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Medical News Today: What to know about phantom smells (phantosmia)
Phantosmia is when someone thinks they notice a smell that is not there. Phantosmia is also called a phantom smell or an olfactory hallucination. Sinus problems, seizures, stroke, and schizophrenia can cause phantom smells. Learn about types, symptoms, and treatment of phantosmia and related conditions here.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

Computers enable researchers to "see" neurons to better understand brain function
A study conducted by local high school students and faculty from the Department of Computer and Information Science in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis reveals new information about the motor circuits of the brain that may one day help those developing therapies to treat conditions such as stroke, schizophrenia, spinal cord injury or Alzheimer's disease."MRI and CAT scans of the human brain can tell us many things about the structure of this most complicated of organs, formed of trillions of neurons and the synapses via which they communicate.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 10, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

New insight into body representation brain disorders provided by sensory illusion
People can be easily tricked into believing an artificial finger is their own, shows a study published in The Journal of Physiology. The results reveal that the brain does not require multiple signals to build a picture body ownership, as this is the first time the illusion has been created using sensory inputs from the muscle alone. The discovery provides new insight into clinical conditions where body representation in the brain is disrupted due to changes in the central or peripheral nervous systems e.g. stroke, schizophrenia and phantom limb syndrome following amputation...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news