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Study explores how humans experience pain of others
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The pain of others is directly mapped onto neurons in the insula which is a brain region critical for our own emotions, finds a new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience recorded from neurons of human patients.
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Research shows how stress affects brain
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
At one time or another, we've all felt paralyzed by a threat or danger. Researchers from the University of Iowa have determined the origin of that response to a threat. According to a recent study, a neural circuit connecting two distinct brain regions controls how animals, including humans,
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Researchers: Potential treatment for binge eating disorder is deep brain s
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): A small device that detects food craving-related brain activity in a key brain region, and responds by electrically stimulating that region, has shown promise in a pilot clinical trial in two patients with loss-of-control binge eating disorder (BED), accor
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Researchers identify brain region responsible for effortful altruistic beh
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], September 3 (ANI): A region of the brain uniquely involved in exerting effort to aid others has recently been identified by investigators from the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford.
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Deep brain stimulation shows promise against binge eating disorder
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 30 (ANI): A small device that detects food craving-related brain activity in a key brain region, and responds by electrically stimulating that region, has shown promise in a pilot clinical trial in two patients with loss-of-control binge eating disorder (BED), accordi
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Study finds brain region responsible for effortful altruistic behaviour in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], August 29 (ANI): Investigators from the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford have identified a region of the brain that is uniquely involved in exerting effort to aid others.
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Getting less than nine hours of sleep can cause serious mental problems in
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): According to a new study, getting less than nine hours of sleep in a day leads to cognitive impairment, mental problems and less grey matter in brain regions.
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Study: Working memory is reliant on cross-brain interactions
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): Neuroscientists have investigated the reciprocal interactions between two brain regions that represent visual working memory in mice. The team found that communication between these two loci of working memory, parietal cortex and premotor cortex, was co-depend
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Researchers validate function of a particular brain region in mind-body co
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): Researchers have produced definitive evidence that a specific region in the brain, called the subthalamic nucleus, is critical to governing the mind's communication with the body's motor control system. The findings, stemming from innovative experiments with h
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Study explores how preschoolers' brains develop self-control
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to new research, as the brain regions linked to self-control mature, pre-schoolers improve their ability to stop themselves from doing something.
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Researchers discover brain circuit that explains how light affects mood
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): A better knowledge of the neurological network that connects light-sensitive cells in the retina to cortical brain regions involved in mood and cognition has implications for the development of mood-disorder treatments, according to a new study.
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Scientists find brain pathway that helps to explain light's effect on mood
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Improved understanding of a neural pathway connecting light-sensitive cells in the retina with the cortical brain regions involved in mood and cognition has implications for the development of treatments for mood disorders.
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