News tagged with motor control pathways
Hitting cell hot spot could help thwart Parkinson's disease
Jul 08, 2009 |
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The latest work to 'turn off the taps' in the brain and stop a chemical being released in excess amounts - which can lead to Parkinson's Disease - will be presented at The British Pharmacological Society's Summer Meeting ...
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Imaging the hypnotized brain: Neural mechanisms of suggested paralysis
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Although there is no doubt that hypnosis can impact the mind and behavior, the underlying brain mechanisms are not well understood. Now, new research provides fascinating insight into the specific neural effect of the power ...
Bird brains suggest how vocal learning evolved
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Mar 12, 2008 |
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Though they perch far apart on the avian family tree, birds with the ability to learn songs use similar brain structures to sing their tunes. Neurobiologists at Duke University Medical Center now have an explanation for this ...
Nerve impulses from primary motor cortex can cause movement even when person is unaware
Jul 17, 2007 |
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Alien hand syndrome (AHS) is a rare neurological disorder that causes hand movement without the person being aware of what is happening or having control over the action. The afflicted person may sometimes reach for objects ...
Antioxidant controls spinal cord development
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Sep 18, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have discovered how one antioxidant protein controls the activity of another protein, critical for the development of spinal cord neurons. The research, publishing this ...
Study indicates how we make proper movements
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 18, 2008 |
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When you first notice a door handle, your brain has already been hard at work. Your visual system first sees the handle, then it sends information to various parts of the brain, which go on to decipher out the details, such ...
Association of tight glycemic control with road crashes in diabetic patients
Dec 08, 2009 |
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A study from Canada published this week in PLoS Medicine suggests an association between tighter glycemic control and an increased risk of a motor vehicle crash in diabetic adults. Using a population-based case control analys ...
Further Tests Designed for Rover's Right-Rear Wheel
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on sols 2104 and 2105 (Dec. 3 and 4) investigated stalls that occurred on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28) and earlier. The rover team cannot draw ...
Driving fatalities surge on US presidential election days
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Toronto, ON (September 30, 2008) – Sunnybrook researcher Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Stanford University statistician Robert Tibshirani have found an increased risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes on United States (US) presidential ...
Alzheimer's disease drug treats traumatic brain injury
Jul 12, 2009 |
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The destructive cellular pathways activated in Alzheimer's disease are also triggered following traumatic brain injury, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). They say this finding suggests that ...
Tiny electronic chip, interacting with the brain, modifies pathways for controlling movement
Oct 24, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Washington are working on an implantable electronic chip that may help establish new nerve connections in the part of the brain that controls movement. Their most recent study, to be published ...
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