Posted Today Virtual Reality (VR) has a million different uses. For some it is a perfect gaming media and for others – simulation tool or even a system helping perfecting car assembly process. Now scientists from the University of Waterloo say that VR could help treating people with neurological disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease. Time perception is very...
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New study in mice reveals unexpected place for learning, memory in the brain
Columbia research demonstrates that the brain’s primitive sensory region also participates in sophisticated learning THE ZUCKERMAN INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK — Columbia neuroscientists have revealed that a simple brain region, known for processing basic sensory information, can also guide complex feats of mental activity. The new study involving mice demonstrated that cells in...
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Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could offer new treatment for neurological disorders
A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same time, potentially delivering fine-tuned treatments to patients with diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson’s. The device, named the WAND, works like a “pacemaker for the brain,” monitoring the brain’s electrical activity...
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How does manganese enter the brain? Research offers clues to neurological disorder
New information from the University at Buffalo on how manganese, an essential nutrient, gets into the brain, is helping shed light on a neurological disorder usually associated with industrial overexposure to the metal. In June, Brittany Steimle, a doctoral candidate in biochemistry at UB, received the award for outstanding poster for her presentation on how...
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New algorithm helps neurological disorder patients to walk naturally
Millions of people cannot move their limbs as a result of a neurological disorder or having experienced an injury. But a newly developed algorithm, when coupled with robot-assisted rehabilitation, can help patients who had a stroke or a spinal cord injury to walk naturally. In the United States, there are approximately 17,000 new cases of spinal cord...