News tagged with journal of neuroscience

Hormone ghrelin can boost resistance to Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Ghrelin, a hormone produced in the stomach, may be used to boost resistance to, or slow, the development of Parkinson's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a study published in a recent issue of the Journal of ...

Researchers find explanation for rapid maturation of neurons at birth

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 17, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 1

At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.

Use of cannabinoids could help post-traumatic stress disorder patients

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (7) | 1

Use of cannabinoids (marijuana) could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients. This is exposed in a recent study carried out at the Learning and Memory Lab in the University of Haifa's Department ...

Findings could speed the development of drugs for Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Australian scientists have significantly advanced our understanding of dopamine release from nerve cells, findings that should speed the development of more effective drugs for treating Parkinson's Disease.

Researchers show efficacy of gene therapy in mouse models of Huntington's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Oct 30, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have shown that a highly specific intrabody (an antibody fragment that works against a target inside a cell) is capable of stalling the development of Huntington's ...

Adult brain can change within seconds

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Jul 14, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (25) | 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- The human brain can adapt to changing demands even in adulthood, but MIT neuroscientists have now found evidence of it changing with unsuspected speed. Their findings suggest that the brain has a network ...

Adult brain processes fractions 'effortlessly'

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Apr 07, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (8) | 0

Although fractions are thought to be a difficult mathematical concept to learn, the adult brain encodes them automatically without conscious thought, according to new research in the April 8 issue of The Jo ...

One-finger exercise reveals unexpected limits to dexterity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Jul 08, 2009 | 3 / 5 (8) | 3

"Push your finger as hard as you can against the surface. Now as hard as you can but move it slowly - follow the ticking clock. Now faster. Now faster."

Musicians' Brains 'Fine-Tuned' to Identify Emotion

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Mar 03, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (15) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for a mate who in everyday conversation can pick up even your most subtle emotional cues? Find a musician, Northwestern University researchers suggest.

Scientists discover area of brain that makes a 'people person'

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

May 20, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (12) | 6

Cambridge University researchers have discovered that whether someone is a 'people-person' may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the ...

Chocolate, water reduce pain response to heat

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Oct 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

People often eat food to feel better, but researchers have found that eating chocolate or drinking water can blunt pain, reducing a rat's response to a hot stimulus. This natural form of pain relief may help ...

People who wear rose-colored glasses see more, study shows

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Jun 03, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 4

A University of Toronto study provides the first direct evidence that our mood literally changes the way our visual system filters our perceptual experience suggesting that seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses is ...

Why one way of learning is better than another

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Oct 01, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

A new study from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) of McGill University reveals that different patterns of training and learning lead to different types of memory formation. The significance of ...

Adult gut can generate new neurons

Medicine & Health / Research

Aug 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0

The adult lower digestive tract can be stimulated to add neurons to the intestinal system, according to new mouse research in the August 5 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that drugs similar to the ne ...

Study gives more proof that intelligence is largely inherited

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Mar 17, 2009 | 4 / 5 (7) | 0

They say a picture tells a thousand stories, but can it also tell how smart you are? Actually, say UCLA researchers, it can.