Neuroscientists have believed that three brain regions are critical for self-awareness: the insular cortex, the anterior cingulate cortex, and the medial prefrontal cortex. Patient R is helping a research team show that self-awareness is more a product of a diffuse patchwork of pathways in the brain—including other regions—rather than confined to specific areas.
Study Links PTSD to Hidden Head Injuries Suffered in Combat. Even when brain injury is so subtle that it can...
Diabetes Drug Could Be a Promising Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury TAU research finds that existing diabetes medication may ease...
The Coma Science Group (CRCyclotron, University of Liège /Liège University Hospital), led by Dr Steven Laureys, has developed, along with...
American Journal of Preventive Medicine publishes first national study of occupational fatalities Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of...
Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have described for the first time how the brain’s memory center repairs itself following...
Neuralstem has released a new report detailing positive results for stem cell treatments. Initial findings show that not only do implanted human spinal cord-derived stem cells survive, but also differentiate into neurons in rats brains affected by strokes. This finding could potentially provide new therapies for treating strokes.