News tagged with journal of neurophysiology
Drug studied as possible treatment for spinal injuries
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Researchers have shown how an experimental drug might restore the function of nerves damaged in spinal cord injuries by preventing short circuits caused when tiny "potassium channels" in the fibers are exposed.
Research model may one day 'inoculate' elderly against slip-related falls
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Training people to avoid falls by repeatedly exposing them to unstable situations in the laboratory helped them to later maintain their balance on a slippery floor, according to new research from the Journal of Neurophysiology.
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Ouch! Abrupt opioid withdrawal increases pain sensitivity
Jul 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The abrupt withdrawal of morphine-like analgesics - opioids - can increase sensitivity to pain. Experiments have now shown that this effect is caused by a memory-like process, the long-term ...
Signals from stroking have direct route to brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Nerve signals that tell the brain that we are being slowly stroked on the skin have their own specialised nerve fibres in the skin. This is shown by a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. ...
Study: Theta rhythm reduces seizure rate
Jun 20, 2006 |
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Texas scientists say the brain's septum helps stop epileptic seizures by inducing electrical activity in another area of the brain called the hippocampus.
Gentle touch may aid multiple sclerosis patients
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While gripping, lifting or manipulating an object such as drinking from a cup or placing a book on a shelf is usually easy for most, it can be challenging for those with neurological diseases such as multiple ...
I feel your pain: Neural mechanisms of empathy
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Is it possible to share a pain that you observe in another but have never actually experienced yourself? A new study uses a sophisticated brain-imaging technique to try and answer this question. The research, published by ...
Researchers find new learning strategy
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Central to being human is the ability to adapt: We learn from our mistakes. Previous theories of learning have assumed that the size of learning naturally scales with the size of the mistake. But now biomedical ...
Muscle weakness: New mutation identified
Jun 14, 2007 |
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New research, published in The Journal of Physiology, has identified a novel mutation associated with muscle weakness and distal limb deformities. The study demonstrates that muscle weakness experienced by persons with a ...
Natural childbirth makes mothers more responsive to own baby-cry
Sep 04, 2008 |
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A new study has found that mothers who delivered vaginally compared to caesarean section delivery (CSD) were significantly more responsive to the cry of their own baby, identified through MRI brain scans two to four weeks ...
Researchers use computational models to study fear
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 30, 2009 |
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The brain is a complex system made of billions of neurons and thousands of connections that relate to every human feeling, including one of the strongest emotions, fear. Most neurological fear studies have been rooted in ...
Thinking makes it so: Science extends reach of prosthetic arms
Nov 11, 2007 |
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Motorized prosthetic arms can help amputees regain some function, but these devices take time to learn to use and are limited in the number of movements they provide.
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