The imagined hand-squeezing produced a response on the left-hand side of the brain, while the toe-wiggling produced one over the centre of the head.
But rather than emphasise the drug's addictiveness and long-term effects on the brain, as earlier anti-drug campaigns had done, these pointed out that meth users often had rotten teeth.
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Intracranial Pressure (ICP) can be relieved by giving narcotic sedatives which reduce the metabolic demands on the brain - and the agitation of the patient.
In humans they sit on nerve cells throughout the body--in the brain, heart and stomach and on skeletal muscle.
Current BSE-tests can only be applied on the brain of a dead animal during a post-mortem.
Today's tests concentrate on the stalk-like brain stem, in charge of basics such as breathing, sleeping and waking.
Hanson has been examining the impact of stress on the brain and well-being, while working in the trenches in corporate America and as the co-founder of The Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom.
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The new fast-acting drugs act on the brain in an entirely different way than the current popular antidepressants.
The two holes allowed Gross to insert hollow tubes called cannulas, which created a pathway for the DBS electrodes -- one on each side of the brain.
The three-day symposium on "Music, the Brain, Medicine and Wellness" that took place here from Friday through Monday represented an unlikely pairing.
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But while there is pretty much consensus within the scientific community about the protective effect these oils have on the heart, their impact upon the brain - whether to lift depression, curb violent urges, or simply to boost concentration - are less well documented.
The next step is simple, but perhaps hard on the brain and heart-compare what you actually do with what you actually want and examine the differences.
Unlike Xenical, previous diet drugs, such as Redux and Phenfluramine, best known as the "phen" in Fen-Phen, worked on the brain to control the body's feeling of "fullness".
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Professor Christopher James, an expert on brain-computer interfacing at Warwick University in the UK, said the Duke team's plans for multi-brain networks might work in animals but, for ethical and practical reasons, would not be appropriate for humans in the foreseeable future.
In order to receive the reward, the decoder rat would have to rely on the cue transmitted from the encoder via the brain-to-brain interface.
Although his daily life isn't riddled with pain resulting from repeated pummeling, he is concerned about the long-term effects of the sport on his brain.
Ketamine and the new compounds from AstraZeneca and Naurex all act on the brain's N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, which are involved in learning and memory.
More research is desperately needed to understand the effects of diet, including omega-3 fatty acids, on the brain.
While every sports fan appreciates the power of hope, few comprehend the zombie-like power variable rewards can have on the brain.
Most researchers are focusing on blocking the formation of amyloid-beta protein or removing it from the brain, either before or after deposits are formed.
Dr Miller has conducted studies on the effects of brain-training games on learning.
She homed in on the ability of brain-damaged people to acquire skills.
Berman works in the lab of John Jonides, a psychologist and neuroscientist at the University of Michigan, who is in charge of the brain-scanning experiments on the original Bing subjects.
They concentrate on the hippocampus -- part of the cerebral cortex which sits deep in the brain -- where short-term memories become long-term ones.
But he said the detrimental effect on cognition could be due to be attributable to poor heart and lung function affecting the brain, or directly harmful effects of smoking on brain - as well as lung - tissue.
But whether light recreational use has long-term effects on the brain, and how, is still hotly debated.
At that time, she estimates, there were about five labs working on the same topic of brain-computer interfaces.
While self-help books on the brain tend to focus on improving memory or mood, "The Emotional Life of Your Brain, " written with science journalist Sharon Begley, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, makes the case that we can reprogram our brains to help shed negativity and lead a better and more productive life.
But plaintiffs, led by lawyer David Frederick, said federal court is the appropriate venue for a case accusing the NFL of negligence and fraud, including assembling a "sham committee" in the 1990s to address the head-injury problem and knowingly hiding information from its players on the risks of brain damage from playing football allegations that the NFL flatly denies.
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