News tagged with brain institute
Hope for Restoring Injured Nerves: Biologists ID Gene, Pathway for Nerve Regeneration in Worms
Jan 22, 2009 |
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University of Utah scientists identified a worm gene that is essential for damaged nerve cells to regenerate, and showed they could speed nerve regeneration by over-activating the gene - a step toward new ...
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No change in brain tumor incidence during a time when cell phone usage increased
Dec 03, 2009 |
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There was no substantial change in brain tumor incidence among adults 5 to 10 years after cell phone usage sharply increased, according to a new brief communication published online December 3 in the Journal of the National Ca ...
USC neuroscientists awarded $9 million to map gene expression during human brain development
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Two University of Southern California (USC) neuroscientists have been awarded nearly $9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to map how genes are expressed in different regions of the human brain throughout ...
Brain power goes green
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Our brains, it turns out, are eco-friendly. A study published in Science and reviewed by F1000 Biology members Venkatesh Murthy and Jakob Sorensen reveals that our brains have the amazing ability to be energy efficient.
Neuroscientists find neural stopwatch in the brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Keeping track of time is one of the brain's most important tasks. As the brain processes the flood of sights and sounds it encounters, it must also remember when each event occurred. But how ...
Funeral industry workers exposed to formaldehyde face higher risk of leukemia
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Long durations of exposure to formaldehyde used for embalming in the funeral industry were associated with an increased risk of death from myeloid leukemia, according to a new study published online November 20 in the Journal of ...
How to read brain activity?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the very first time, scientists show what EEG can really tell us about how the brain functions.
Communicating person to person through the power of thought alone (w/ Video)
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 06, 2009 |
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New research from the University of Southampton has demonstrated that it is possible for communication from person to person through the power of thought alone.
Brain injured athletes may benefit from hypothermia research
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 13, 2009 |
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NFL players and other athletes who suffer serious or multiple concussions may benefit from ground-breaking research being conducted by scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. ...
Study identifies new way to biopsy brain tumors in real time
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 11, 2009 |
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A new miniature, hand-held microscope may allow more precise removal of brain tumors and an easier recognition of tumor locations during surgery.
Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Catalyze Brain Tumor Death
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Medical Center’s Brain Tumor Center have developed a way to target brain cancer cells using ...
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