Sedative 'reactivates' damaged brains

A severely brain damaged woman has shown dramatic improvement in mental function after taking an insomnia drug, doctors say. The result may offer hope to millions of people living with serious brain damage.

Alzheimer's drug also combats brain injuries

A drug currently used to treat Alzheimer’s disease has shown promise in clinical trials as a treatment for patients with traumatic brain injuries.

He threw away tax documents, got a ticket for trying to pass an ambulance and bought stock in companies that were obviously in trouble. Once a good cook, he burned every pot in the house. He became withdrawn and silent, and no longer spoke to his wife over dinner. That same fai …

UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators have identified a genetic manipulation that increases the development of neurons in the brain during aging and enhances the effect of antidepressant drugs.

Animals and humans feel emotions very differently, so much so that it makes human emotions harder to study.  However these feelings and emotions come from the same basic "survival circuits" in the brain, which are the same in all mammals.  In truth, researchers …

Like fortune-tellers who read brains instead of palms, they have begun to figure out how to determine the fate of your relationship by studying your brain activity alone.

The part of the brain used for speech processing is in a different location than originally believed, according to a US study Monday that researchers said will require a rewrite of medical texts. Wernicke’s area, named after the German neurologist who proposed it in the la …

 Early this month, the Susan Baer of the Washington Post wrote a wrenching piece about the life of Page and Robert Melton. In 2003, Mr. Melton, a former WP reporter, experienced a stroke which resulted in an anoxic brain injury, and significant cognitive disabilities.

By the time Alzheimer's is detectable, it's too late to change the course of the disease. But changes in protein levels may begin long before any signs of cognitive decline develop, according to a study published this month in the Archives of Neurology.

ScienceDaily (Dec. 8, 2011) — House-hunting is full of decisions, for us and honey bees. One early decision we both face is where to live. P.

Even people whose blood pressure is slightly higher than normal may have a significantly increased risk of stroke, finds a new review of past research. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is known to be a powerful predictor of a person's risk of stroke and heart disease.

Where do athletic and artistic abilities come from? With phrases like "gifted musician", "natural athlete" and "innate intelligence", we have long assumed that talent is a genetic thing some of us have and others don't.

For millennia, philosophers have debated whether or not the self exists solely in the mind, the body, or both.

"This method of deriving neuronal progenitors from embryonic stem cells offers a safe, highly scalable and efficient process for both therapeutic and commercial use.

A legendary big wave surfer was so drawn to the ocean, even as a toddler, that his worried parents sent him to college in Idaho. "They were trying to break me from the ocean," said Jeff Clark, who grew up in Half Moon Bay and now owns Mavericks Surf Shop.

In a critical first step toward treating nervous system disorders and other degenerative conditions, researchers at Stanford have for the first time transformed human skin cells into functioning neurons.

A Californian team say they have managed to convert human skin cells directly into functioning brain cells. The scientists manipulated the process by which DNA is transcribed within foetal skin cells to create cells which behaved like neurons. The technique had previously been d …

“I want one more hug!” Krista said to their grandmother, and then a few minutes later, they both called out to her, in unison, “I miss you!” More Seeds :: JCAtom

Atheists have far better sex lives than religious people who are plagued with guilt during intercourse and for weeks afterwards, researchers have found. A study discovered that non-believers are more willing to discuss sexual fantasies and are more satisfied with their experien …

Have you noticed any of these tendencies in the posts on NewsVine. I am not afraid to seed it but I am not sure that I want to argue about it!

Scientists found that those with conservative views have brains with larger amygdala's, almond shaped areas in the centre of the brain often associated with anxiety and emotions.

This innovative study, using a novel combination of imaging techniques, reveals that the anticipation and experience of listening to pleasurable music induces release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter vital for reinforcing behavior that is necessary for survival.

Learning a second language and speaking it regularly can improve your cognitive skills and delay the onset of dementia, according to researchers who compared bilingual individuals with people who spoke only one language.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have pinpointed a crucial function for a key player in the development of the nervous system.