Brain Cells, Doing Their Job With Some Neighborly Help
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How does the brain process all of the information being taken in by our senses every second of every day?
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NEW YORK  - Transplanting brain cells, from  a region called the choroid plexus, into rats that have  suffered a stroke seems to reduce the damage that occurs,  according to a report in the medical journal Stroke.
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Imaging the brain during social interaction reveals a deficit that may be tied to a sense of self.
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Neuroscientists use coral and jellyfish DNA to create colorful arrays of neuronal connections in mouse brains.
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A tiny portion of the inner ear has apparently ensured that we&#39;re wired for sound. Researchers have long sought the missing link in the ear&#39;s conversion of sound waves into electrical signals that the brain can recognize as distinct sounds.
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How to prevent a sticky gunk from clogging up, and probably killing, the brain cells of Alzheimer's patients is the newest focus in the fight against the disease.
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Scientists believe learning a second language alters a part of the brain.
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Functional MRI is helping researchers reveal how the human brain operates and the ways in which it affects emotion and reason. By Rowan Hooper.
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Stem cells, which are believed to hold great medical promise, also play a lead role in fuelling the formation and growth of brain tumours.
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Telling people off activates a part of the brain linked to enjoyment and satisfaction, researchers report in Science magazine.
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Researchers working with slices of rat brains come up with a microchip that mimics the part of the brain responsible for creating memories. They hope to create a prosthesis for the human brain within 15 years. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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In research with rats, University of Pittsburgh scientists found that exercising limbs helps protect brain cells that are normally damaged or destroyed by Parkinson&#39;s disease (news - web sites).
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Microscopic imaging techniques have enabled scientists to delve deep into the brain of a living animal to see how visual circuitry works.
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A mechanism in the brain may explain why some people cope better than others in the face of adversity.
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A team of US researchers has shown that controlling devices with the brain is a step closer. Four people, two of them partly paralysed wheelchair users, successfully moved a computer cursor while wearing a cap with 64 electrodes.
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Scientists believe they have located the part of the brain where dreams are created.
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Oh, it brings such blessed relief and now scientists can tell you why -- scratching an itch temporarily shuts off areas in the brain linked with unpleasant feelings and memories.