News tagged with motor cortex
New Features Found in Einstein's Brain
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When one thinks of Einstein, it is natural to assume that obviously his brain differed from that of the average person. And, ever since Thomas Harvey, a pathologist in Princeton, removed Einste ...
Researchers find brain cell transplants help repair neural damage
Oct 29, 2009 |
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A Swiss research team has found that using an animal's own brain cells (autologous transplant) to replace degenerated neurons in select brain areas of donor primates with simulated but asymptomatic Parkinson's disease and ...
Scientists get first close look at stimulated brain
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For over a century, scientists have been using electrical stimulation to explore and treat the human brain. The technique has helped identify regions responsible for specific neural functions ...
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 ...
Scientists restore movement to paralyzed limbs through artificial brain-muscle connections
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Researchers in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health have demonstrated for the first time that a direct artificial connection from the brain to muscles can restore voluntary movement in monkeys whose arms have ...
Evolution of new brain area enables complex movements
Jan 12, 2009 |
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A new area of the cerebral cortex has evolved to enable man and higher primates to pick up small objects and deftly use tools, according to neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Pittsburgh's ...
University of Cincinnati study finds needle biopsies safe in 'eloquent' areas of brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 03, 2009 |
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After a review of 284 cases, specialists at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Neuroscience Institute have concluded that performing a stereotactic needle biopsy in an area of the brain associated ...
