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Albert Einstein, Nobel Photo, 1921

New Features Found in Einstein's Brain

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (33) | comments 27

(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 ...


Scientists restore movement to paralyzed limbs through artificial brain-muscle connections

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created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (28) | comments 2

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 ...


Scientists get first close look at stimulated brain

Scientists get first close look at stimulated brain

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created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(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

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

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 ...


Evolution of new brain area enables complex movements

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created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Researchers find brain cell transplants help repair neural damage

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


University of Cincinnati study finds needle biopsies safe in 'eloquent' areas of brain

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created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...