Autism's early neuronal 'neighborhood'
(San Diego State University) The study represents the first ever systematic look at connections between the entire cerebral cortex and the cerebellum using fMRI brain imaging, and its findings provide another piece in the puzzle that could one day lead researchers to develop a reliable brain-based test for identifying autism. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Clues To Autism, Schizophrenia Emerge From Cerebellum Research
The brain's cerebellum helps shape thinking and emotion, as well as physical coordination, research shows. Could stimulating that part of the brain help ease some aspects of autism and schizophrenia?» E-Mail This (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Hamilton Source Type: news
A Man's Incomplete Brain Reveals Cerebellum's Role In Thought And Emotion
Jonathan Keleher is one of a handful of people known to have lived their entire lives without a cerebellum. His experiences are helping scientists show how this brain structure helps shape who we are.» E-Mail This (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Hamilton Source Type: news
Ataxia: Types, Causes & Symptoms
The word, ‘ataxia,’ describes a lack of muscle control during voluntary movements such as picking up objects or walking. A sign of an underlying condition, ataxia may affect a person’s speech, eye movement, physical movements and swallowing. ‘Persistent ataxia,’ often times results from damage to a person’s cerebellum, the portion of the brain that controls coordination. Many conditions can cause ataxia to include: (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 5, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Health and Disability Source Type: news
Researchers determine how the brain controls robotic grasping tools
Grasping an object involves a complex network of brain functions. First, visual cues are processed in specialized areas of the brain. Then, other areas of the brain use these signals to control the hands to reach for and manipulate the desired object. New findings suggest that the cerebellum, a region of the brain that has changed very little over time, may play a critical role. Findings could lead to advancements in assistive technologies benefiting the disabled. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 3, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Researchers determine how the brain controls robotic grasping tools
(University of Missouri-Columbia) Grasping an object involves a complex network of brain functions. First, visual cues are processed in specialized areas of the brain. Then, other areas of the brain use these signals to control the hands to reach for and manipulate the desired object. New findings from researchers at the University of Missouri suggest that the cerebellum, a region of the brain that has changed very little over time, may play a critical role. Findings could lead to advancements in assistive technologies benefiting the disabled. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 2, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Functioning brain tissue grown in 3-D structure
Researchers have induced human embryonic stem cells to self-organize into a three-dimensional structure similar to the cerebellum, providing tantalizing clues in the quest to recreate neural structures in the laboratory. One of the primary goals of stem-cell research is to be able to replace damaged body parts with tissues grown from undifferentiated stem cells. For the nervous system, this is a particular challenge because not only do specific neurons need to be generated, but they must also be coaxed into connecting to each other in very specific ways. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 29, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Bipolar disorder: New MRI imaging provides new picture, new insight
Using a different type of MRI imaging, researchers have discovered previously unrecognized differences in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder. In particular, the study revealed differences in the white matter of patients' brains and in the cerebellum, an area of the brain not previously linked with the disorder. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 6, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
MRI links bipolar disease to cerebellum changes
A specialized MRI scanning protocol has detected differences in brain signals (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 6, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
New picture, new insight
(University of Iowa Health Care) Using a different type of MRI imaging, researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered previously unrecognized differences in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder. In particular, the study, published Jan. 6 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, revealed differences in the white matter of patients' brains and in the cerebellum, an area of the brain not previously linked with the disorder. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 6, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Nicotine poisoning from an asparagus look-alike
This report, from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, describes two patients who developed symptoms consistent with nicotinic poisoning after ingesting foraged B australis.
Patient 1 was an 85-year-old woman developed nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal distress, and dizziness within 15 minutes of ingesting what she took to be “wild asparagus.” Patient 2, her 48-year-old daughter, developed similar symptoms plus vertigo within a similar time frame after ingestion. Each patient was described as having severe truncal ataxia and was not able to stand unassisted.
The patients were treated with fluids, anti...
Source: The Poison Review - December 30, 2014 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical asparagus baptisia look alike nicotine toxicity Source Type: news
Therapeutic strategy may treat childhood neurological disorder
A possible therapy to treat neurofibromatosis type 1 or NF1, a childhood neurological disease characterized by learning deficits and autism, has been discovered by scientists. "Children with neurofibromatosis have a high incidence of intellectual deficits and autism, syndromes that have been linked to the cerebellum and cortex," said the lead investigator. "Our findings in these mouse models suggest that despite embryonic loss of the gene, therapies after birth may be able to reverse some aspects of the disease." (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 15, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Consensus paper: the role of the cerebellum in perceptual processes - Baumann O, Borra RJ, Bower JM, Cullen KE, Habas C, Ivry RB, Leggio M, Mattingley JB, Molinari M, Moulton EA, Paulin MG, Pavlova MA, Schmahmann JD, Sokolov AA.
Various lines of evidence accumulated over the past 30 years indicate that the cerebellum, long recognized as essential for motor control, also has considerable influence on perceptual processes. In this paper, we bring together experts from psychology an... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Optogenetics: Identifying new targets for intervention
The reliability of optogenetics as a method of intervention of temporal lobe seizures, and the role the cerebellum may play in hippocampal function and seizure reduction, have been the focus of recent study. Optogenetics is one of the hottest tools in biomedical research today, a method that uses gene therapy to deliver light-sensitive proteins into specific cells. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 7, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Ataxia - Akbar U, Ashizawa T.
Ataxia is a disorder of balance and coordination resulted from dysfunctions involving cerebellum and its afferent and efferent connections. While a variety of disorders can cause secondary ataxias, the list of genetic causes of ataxias is growing longer. G... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 4, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
