Barrow scientists solve 200-year-old scientific debate involving visual illusions November 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have discovered a direct link between eye motions and the perception of illusory motion that solves a 200-year-old debate. | |
 Brain reorganizes to adjust for loss of vision November 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study from Georgia Tech shows that when patients with macular degeneration focus on using another part of their retina to compensate for their loss of central vision, their brain seems to compensate ... | |
Misreading of damaged DNA may spur tumor formation November 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The DNA in our cells is constantly under assault from oxygen, the sun's radiation and environmental stresses. Most of the time, our cells can repair the damage before it gets copied into a permanent mutation that could lead ... | |
Biomarkers used to predict chronological and physiological age November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have identified for the first time biomarkers of aging which are highly predictive of both chronological and physiological age. Biomarkers are biochemical features that can ... | |
Stress warps brains and behavior, researchers say November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Scientists have discovered how stress - in the form of emotional, mental or physical tension - physically reshapes the brain and causes long-lasting harm to humans and animals. | |
New insight into the controls on a go-to enzyme November 19, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have gained new insights into regulation of one of the body's enzyme workhorses called calpains. | |
New theory of visual computation reveals how brain makes sense of natural scenes November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Computational neuroscientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a computational model that provides insight into the function of the brain's visual cortex and the information processing that enables people to perceive ... | |
 Enzyme discovery may lead to better heart and stroke treatments November 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A Queen's University study sheds new light on the way one of our cell enzymes, implicated in causing tissue damage after heart attacks and strokes, is normally kept under control. | |
Scientists are high on idea that marijuana reduces memory impairment November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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The more research they do, the more evidence Ohio State University scientists find that specific elements of marijuana can be good for the aging brain by reducing inflammation there and possibly even stimulating the formation ... | |
 Adult stem cell breakthrough November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first tissue-engineered trachea (windpipe), utilising the patient's own stem cells, has been successfully transplanted into a young woman with a failing airway. The bioengineered trachea ... | |
Brain compound 'throws gasoline onto the fire' of schizophrenia November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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New research has traced elevated levels of a specific compound in the brain to problem-solving deficits in patients with schizophrenia. | |
Ginkgo proves ineffective in preventing dementia, Alzheimer's disease November 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
One of the most widely used herbal supplements for improving memory and cognition has no impact on the development of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, according to new results from a $30 million, multi-center study. | |
Color perception shifts from right brain to left November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Learning the name of a color changes the part of the brain that handles color perception. | |
 New Virtual Tool Can Train Athlete Brains to React 53 Percent Faster, Improve Their Game November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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All great athletes know that in order to perform well, they can't just depend on their physical capabilities. Speed and efficiency in decision-making are just as essential. Two researchers from the School ... | |
Study shows how social support may protect brain during stroke November 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New research in mice suggests that high levels of social support may provide some protection against strokes by reducing the amount of damaging inflammation in the brain. | |
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