Archive for August, 2005
By jasonmaddox On August 3rd, 2005
Researchers at the University of Virginia have made recent strides in understanding how the brain responds to injury and stroke. Progress has been made by understanding how microglia–the brain’s “emergency…
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By jasonmaddox On August 1st, 2005
In a study conducted by Amane Tateno, Ricardo E. Jorge, and Robert G. Robinson of the University of Iowa College of Medicine, aggressive behavior was found in 33.7 percent of…
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By jasonmaddox On August 1st, 2005
The National Institute of Drug Abuse reports in vol. 19 no. 4 that individuals who stop using methamphetamine for 9 months or longer have shown improvement on motor skills and…
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By jasonmaddox On August 1st, 2005
The increase of inhalant abuse in the U.S. is giving rise to neurological damage. Even children as young as eight report that they have sniffed gasoline, lighter fluid, paint thinner,…
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By jasonmaddox On August 1st, 2005
From National Public Radio’s report on the neuroscience of meditation: “The neuroscientists hypothesize that regular meditation actually alters the way the brain is wired, and that these changes could be…
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