FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 1, 2012·4 min readWalking Again After Spinal Cord InjuryNeuroprosthetics and robot rehabilitation wake up the ‘spinal brain’ and restore voluntary movement. Rats with spinal cord injuries and severe...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·May 16, 2012·7 min readParalyzed Individuals Use Thought Controlled Robotic Arm to Reach and GraspNIH-funded study shows progress in brain-computer interface technology. In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 15, 2012·5 min readSurgeons Restore Some Hand Function to Quadriplegic PatientTechnique could help those with C6, C7 spinal cord injuries. Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis...Read More
AutismNeuroscience Videos·April 25, 2012·3 min readAgent Reduces Autism-like Behaviors in MiceBoosts Sociability, Quells Repetitiveness – NIH Study National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience Videos·April 19, 2012·2 min readMigraine Patients Find Pain Relief in Electrical Brain StimulationChronic migraine sufferers saw significant pain relief after four weeks of electrical brain stimulation in the part of the brain...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·April 18, 2012·3 min readPhotoreceptor Transplant Restores Vision in MiceScientists from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have shown for the first time that transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptors into the eyes...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 29, 2012·4 min readBrain Wiring a No-Brainer?Scans reveal astonishingly simple 3D grid structure. The brain appears to be wired more like the checkerboard streets of New...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 27, 2012·3 min readBlocking “Oh-Glick-Nack” May Improve Long-Term MemoryJust as the familiar sugar in food can be bad for the teeth and waistline, another sugar has been implicated...Read More
Brain CancerNeuroscience Videos·March 27, 2012·2 min readResearchers Use Nanoparticles, Magnetic Current to Damage Cancerous Cells in MiceUsing nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 19, 2012·4 min readSmell is a SymphonyStowers researchers present a new model for how the brain is organized to process odor information. Just like a road...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 5, 2012·3 min readMaking Memories: How 1 Protein Does ItMicroRNAs key to memory and learning process. Studying tiny bits of genetic material that control protein formation in the brain,...Read More
Neuroscience Videos·February 21, 2012·6 min readResearchers Seek Better Neural Control of Prosthetics for AmputeesSandia National Laboratories researchers, using off-the-shelf equipment in a chemistry lab, have been working on ways to improve amputees’ control...Read More