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The Brain: How The Brain Rewires Itself by Ali Patient Expert

Posted Fri 02 Oct 2009 3:07pm I read this article in Time magazine many, many months ago...ok, it's says January 19th of 2007 so apparently it was a couple of years ago. I thought it was interesting then, but I find it even moreso interesting now! Enjoy! The Brain: How The Brain Rewires Itself Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 Illustration for TIME by David ... Read on »

mirror neuron minutae by Jonathan Mitchel Patient Expert

Posted Tue 14 Apr 2009 12:40am One of the hottest areas of brain research today is that in the field of mirror neurons. Neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni has written a book on that subject entitled "Mirroring People". Your humble blogger has just finished this book. Mirror neurons are neurons that fire not only when a person is doing a motor action but also when the motor action is ... Read on »

Pain Relief by Shauna M. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 7:51pm I've had a "monkey mind" kind of day today. That's where your brain races around from one idea to another and focusing on one thing at a time has been difficult, so I hope you can understand this post. I went to an information session about neuropathic pain last night. To be honest there was nothing much new to me at this session but you nev ... Read on »

didn't wanna hear that by danielle foltz Posted Thu 08 Oct 2009 10:02pm Firstly... Evidently there is some crazy bogus "Policy" in place preventing children under three from having a big bed. It's crib or bust baby. And trust me...I've talked to everybody about this! I'm very persuasive too. Secondly... Dr. Rockstar and Dr. EEG Wizard met with us this afternoon with "The Plan". The damage ... Read on »

Brain implant reveals the neural patterns of attention by Brian Ahier Posted Thu 25 Feb 2010 9:30pm A paralyzed patient implanted with a brain-computer interface device has allowed scientists to determine the relationship between brain waves and attention. Characteristic activity patterns known as beta and delta oscillations have been observed in various regions of the brain since the early 20th century, and ... Read on »

Nicotine May Help Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia by James Claims Posted Tue 08 Nov 2011 11:34am Philosophy, Science, Bipolar I, and Life Posted by James Claims on November 8, 2011 In individuals with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, smoking is heavily present. The British Journal of Medicine found that approximately 56% of those with b ... Read on »

The Rafferty Experiment by Dr. Romeo V. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Sun 05 Apr 2009 11:39pm Roberts Bartholow was definitely ambitious. After earning his degree in medicine in 1852, he served as an army physician until 1864 when he took on a position as a professor at the medical college in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to teaching and treating charity patients at the Good Samaritan Hospital, he also developed a fascination with the ... Read on »

Riitta Salmelin at Paris by Tom Weidig Posted Mon 16 Jun 2008 12:00am Let me continue my summaries of the Paris conference workshop talks. The next speaker is Riitta Salmelin from Helsinki University. She is a professor and leader of the Language Perception and Production group. Check out her web page . She is actually a physicist by training like myself. I only briefly spoke to her at Paris. She is mainly inter ... Read on »

will I ever be able to read stories like this without bawling? by danielle foltz Posted Mon 29 Mar 2010 12:00am A Medical Miracle: toddler doing fine after surgeons remove epileptic part of his brain Melissa Fairchild can recall every detail when her eight-month-old son, Cody, began having up to 300 seizures a day back in the fall of 2004. “We were in the car approaching the parking lot where my husband works when Cody began to scream. So I sw ... Read on »

Paralyzed Individuals Use Thought-controlled Robotic Arm to Reach and Grasp by Medline Plus Posted Wed 16 May 2012 9:11pm In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her own – for the first time in nearly 15 years – by using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm. The trial, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, is evaluating the safety and fe ... Read on »