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Neuroscientist Finds Transplanted Hand-to-brain Mapping 35 Years After Loss Of Limb
Four months after a
successful hand transplant
-- 35 years after amputation
in an industrial accident at
age 19 -- a 54-year-old
... > full story
Atomic-resolution Views Suggest Function Of Enzyme That Regulates Light-detecting Signals In Eye
An atomic resolution view of
an enzyme found only in the
eye is providing clues about
how the enzyme is activated.
The enzyme, PDE6, is crit ... > full story
Receptor Could Halt Blinding Diseases, Stop Tumor Growth, Preserve Neurons After Trauma
Researchers have discovered
what promises to be the
on-off switch behind several
major diseases. They report
how the GPR91 receptor
... > full story
Patients Who Recover From Coma But Cannot Communicate Feel Pain
Do patients who survive a
severe brain injury but fail
to recover speech or
non-verbal communication
perceive pain? After their
remarkable publication where
... > full story
- Neuroscientist Finds Transplanted Hand-to-brain Mapping 35 Years After Loss Of Limb
- Atomic-resolution Views Suggest Function Of Enzyme That Regulates Light-detecting Signals In Eye
- Receptor Could Halt Blinding Diseases, Stop Tumor Growth, Preserve Neurons After Trauma
- Patients Who Recover From Coma But Cannot Communicate Feel Pain
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Sound Is An Integral Part Of Products, Industrial Designer Says
October 13, 2008 — Does coffee taste better when your coffee machine produces a particular sound? According to one industrial designer, the sound a product makes is an integral part of that ... > full story -
Response To Immune Protein Determines Pathology Of Multiple Sclerosis
October 13, 2008 — New research may help reveal why different parts of the brain can come under attack in patients with multiple sclerosis. According to a new study in mice with an MS-like disease, the brain's response ... > full story -
Connections Between Vision And Movement, As They Relate To Perceived Threats, Autism
October 13, 2008 — In research designed to assist US Department of Homeland Security and provide insight into how autistic individuals perceive others, scientists are examining how our visual system helps interpret the ... > full story -
Longtime Visual Puzzler Explained In New Way
October 13, 2008 — Neuroscientists have suggested an entirely new way to explain a puzzling visual phenomenon called the flash-lag ... > full story -
Babies And Beethoven: Infants Can Tell Happy Songs From Sad
October 12, 2008 — A new study shows that 5-month-old babies can distinguish an upbeat tune, such as "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, from a lineup of gloomier compositions. By age 9 months, babies can do ... > full story -
Gene Hunt In Dyslexia
October 10, 2008 — Letters are warped, syllables left out. Scientists seek to spot responsible genes and try to develop a genetic screening test to support affected children at an earlier ... > full story -
Car Or Pedestrian? How We Follow Objects With Our Eyes
October 9, 2008 — When an object moves fast, we follow it with our eyes: our brain correspondingly calculates the speed of the object and adapts our eye movement to it. This in itself is an enormous achievement, yet ... > full story -
Virtual Reality Breathes Second Life Into Language Teaching
October 9, 2008 — An international team has developed a wireless virtual reality environment that can help promote language learning and let students practice. The researchers have demonstrated their Collaborative ... > full story -
Major Study Of Preschoolers' Visual Acuity Finds Fault With A Standard Eye Test
October 6, 2008 — Visual acuity --- the ability to see objects in sharp detail --- was evaluated in 1,504 children aged 30 to 71 months as part of the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study, the first large, ... > full story -
Toddlers' Focus On Mouths Rather Than On Eyes Is Predictor Of Autism Severity
October 6, 2008 — Scientists have found that 2-year-olds with autism looked significantly more at the mouths of others, and less at their eyes, than typically developing toddlers. This abnormality predicts the level ... > full story
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