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Study on brain's response to perceived threats useful for treatment of pos
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): A new study measures changes in the human brain's response to a perceived threat following non-invasive stimulation of the nervous system via the vagus nerve. The results have implications for the development of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PT
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Valproic acid keeps nervous system cells from growing and dividing correct
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): A study reveals how epilepsy and migraine drug causes birth defects. Valproic acid, a drug used to treat epilepsy, migraine, and bipolar disorder can cause birth defects when taken during pregnancy.
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Brain cell activity is responsible for central nervous system disorder out
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], June 2 (ANI): According to a research led by the investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, brain cell activities and the spinal cord is responsible for regulating the body's response to the central nervous systems (CNS) disorders such as Alzheimer's, Hu
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Study illustrates how migraine pain signals are generated and blocked
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York City [US], April 21 (ANI): A new study discovered how pain is signalled from within Schwann cells and finds several ways to block this signalling, providing potential targets for new migraine treatments.
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COVID-19 can have long-term impacts on the brain, shows study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Orleans (Los Angeles) [United States], April 5 (ANI): Researchers have found that subjects infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus displayed signs of severe brain inflammation and injury consistent with a reduction in blood or oxygen flow into the brain, neuron damage and small areas of blee
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SBI Foundation, Social Alpha Select Top 4 Start-ups from Assistive Technol
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi/Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): A comfortable wearable assistive technology device for the deaf, a device for pressure injuries and bedsores, a biofluid based diagnostics tool to effectively manage central nervous system diseases and other neurodegenerative
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Research suggests brain cell insight might lead to new treatments for neur
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): New research might help scientists locate immature cells in the central nervous system that can shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis and autoimmune disease that affects the brain and nervous system. Further, it can ev
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Does autism affect brains of boys and girls differently? Study suggests so
Updated : 4 years ago IST
California [US], February 21 (ANI): Autism is a serious developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact. Autism spectrum disorder impacts the nervous system and affects the overall cognitive, emotional, social and physical health of the affected individual. Accord
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Researchers link transient blood pressure rise to learning in brain
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], February 15 (ANI): It is natural for people to get stressed in their everyday work, but at times, this stress can lead to an increase in blood pressure. Recent research has revealed that minor everyday rises in blood pressure due to short-term stressors can be linked to
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Researchers identify abnormal heart-brain connection in generalized anxiet
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tulsa (Oklahoma) [US], February 3 (ANI): A recent study by researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) has identified an abnormal link between the autonomic and central nervous systems, more specifically, via the communication between the heart and part of the brain's fro
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Study finds new genetic clues on multiple sclerosis risk
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that a cell type in the central nervous system known as oligodendrocytes might have a different role in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) than previously thought.
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Research shows breathing coordinates neuronal activity in brain during sle
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Munich [Germany], January 25 (ANI): Breathing is the most persistent and essential bodily rhythm which exerts a strong physiological effect on the autonomous nervous system. It has been known to modulate a wide range of cognitive functions such as perception, attention, and thought structure
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