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Brain Stimulation: was first developed as a treatment for Parkinson's disease to reduce tremor, stiffness, walking problems and uncontrollable movements. In brain stimulation, a pair of electrodes is implanted in the brain and controlled by a generator that is implanted in the chest.
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APR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
About one in five people experience tinnitus, the perception of a sound--often described as ringing--that isn't really t ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Plants & Animals
Navigating a cluttered environment at high speed is among the greatest challenges in biology. Yet it's one virtually all ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 22, 2015Neuroscience
Lips are the most exposed erogenous zone, which makes kissing feel very good.
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 21, 2015Neuroscience
In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Medic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Time to kiss writer's block goodbye.
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
Some people learn a new skill right away, while others cannot. What is it about their brains that accounts for the varia ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Scientists have gifted navigational skills to blind rats by wiring them with a compass that sends electric signals to th ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 25, 2015Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to stimulate brain tissue using external magnetic fields and injected magneti ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Stephanie Dutchen, Harvard Medical School
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Neuroscience
A University of Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration that has developed an exciting and expansive ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 05, 2015Neuroscience
The brain relies on the stabilizing mechanism called "homeostasis" to compensate for erratic shifts and spikes in its ne ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Neuroscience
Two areas of the brain - the hippocampus (yellow) and the prefrontal cortex (blue) - use two different brain-wave freque ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 09, 2014Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2014Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 13, 2014Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 21, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Oxytocin, the so-called love hormone has some interesting consequences, according to a new study by a group of researche ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 14, 2014Neuroscience
Opsins are light-sensitive proteins that have been put to great use in the field of optogenetics-the control and monitor ...
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
About one in five people experience tinnitus, the perception of a sound--often described as ringing--that isn't really t
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
Navigating a cluttered environment at high speed is among the greatest challenges in biology. Yet it's one virtually all
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Lips are the most exposed erogenous zone, which makes kissing feel very good.
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 21, 2015
Neuroscience
In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Medic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Time to kiss writer's block goodbye.
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Some people learn a new skill right away, while others cannot. What is it about their brains that accounts for the varia
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Scientists have gifted navigational skills to blind rats by wiring them with a compass that sends electric signals to th
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to stimulate brain tissue using external magnetic fields and injected magneti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Stephanie Dutchen, Harvard Medical School
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Neuroscience
A University of Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration that has developed an exciting and expansive
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 05, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain relies on the stabilizing mechanism called "homeostasis" to compensate for erratic shifts and spikes in its ne
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 25, 2015
Neuroscience
Two areas of the brain - the hippocampus (yellow) and the prefrontal cortex (blue) - use two different brain-wave freque
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 09, 2014
Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 15, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 13, 2014
Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Oxytocin, the so-called love hormone has some interesting consequences, according to a new study by a group of researche
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 14, 2014
Neuroscience
Opsins are light-sensitive proteins that have been put to great use in the field of optogenetics-the control and monitor
...