Freud was a pioneering neuroscientist
Before gaining worldwide recognition as the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud made an important contribution to early modern neurosciencePenis envy. Repression. Libido. Ego. Few have left a legacy as enduring and pervasive as Sigmund Freud. Despite being dismissed long ago as pseudoscientific, Freudian concepts such as these not only permeate many aspects of popular culture, but also had an overarching influence on, and played an important role in the development of, modern psychology, leading Time magazine to name him as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century.Before his rise to fame as the founding f...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 10, 2014 Category: Science Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts History of science Neuroscience Source Type: news
Ask a grown-up: why don't you laugh when you tickle yourself?
Dr Maureen Baker, chair of the Royal College of GPs, answers nine-year-old Sebastian's questionDon't you laugh when you tickle yourself? Because I know I do. Only joking! The thing is that when someone tickles you, you don't laugh because you are being tickled; you laugh because you're surprised.It's all to do with things going on in your brain. Part of your brain, called the cerebellum, is always looking for things happening to your body – such as being touched – so that it can make you react as quickly as possible.Usually your body reacts only to things that your cerebellum thinks are im...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 22, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Guardian readers Tags: The Guardian Biology Health & wellbeing Features Life and style Source Type: news
Arguing parents impair kids' development, claims study
The London study found teenagers who had faced 'mild to moderate' problems before the age of 11 had smaller cerebellum, a trait linked with psychiatric illnesses. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Men's and women's brains found to be different sizes
Conclusion
This study benefits from reportedly being one of the first to systematically search the global literature to identify published studies that have examined the differences in brain structure between men and women, and then combined these results in a meta-analysis.
It finds evidence that men have a slightly larger overall brain volume than women, with a brain size around 8% to 13% greater. This may be a result of their larger general size. They also find differences between men and women in the volume of many different regions. These include differences in regions that have previously been associated with differe...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Neurology Source Type: news
ADC evaluation for the changes of infarction core and remote regions after MCAO
(Neural Regeneration Research) Supratentorial cerebral infarction can cause functional inhibition of remote regions such as the cerebellum, which may be relevant to diaschisis. This phenomenon is often analyzed using positron emission tomography and single photon emission CT. However, these methods are expensive and radioactive. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 2, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Using fMRI virtual-reality technology to predict driving ability after brain damage: a preliminary report - Hung Y, Vetivelu A, Hird M, Yan M, Tam F, Graham SJ, Cusimano M, Schweizer TA.
This study used the fMRI... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Decreased hippocampal synaptophysin accompanies the aging process
Caveolin-1 may be a new target for interfering with age-dependent decline in synaptic plasticity. To explore the relationship between synaptic plasticity in the aging process and changes in learning and memory, Dr. Yang Liu and coworkers from the First Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, China examined synaptophysin expression in the hippocampus, cortex and cerebellum of rats at different ages, and analyzed the association between synaptophysin expression and cognition and behaviors. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Subarachnoid hemorrhage and cognitive dysfunction
Synaptosomal-associated protein-25 is an important factor for synaptic functions and cognition. Prof. Zhong Wang and team from the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China verified that synaptosomal-associated protein-25 expression in the temporal lobe, hippocampus, and cerebellum significantly lower at days 1 and 3 following subarachnoid hemorrhage using immunohistochemical staining and western blot analysis. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Male and female brains wired differently, scans reveal
Maps of neural circuitry show women's brains are designed for social skills and memory, men's for perception and co-ordinationScientists have drawn on nearly 1,000 brain scans to confirm what many had surely concluded long ago: that stark differences exist in the wiring of male and female brains.Maps of neural circuitry showed that on average women's brains were highly connected across the left and right hemispheres, in contrast to men's brains, where the connections were typically stronger between the front and back regions.Ragini Verma, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, said the greatest surprise was how mu...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 2, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Tags: The Guardian United States World news Medical research Gender Science Source Type: news
Male and female brains wired differently
Maps of neural circuitry show women's brains are suited to social skills and memory, men's perception and co-ordinationScientists have drawn on nearly 1,000 brain scans to confirm what many had surely concluded long ago: that stark differences exist in the wiring of male and female brains.Maps of neural circuitry showed that on average women's brains were highly connected across the left and right hemispheres, in contrast to men's brains, where the connections were typically stronger between the front and back regions.Ragini Verma, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, said the greatest surprise was how much the ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 2, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Tags: The Guardian United States World news Medical research Gender Science Source Type: news
New Topic Page: Chiari Malformation
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Chiari Malformation.
Chiari malformations (CMs) are structural defects in the cerebellum. The cerebellum is the part of the brain that controls balance... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - October 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mad cows, cannibalism and the shaking death
The new film We Are What We Are is about a family of cannibals, one of whom succumbs to a human form of mad cow diseaseI made a brief appearance on HuffPostLive on Wednesday, to talk about kuru, a human form of mad cow disease' that is transmitted by eating infected nervous tissue. It was for a segment of the broadcast featuring cast members of We Are What We Are, a new film about a family of cannibals, one of whom succumbs to the disease.Kuru and other human forms of mad cow disease are extremely rare neurodegenerative conditions, but they occasionally make the headlines when new cases are found. The latest case was repor...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 26, 2013 Category: Science Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Neuroscience Source Type: news
Fear of Falling Creates a Downward Spiral
A Saint Louis University School of Nursing faculty member named Helen Lach, Ph.D kicked off the first day of “fall” with a simple initiative and timely message to senior adults: “Don’t let fear of falling stand in the way of being active and engaged with the world around you.”read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - September 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christopher Bergland Tags: Aging Anxiety Depression Resilience american medical directors association balancing on a rock bed rest cerebellum atrophy equilibrium faculty member inactivity jetty lach long term care nursing faculty nursing homes older Source Type: news
What Neoplasms are Patients with Neurofibromatosis At Risk For?
Discussion
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is one of many neurocutaneous diseases with a probable underestimated incidence of 1:3000. Also called phacomatoses, a review can be found at: What is the Epidemiology and Genetics of the Major Phacomatoses?
The key elements of NF1 are:
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Epidemiology: 1:2500-3000 – most common phacomatosis
Genetics: autosomal dominant with variable penetrance, associated with chromosome 17
Neurological: various central nervous system tumors especially neurofibromas (often benign but may act malignant because of location or size, tumors may also degenerate into a ma...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 23, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What Neoplasms are Patients with Neurofibromatosis At Risk For?
Discussion
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is one of many neurocutaneous diseases with a probable underestimated incidence of 1:3000. Also called phacomatoses, a review can be found at: What is the Epidemiology and Genetics of the Major Phacomatoses?
The key elements of NF1 are:
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Epidemiology: 1:2500-3000 – most common phacomatosis
Genetics: autosomal dominant with variable penetrance, associated with chromosome 17
Neurological: various central nervous system tumors especially neurofibromas (often benign but may act malignant because of location or size, tumors may also degenerate into a ma...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 23, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
