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Chronic back pain linked to changes in the brain
A German research team using a specialized imaging technique revealed that individuals suffering from chronic low back pain also had microstructural changes in their brains.   view more (2006-11-29)

Brain's 'hearing center' may reorganize after implant of cochlear device
Cochlear implants-electronic devices inserted surgically in the ear to allow deaf people to hear-may restore normal auditory pathways in the brain even after many years of deafness.   view more (2007-07-24)

Brain's organization switches as children become adults
Any child confronting an outraged parent demanding to know "What were you thinking?" now has a new response: "Scientists have discovered that my brain is organized differently than yours."    view more (2009-05-15)

Neurogenesis in the adult brain: The association with stress and depression
The brain is the key organ in the response to stress. Brain reactions determine what in the world is threatening and might be stressful for us, and regulate the stress responses that can be either adaptive or maladaptive.   view more (2008-07-09)

Where the brain organizes actions
Researchers have discovered that Broca's area in the brain—best known as the region that evolved to manage speech production—is a major "executive" center in the brain for organizing hierarchies of behaviors.   view more (2006-06-15)

Brain innately separates living and non-living objects for processing
For unknown reasons, the human brain distinctly separates the handling of images of living things from images of non-living things, processing each image type in a different area of the brain.   view more (2009-08-14)

Do promises matter to employees? Not as much as we once thought, study finds
Years of research suggest that the promises organizations make to employees matter in establishing and maintaining a "psychological contract" between the two parties.   view more (2009-08-05)

More obesity blues
Obesity is on a rampage, with the World Health Organization pegging the numbers at more than 300 million worldwide, with a billion more overweight.   view more (2009-08-26)

Phantoms in the brain: Pain after amputation
Losing a limb can be a traumatic experience and, in some cases, emotional and physical pain can linger for years.   view more (2008-05-13)

A walking robot goes mountaineering
The human gait is a marvel of coordination. All aspects of movement control - from the angle of the knee joints to the momentum of the hip up to the balance point of the torso - need to be meticulously adjusted.   view more (2007-07-13)

Language centers revealed, brain surgery refined with new mapping
Neurosurgeons from the University of California, San Francisco are reporting significant results of a new brain mapping technique that allows for the safe removal of tumors near language pathways in the brain.   view more (2008-01-03)

Location, location, location: Transcriptional activity and nuclear position
Dr. Mark Groudine (FHCRC) and colleagues report on their surprising characterization of changes in intranuclear organization during murine erythropoiesis.   view more (2006-05-18)

New synthetic compounds appear to prevent brain cell death
Spanish chemists have developed a promising set of synthetic compounds that one day could help slow or perhaps halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders.   view more (2005-12-21)

Similar brain chemicals influence aggression in fruit flies and humans
Serotonin is a major signaling chemical in the brain, and it has long been thought to be involved in aggressive behavior in a wide variety of animals as well as in humans. Another brain chemical signal, neuropeptide Y (known as neuropeptide F in invertebrates), is also known to affect an array of behaviors in many species, including territoriality... view more... (2007-04-23)

OHSU researchers study the idling brain
Oregon Health & Science University researchers, along with scientists at Washington University in St. Louis, are uncovering new information about the mind by studying the brain while it is at rest.   view more (2009-05-08)

Leukemia drug could save lives of stroke patients
The drug tPA is the most effective treatment currently available for stroke patients, but its safety is limited to use within the first three hours following the onset of symptoms.   view more (2008-06-23)

Insects' 'giant leap' reconstructed by founder of sociobiology
The January 2008 issue of BioScience includes an article by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for a new perspective on the evolution of advanced social organization in some ants, bees, and wasps (Hymenoptera).   view more (2008-01-02)

Hans Wigzell named America’s Swede of the Year
Professor Hans Wigzell, rector of Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, and a world leader in immunology, has been chosen by the Swedish Council of America to receive the honorary title of America’s Swede of the Year.   view more (2002-09-03)

Epilepsy and brain pathology linked together by the protein ADK
The brain of individuals who suffer from epilepsy is characterized by astrogliosis, a brain pathology evidenced by a complex series of changes in the morphology and function of brain cells known as astrocytes.   view more (2008-01-03)

Developing unique brain maps to assist surgery and research
Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne are developing new technology to create individualised brain maps that will revolutionise diagnosis of disease and enhance the accuracy of brain surgery.   view more (2008-06-17)
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