News articles tagged with 'brain'
Early sign of Alzheimer's reversed in lab
— 2 Dec 2011 10:14 | HealthOne of the earliest known impairments caused by Alzheimer's disease - loss of sense of smell - can be restored by removing a plaque-forming protein in a mouse model of the disease,…
Probiotics reduce infections for patients in intensive care
— 2 Dec 2011 09:56 | HealthTraumatic brain injury is associated with a profound suppression of the patient's ability to fight infection. At the same time the patient also often suffers hyper-inflammation, due…
Grey matter in brain's control centre linked to ability to process reward
— 29 Nov 2011 21:40 | HealthThe more grey matter you have in the decision-making, thought-processing part of your brain, the better your ability to evaluate rewards and consequences. That may seem like an obvious…
Metabolic defects in mice corrected with transplanted embryonic neurones
— 25 Nov 2011 09:00 | HealthA new study has revealed that immature neurones taken from healthy mouse embryos can repair damaged brain circuitry and partially normalise metabolism when transplanted into adult mice…
Tuning out: How brains benefit from meditation
— 22 Nov 2011 16:59 | HealthExperienced meditators seem to be able switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming as well as psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a new…
Old drugs find new target for treating brain tumour
— 19 Nov 2011 15:50 | HealthScientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Centre, in collaboration with colleagues in Boston and South Korea, say they…
How the brain senses nutrient balance
— 18 Nov 2011 17:01 | HealthThere is no doubt that eating a balanced diet is essential for maintaining a healthy body weight as well as appropriate arousal and energy balance, but the details about how the nutrients…
Snake spills venomous secrets
— 17 Nov 2011 17:49 | BiologyExamining venom from a variety of poisonous snakes, a group of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered why the bite of one small black, yellow and…
Humans can control a cursor with power of thought
— 9 Apr 2011 11:46 | TechnologyThe act of mind reading is something usually reserved for science-fiction movies but researchers in America have used a technique, usually associated with identifying epilepsy, for…
Research discovers how marijuana affects the way the brain processes emotional information
— 6 Apr 2011 18:40 | HealthDrugs like marijuana act on naturally occurring receptors in the brain called cannabinoid receptors. However, the mechanisms by which these drugs produce their sensory and mood altering…