Science news articles about 'Brain wiring'

  • How brain 'wiring' develops in babies

    ... Council (MRC) have shown, for the first time, how our brain 'wiring' develops in the first few months ... , a process called myelination, which is vital for normal brain function. Damage to the myelination process is believed ...
  • Brain wiring a no-brainer?

    ... how all the highways and byways are interconnected," said Wedeen. "Brain wiring is not like the wiring in your basement, where ... the right endpoints. Rather, the grid is the language of the brain and wiring and re-wiring work by modifying ...
  • Brains Wired Differently in Men vs. Women

    Study of brain tissue shows men have more synapses packed into part of brain than women.
  • New 'smart' materials for the brain

    ... in the search to find ways to "bypass" faulty brain wiring. The research shows that carbon nanotubes ... metal parts in clinical applications such as deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease or severe ...
  • Childhood risk factors for developing substance dependence

    ... are among the most important in predicting outcome. "The P300 is a brain signal that is associated with the significance of events in our environment ... dependence can be connected to this relatively basic feature of brain wiring," explained Dr. John Krystal ...
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    NASA satellite maps Ida rainfall … Study: Teen brain wired differently … Scientists to study volatile Rwandan lake … Attacking normal cells slows tumor growth ... Health/Science news from UPI.
  • Carnegie Mellon scientists discover first evidence of brain rewiring in children

    ... in the same direction and produces a road-map of the brain's wiring." Previous DTI studies had shown ... said. "This opens a new era of being able to see the brain wiring change when an effective instructional treatment ...
  • Psychopaths' brains wired to seek rewards, no matter the consequences

    ... brains of psychopaths appear to be wired to keep seeking a reward at any cost, new research ... used positron emission tomography, or PET, imaging of the brain to measure dopamine release, in concert with a functional ...
  • How immune cells 'sniff out' bacteria

    ... cells spread through the body and even how the brain wires itself. Speaking at the Society for General ... plays a key role in wound healing and the wiring of the brain. It is also an essential feature of many diseases – particularly ...
  • How immune cells 'sniff out' bacteria

    ... light not only on how our immune system functions but also how cancer cells spread through the body and even how the brain wires itself ...
  • Teen Brains Wired for Risk

    Teens tend to take risks, or do stupid things. Now researchers have found biological underpinnings in the brain to explain the risky behavior.
  • Brain’s wiring: More network than pyramid?

    The brain has been mapped to the smallest fold for at least a century, but still no one knows how all the parts talk to each other. A study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
  • Mapping a brain atlas

    ... research, Dr. Assaf looks at clusters of brain wiring, or axons, to help scientists produce ... its individual expertise to better understand connections in the brain and how they change over time. Their goal is to be better able ...
  • Younger brains are easier to rewire

    ... of the journal Current Biology, shed light on how the brain wires itself during the first few ... early on." Bedny believes that by better understanding how the brain is wired early in life, scientists may be able ...
  • Three-dimensional maps of brain wiring

    ... a software tool that physicians can use to easily study the wiring of the brains of their patients. The tool converts MRI scans using special techniques to three-dimensional images ...

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