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Monday, April 15, 2013
How Music Can Thrill Your Brain
Music’s long-standing correlation with neuroscience has been refueled by findings from researchers at the Rotman Research Institute in Canada. Brain scans determined that when participants heard music they were willing to pay for, there was stimulation …
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Transparent Brain May Unearth Neurological Mysteries
A neuroscientist at Stanford University has created a technique to make brains transparent, an innovation that could offer researchers a clear view of the pathways that drive healthy mental function and that of a number of neurological ailments. The …
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Study: Shifting Language Function to Brain’s Right Hemisphere Not Viable in Aphasia Recovery
A study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience has found that a restructuring of language function to the right hemisphere of the brain is not an effective method in curbing aphasia, the loss of language functions (like speaking and writing …
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Treating Brain Cancer with Genetic Material from Bone Marrow Cells?
Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have discovered a new approach in treating tumors. By introducing genetic material produced by mesenchymal bone marrow cells reduced a resistant form of malignant brain tumor in rats. This foray into experimental cancer …
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
UCLA Uses Brain Imaging Tool, Stroke Risk Test to Determine Early Cognitive Decline
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) are using a brain-imaging technique and stroke risk test to determine early signs of cognitive decline in those who have not yet exhibited dementia symptoms. The imaging tool was developed …
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Six-Year-Old Cured of Deadly Brain Malformation
Six-year-old Haylie Howe was born with Galen malformation, a rare brain condition in which the brain is without the blood vessels that keep blood rushing to low-pressure veins. With extra blood pooled in areas of Haylie’s brain, areas of her brain …
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Scientists Unearth New Clues on the Development of Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found evidence that a type of cell in the central nervous system plays a role in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal degenerative disease commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. As reported …
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Can Brain Games Make You Smarter? Probably Not, Scientists Say
Ten years ago, a series of studies revealed that brain games can boost memory and intellectual ability, making intelligence (once thought to be a fixed quality) as changeable as a muscle. These findings offered breakthroughs in treating traumatic brain …
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Reducing Antipsychotic Drugs as a Treatment for Dementia in the Elderly
A new evidence review from The Cochrane Review reports that most elderly individuals with dementia can be weaned off antipsychotic drugs successfully, removing the occurrence of negative side effects and decreasing the risk of stroke. Click here to read …
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Hunger May Protect the Brain Against Alzheimer’s
Hunger pangs may protect against Alzheimer’s disease, one study has found. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine have demonstrated that feelings of hunger can reduce Alzheimer’s disease’s pathology in mice. …
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