Actualités BRAINS

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Our brains have been hardwired to choose a mate, and we become so motivated to win them over that we are sometimes willing to go to extreme lengths. The reward comes from recognising that something feels good and is worth the effort. [ Article Infos ]

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Taiwanese scientists have made potential inroads in decoding how the human brain formulates long-term memories ? by conducting experiments on the brains of fruit flies. A research team led by Chiang Ann-shyn (???), a professor of life sciences and ... [ Article Infos ]

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The king had invited Trower to speak because he blamed the death of his father from a brain tumour on a cellphone mast erected near the royal residence. Last May, the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the WHO reclassified radio frequency ... [ Article Infos ]

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All supposing a better-functioning brain is also a tastier one, that is. A growing body of evidence shows that regular exercise ? be it resistance training or aerobic ? helps ward off a host of cognitive impairments and enhances brainpower all life ... [ Article Infos ]

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Love is an emotion that floods our brain with feelings of elation and pleasure. (Supplied) Love is one emotion we have all experienced and felt the joys and pains that come with it. For many people that first taste of love is one they never forget and ... [ Article Infos ]

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By using a computerized model to study an electroencepholagram (EEG) brain pattern called "burst suppression", researchers in the US believe they have discovered a fundamental mechanism of how the brain behaves when the metabolic energy supply to brain ... [ Article Infos ]

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Marty Howe has no doubt the concussions his father sustained during his legendary 32-year professional hockey career had an impact on his current mental issues, but says there are no plans for Gordie Howe to donate his brain to science. [ Article Infos ]

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Dans le sud-Mayenne, Jacques-Prévert et Pierre-Martinet perdent une classe tout comme Brains qui verra son école fermée. Le RPI Bouère/St-Brice fait, quant à lui, partie des six ouvertures de classe prévues sur tout le département. [ Article Infos ]

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By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice. The US study, published in the journal Science, ... [ Article Infos ]

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I've been watching the box set of The Wire and I have to say that it blew my brains out in terms of being fantastic. I would love to be in a drama like that ? or my other two choices ? cast me! But in terms of The Wire, that's a bit of a pipe dream. [ Article Infos ]

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And according to Dr. Lucy Brown, a professor in the department of neurology and neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, it is an emotion that floods our brain with feelings of elation and pleasure. [ Article Infos ]

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Although the study of deep brain stimulation is very limited and preliminary, researchers hope the finding could lead to treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer's. The arrow on this MRI of a brain shows areas where researchers applied electrical ... [ Article Infos ]

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2012

Have you heard about the earth-shaking new study "proving" that addicts inherit a brain dysfunction that causes them to have poor impulse control? Published in the most prestigious fundamental research journal in the world, Science, investigators at ... [ Article Infos ]

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2012

By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent Chimps may be known as the brains of the animal kingdom. But sometimes only dogs get the point. Scientists pointed at one of two objects, asked for it to be brought to them, and counted up how many times their ... [ Article Infos ]

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A scientist needs the brain of someone who has died. For a variant of Parkinson's disease, there might no longer be a need to wait. One in 10 people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a progressive neurological disorder, suffers from a hereditary ... [ Article Infos ]