News tagged with brain surface
How does microglia examine damaged synapses?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Microglia, immune cells in the brain, is suggested to be involved in the repair of damaged brain, like a medical doctor. However, it is completely unknown how microglia diagnoses damaged circuits in an in vivo brain. Japanese ...
Nanotech coating could lead to better brain implants to treat diseases
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical and materials engineers at the University of Michigan have developed a nanotech coating for brain implants that helps the devices operate longer and could improve treatment for ...
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Getting on 'the GABA receptor shuttle' to treat anxiety disorders
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2009 |
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There are increasingly precise molecular insights into ways that stress exposure leads to fear and through which fear extinction resolves these fear states. Extinction is generally regarded as new inhibitory learning, but ...
Genes found to play a role in breast cancer's spread to the brain
May 06, 2009 |
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New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) identifies three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and illuminates the mechanisms ...
Mesh-like network of arteries adjusts to restore blood flow to stroke-injured brain
Jan 30, 2009 |
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A grid of small arteries at the surface of the brain redirects flow and widens at critical points to restore blood supply to tissue starved of nutrients and oxygen following a stroke, a study published this ...
Ego City: Cities organized like human brains
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cities are organized like brains, and the evolution of cities mirrors the evolution of human and animal brains, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Imaging study illustrates how memories change in the brain over time
Jan 27, 2009 |
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A new brain imaging study illustrates what happens to memories as time goes by. The study, in the January 28 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, shows that distinct brain structures are involved in recalling recent and ol ...
Using your mood to operate a computer game
May 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain Computer Interfaces measure electrical signals from the brain and convert them into data that can be used by a computer. You can move a cursor on your screen, for example, simply by ...
How meningitis bacteria attack the brain
Aug 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A specific protein on the surface of a common bacterial pathogen allows the bacteria to leave the bloodstream and enter the brain, initiating the deadly infection known as meningitis. The new finding, which ...
Researchers restore missing protein in rare genetic brain disorder
Sep 06, 2009 |
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UCSF researchers have successfully used protease inhibitors to restore to normal levels a key protein involved in early brain development. Reduced levels of that protein have been shown to cause the rare brain disorder lissencephaly, ...
Epilepsy Patients Are Given New Hope With Brain Implant
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A startup company, Neuropace in Mountain View Ca., has developed a device that offers new hope for epilepsy patients. The device is designed to neutralize the abnormal electrical activity ...
Motor skill learning may be enhanced by mild brain stimulation
Jan 19, 2009 |
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People who received a mild electrical current to a motor control area of the brain were significantly better able to learn and perform a complex motor task than those in control groups. The findings could hold promise for ...
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