Einstein, Newton displayed autistic traits February 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton displayed symptoms of psychiatric disorders that may have been a key to their genius, a Dublin psychiatrist said. | |
 Scientists create colorful 'brainbow' images of the nervous system October 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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By activating multiple fluorescent proteins in neurons, neuroscientists at Harvard University are imaging the brain and nervous system as never before, rendering their cells in a riotous spray of colors dubbed ... | |
A new light on the brains of people with borderline personality disorder August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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In a game of give and get, the brains of people with borderline personality disorder often don't get it. | |
Vitamin C injections slow tumor growth in mice August 04, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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High-dose injections of vitamin C, also known as ascorbate or ascorbic acid, reduced tumor weight and growth rate by about 50 percent in mouse models of brain, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers, researchers from the National ... | |
 Human brain appears 'hard-wired' for hierarchy April 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Human imaging studies have for the first time identified brain circuitry associated with social status, according to researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes ... | |
The regulation of negative emotions: Impact on brain activity March 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Emotions play an important role in the lives of humans, and influence our behavior, thoughts, decisions, and interactions. The ability to regulate emotions is essential to both mental and physical well-being. | |
 Chronic Pain Harms the Brain February 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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People with unrelenting pain don't only suffer from the non-stop sensation of throbbing pain. They also have trouble sleeping, are often depressed, anxious and even have difficulty making simple decisions. | |
New study finds that sleep duration raises the risk for diabetes December 01, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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The most common factors believed to contribute to diabetes are a decreased amount of physical activity and access to highly palatable processed foods. However, there is growing evidence that another aspect of our modern ... | |
Research shows the brain's processing speed is significantly faster than real time November 15, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 60 vote(s)
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Scientists at The University of Arizona have added another piece of the puzzle of how the brain processes memory. | |
Blood may help us think October 15, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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MIT scientists propose that blood may help us think, in addition to its well-known role as the conveyor of fuel and oxygen to brain cells. | |
 Wake up and smell the coffee: Study finds that caffeine may help prevent MS June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A good cup of coffee might be just the wake-up call scientists need to stop multiple sclerosis. | |
Researchers may have found test for depression March 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered that a change in the location of a protein in the brain could serve as a biomarker for depression, allowing a simple, rapid, laboratory ... | |
New method enables scientists to see smells December 24, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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Animals and insects communicate through an invisible world of scents. By exploiting infrared technology, researchers at Rockefeller University just made that world visible. With the ability to see smells, these scientists ... | |
Researchers can read thoughts to decipher what a person is actually seeing December 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Following ground-breaking research showing that neurons in the human brain respond in an abstract manner to particular individuals or objects, University of Leicester researchers have now discovered that, from the firing ... | |
Elevated nitric oxide in blood is key to high altitude function for Tibetans October 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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How can some people live at high altitudes and thrive while others struggle to obtain enough oxygen to function? | |
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