Here’s why we never forget how to ride a bicycle
July 18th, 2009 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
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Ever wondered why we don't forget how to ride a bike? Well, researchers from
the University of Aberdeen claim to have found an answer to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New drugs for Alzheimer’s may also treat traumatic brain injury
July 13th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 13 (IANS) Researchers have stumbled on how two brain disorders are linked -- both Alzhemier's and traumatic brain injury trigger destruction of cellular pathways. This finding could pave the way ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Eating curry can prevent dementia: US research
June 4th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, June 4 (IANS) Eating Indian curry meal regularly can help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease or dementia, an Indian-born researcher has told a meeting of British psychiatrists.Prof ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
How brain waves fire in unison while paying attention
May 29th, 2009 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 29 (ANI): While the neurons in human brains are known to start firing in unison when a person pays attention, scientists have now found the brain centre that controls this ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Autism may be reversible
April 2nd, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Proposing a new theory of autism, scientists have revealed that the brains of autistic people are structurally normal but dysregulated, which implies that the disorder might be reversible.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Consistent pattern of brain injury behind delusions uncovered
January 14th, 2009 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 14 (ANI): Studying patients with certain delusions and brain disorders, NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have revealed a consistent pattern of injury to the frontal lobe and right hemisphere ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Common mechanism may underlie many neurodegenerative diseases
January 12th, 2009 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 12 (ANI): An international consortium led by Mayo Clinic researchers have announced the discovery of a mechanism that may help further scientists understanding of Parkinson''s disease, and other neurological ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
2 cardio proteins pose double whammy in Alzheimer’s
December 22nd, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) Two proteins which work together in the brain's blood vessels present a double whammy in Alzheimer's disease. Not only do they lessen blood flow in the brain, they ... Read more...
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2 proteins in cardiovascular system pose a double whammy in Alzheimer’’s
December 22nd, 2008 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 22 (ANI): A new study has identified two proteins that cause patients with Alzheimer''s disease to face the double whammy of a lessened blood flow in the brain and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Women with Alzheimers more adversely affected than men
December 21st, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): A new study has found that women with Alzheimers are more adversely affected than men with the same condition.Alzheimers disease is the most common form of dementia, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Patients urged not to rely on untested remedies advertised online
November 10th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 10 (ANI): Health experts are urging people not to rely on untested remedies advertised on the Internet, insisting that they sell false hope.
Backed by charity Sense About Science, the ... Read more...
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Ultrasound can remotely stimulate brain circuits
October 30th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Neuroscientists at Arizona State University have developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity without the need of exogenous proteins or surgically implanted medical ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Mens reactions are at their zenith at age 39
October 18th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 18 (ANI): A new study suggests that mens brains ability to respond to external stimuli reaches its zenith at age 39, and starts declining thereafter.During the study, the ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Development of herbal cure for Alzheimer’s claimed
August 11th, 2008 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, Aug 11 (IANS) India's National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) here says it has invented a herbal tonic to treat Alzheimer's disease, which leads to gradual loss of memory in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Trigger behind brains ability to learn identified
August 8th, 2008 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 8 (ANI): Neuroscientists at Children''s Hospital Boston have found that a protein called Otx 2 is key to the brains ability to learn through experience, a process scientifically known ... Read more...
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Marine snails to shed light on human long-term memory
June 20th, 2008 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 20 (ANI): In a quest to unravel brain mysteries, cellular neuroscientists at UCLA are studying learning and memory in the marine snail Aplysia, and are providing new insights into ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
IIT alumnus unveils cells that make brain imaging possible
June 20th, 2008 - 11:57 am ICT by ANI
Washington, June 20 (ANI): An IIT-Kanpur alumnus, currently associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), says that he and his colleagues have unravelled the mystery as to what makes non-invasive ... Read more...
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115-yr-old womans normal brain debunks Alzheimer’s inevitability theory
June 10th, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 10 (ANI): Studying an unusual case of a Dutch woman, who retained an essentially normal brain function until her death at the age of 115, experts have come to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Monkey made to eat by just using its brain power
May 29th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by admin
London, May 29 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have announced that a monkey in their experiments has been successful in moving a robotic arm to feed ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Monkey uses its head - and a robotic arm!
May 29th, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 29 (IANS) Using signals from its brain and nothing else, a monkey has activated a human-like robotic arm to feed itself. This advance is likely to spur development of prosthetics ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Scientists a step closer to understanding genetics of schizophrenia
May 12th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by admin
London, May 12 (ANI): American scientists have moved a step closer to unravelling how abnormal microRNAs, molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to the behavioural and neuronal deficits ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Royal jelly destines honeybee larvae to become queens instead of workers
March 14th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin
London, March 14 (ANI): Scientists have identified the key factor that determines which bee larvae will turn into queens royal jelly.Dr Ryszard Maleszka and colleagues from the Australian National University in ... Read more...
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Chemical linked to sleep also vital for deep brain stimulation
December 24th, 2007 - 5:53 pm ICT by admin
London , Dec 24 (ANI): A new study suggests that a brain chemical that causes people to feel sleepy also plays a significant role in making deep brain stimulation a success, thereby ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Brains “irrelevance filter” identified
December 10th, 2007 - 4:32 pm ICT by admin
London, Dec 10(ANI): Swedish researchers believe they have uncovered the "irrelevance filter" in the brain that weeds out unnecessary information, thereby only leaving those details essential to form a good memory.The researchers ... Read more...
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