects of calorie restriction.


Brain imaging shows kids' PTSD symptoms linked to poor hippocampus function

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Psychological trauma leaves a trail of damage in a child's brain, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Their new study gives the first direct evidence that children ...


Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature

Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A new optical sensor developed by the American National Institute of Standards and Technology was successfully tested by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) in the "magnetically best shielded ...


Anti-gravity treadmill: Therapy that's like a walk on the moon

Medicine & Health / Other

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A treadmill developed at NASA Ames Research Center more than a decade ago for exercising in space has seen more athletes than astronauts lately.



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