News tagged with gamma oscillations
Long-distance brain waves focus attention (w/Video)
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as our world buzzes with distractions -- from phone calls to e-mails to tweets -- the neurons in our brain are bombarded with messages. Research has shown that when we pay attention, some of these neurons ...
Making waves in the brain: Researchers use lasers to induce gamma brain waves in mice
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Apr 26, 2009 |
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Scientists have studied high-frequency brain waves, known as gamma oscillations, for more than 50 years, believing them crucial to consciousness, attention, learning and memory. Now, for the first time, MIT researchers and ...
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Brain works best when cells keep right rhythms
Apr 26, 2009 |
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It is said that each of us marches to the beat of a different drum, but new Stanford University research suggests that brain cells need to follow specific rhythms that must be kept for proper brain functioning. These rhythms ...
New brain link as cause of schizophrenia
Oct 27, 2008 |
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A lack of specific brain receptors has been linked with schizophrenia in new research by scientists at Newcastle University.
Very High Energy Gamma Rays
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gamma-rays are the most energetic known form of electromagnetic radiation, with each gamma ray being at least one hundred thousand times more energetic than an optical light photon. The most ...
Stem cells could halt osteoporosis, promote bone growth
Mar 04, 2009 |
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While interferon gamma sounds like an outer space weapon, it's actually a hormone produced by our own bodies, and it holds great promise to repair bones affected by osteoporosis. In a new study published in the journal Stem Ce ...
The brain is more adept at using the nose than previously realized
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Apr 28, 2007 |
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Brains are able to adjust automatically to the demands of distinguishing between small differences in smell, new research at the University of Chicago shows.
Fermi Large Area Telescope Reveals Pulsing Gamma-Ray Sources
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division and a team of international researchers have positively identified cosmic sources of gamma-ray emissions through the discovery ...
Fermi Telescope reveals a population of radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsars
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new class of pulsars detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is solving the mystery of previously unidentified gamma-ray sources and helping scientists understand the mechanisms ...
Fine-tuning treatments for depression
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Oct 18, 2009 |
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New research clarifies how neurotransmitters like norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine, are regulated - a finding that may help fine-tune therapies for depression.
The MAGIC-II Telescope is ready to team up
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Together with the MAGIC-I telescope, MAGIC-2 allows stereoscopic observations using these two largest gamma-ray telescopes. Astronomers can explore sources of very-high energy gamma rays. ...
ID3 provides career counseling for blood progenitors, driving the creation of gamma-delta T cells
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Like an unusually forceful career counselor, the Id3 protein decides the fate of a given white blood cell precursor, according to researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center. Their findings, published today in the journal Immunity, de ...
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