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A New Indiana University Study Leads to Intriguing Questions About Brain Network Functions
Feb 27, 2014A new Indiana University study that examines the brain activity of alcohol-dependent women compared to women who were not addicted found stark and surprising differences, leading to intriguing questions about brain network functions of ...
Tags: fMRI, network activation, physiological effect, Alcohol-Dependent Woman
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BrainScope Announced That It Has Received an Award From GE and The NFL
Jan 23, 2014BrainScope Company, Inc. today announced that it has received an award from GE and the National Football League (NFL) to further enhance its portable concussion assessment system by combining imaging biomarkers with its brainwave ...
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Brain Imaging Experiments Have Revealed How Ecstasy Produces Feelings of Euphoria in Users
Jan 20, 2014Brain imaging experiments have revealed for the first time how ecstasy produces feelings of euphoria in users. Results of the study at Imperial College London, parts of which were televised in Drugs Live on Channel 4 in 2012, have now ...
Tags: Clinical Uses of Ecstasy
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Teens Are Notorious for Taking More Risks Than Adults
Jan 15, 2014Teens are notorious for taking more risks than adults, and a new imaging study suggests it's because the adolescent brain is hypermotivated when it comes to receiving rewards. A study published online Jan. 13 in Proceedings of the ...
Tags: teen health, adolescent brain, Adriana Galvan, brain cell activity
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The Begining of The U.S. Brain
Jan 3, 2014Sometimes when I think of the human brain,the theme from"Star Trek"starts playing in my own head.It's the music of great unknowns—and in certain ways the human brain,with more connections between its cells than there are galaxies in ...
Tags: human brain, Brain Research
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Glitches in Connections Between Brain Areas May Be at Root of Learning Disorder Dyslexia
Dec 26, 2013Glitches in the connections between certain brain areas may be at the root of the common learning disorder dyslexia, a new study suggests. It's estimated that up to 15 percent of the U.S. population has dyslexia, which impairs people's ...
Tags: connections between certain brain areas, common learning disorder
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Enhancements to Its Vantage Titan Mr Product Line Is Announced by Toshiba
Dec 9, 2013Toshiba America Medical Systems is introducing enhancements to its Vantage Titan MR product line to help healthcare providers image patients faster and more comfortably. The new technologies improve workflow, image quality and patient ...
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Thought Controlled Robot Avatar Body
Jul 5, 2012For the first time,researchers have used fMRI-which detects your brain activity in real time-to allow someone to embody a robot hundreds of kilometres away using thought alone. "The ultimate goal is to create a surrogate,like in ...