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WSU researchers find ‘exploding head syndrome’ more common in young people than thought
April 1, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Nearly 1 in 5 startled by loud, non-existent noisesWashington State University researchers have found that an unexpectedly high percentage of young people experience “exploding head syndrome,” a…
Non-invasive technique allows amputee to use bionic hand, powered by his thoughts
March 31, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Medical researchers have created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle and other objects with a prosthetic hand, powered only by his thoughts.
Age matters: Discovering why antidepressants don’t work well for kids
March 31, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study had researchers seeking answers to why the therapeutic benefit afforded by SSRIs was so limited in children and teenagers. If researchers can uncover the biological mechanisms preventing available treatments from producing antidepressant ef…
Brain’s ‘gender’ may be quite flexible: Mechanism that plays key role in sexual differentiation of brain described
March 31, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
During prenatal development, the brains of most animals, including humans, develop specifically male or female characteristics. But scientists have known little about the details of how this differentiation occurs. Now, a new study has illuminated deta…
History of depression puts women at risk for diabetes during pregnancy, study finds
March 31, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
A history of depression may put women at risk for developing diabetes during pregnancy, according to research. This study also pointed to how common depression is during pregnancy and the need for screening and education.
Smaller plates, smaller portions? Not always
March 31, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
UConn Health psychiatry researchers say visual cues are not universally effective in helping curb childhood obesityIt may have become conventional wisdom that you can trick yourself into eating…
Intelligent neuroprostheses mimic natural motor control
March 31, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Neuroscientists are taking inspiration from natural motor control to design new prosthetic devices that can better replace limb function. Researchers have tested a range of brain-controlled devices — from wheelchairs to robots to advanced limbs — tha…
Neurological diseases share common blood-brain barrier defects
March 31, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Although stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and traumatic brain injury each affect the central nervous system differently, a new study finds that they share common defects in the blood-brain barrier that can be tr…
‘Wikipedia’ for neurons created
March 30, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
To help scientists make sense of ‘brain big data,’ researchers have used data mining to create www.neuroelectro.org, a publicly available website that acts like Wikipedia, indexing physiological information about neurons. The site will help to accelera…
