News tagged with journal of neuroscience

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 ...

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 ...

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."

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Small Fingers More Touch Sensitive

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 16, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

When it comes to finger sensitivity, bigger isn't always better.

Researchers find explanation for rapid maturation of neurons at birth

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 17, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 2

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists shed new light on cause of inherited movement disorder

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Jul 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

University of Utah School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center have found strong evidence that abnormal calcium signaling in neurons may play an important role ...

Imaging study shows decrease in empathic responses to outsiders

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Jun 30, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

An observer feels more empathy for someone in pain when that person is in the same social group, according to new research in the July 1 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that perceiving others in pai ...

Simple drug treatment may prevent nicotine-induced SIDS

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Jun 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has identified a specific class of pharmaceutical drugs that could be effective in treating babies vulnerable to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), because their mothers smoked ...