Brain Research

June 03, 2009

Classic neuroscience papers

Society for Neuroscience provides access to a sample of high impact classic papers addressing a range of neuroscience topics....

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Brain Research

May 22, 2009

Artificial simulator of the human nervous system to do research into diseases and test new medicines

Scientists of the University of Granada have generated a computer which permits to reproduce any part of the body’s nervous system, such as the retina, the cerebellum, the hearing centres or the nervous centres This is free and open software,...

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Brain Research

May 14, 2009

ButIf Toolbox

BUTIFtoolbox is used to extract transient oscillatory dynamics from signals. Until now, it was succesfully applied to LFP (Local Field Potentials) and EEG (Electroencephalographic) signals. Applications to other fields could be researched....

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Posted to Brain Research | Software | Wavelets

Brain Research

January 14, 2009

The 2009 Progress Report on Brain Research

Published annually, the Progress Report describes the top findings in brain research during the previous year as selected by executive members of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives. The 2009 report features in-depth articles on substance abuse, Alzheimer's disease, obesity,...

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Brain Research

July 21, 2008

Review: Reliability, synchrony and noise

This review describes a constructive role for noise in synchronizing populations of neurons. Trends Neurosci. 2008 Jul 4. [Epub ahead of print] Reliability, synchrony and noise. Ermentrout GB, Galán RF, Urban NN....

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Brain Research

May 26, 2008

Use of Deep Brain Stimulation Widens

Treatment's promise moves beyond movement disorders By Tom Valeo Posted in The DANA Foundation's BRAINWORK Vol. 18, No. 3 | May - June 2008 Electrically stimulating the hypothalamus of a morbidly obese man failed to curb his appetite, but jogged...

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Brain Research

January 14, 2008

The 2008 Progress Report on Brain Research

Including essays on arts and cognition by Michael S. Gazzaniga and on deep brain stimulation by Mahlon R. DeLong and Thomas Wichmann Published annually, the Progress Report describes the top findings in brain research during the previous year affecting areas...

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Brain Research

September 05, 2007

Best of the Brain from Scientific American

Best of the Brain from Scientific American Mind, Matter, and Tomorrow's Brain By Floyd E. Bloom Dana Press For the Scientific American readers, it was a hidden desire. For the collectors, it’s just a must have. For all the...

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Brain Research

August 03, 2007

Electrodes stir man from six-year coma state

A brain-damaged man, trapped in a coma-like state for six years, has been brought back to consciousness by doctors who planted electrodes deep inside his brain. The doctors implanted DBS electrodes in the central thalamus, a region that plays a...

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Brain Research

July 22, 2007

The 2007 Progress Report on Brain Research

Including an Essay by Steven E. Hyman, M.D. by The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives Published annually, the Progress Report describes the top findings in brain research during the previous year affecting areas such as disorders of development, aging, and...

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Brain Research

July 20, 2007

2007 Advances in Brain Research

Advances in Brain Research: Conversations with six leading neuroscientists by The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives Advances in Brain Research is an annual News Office publication for science journalists, which highlights cutting-edge brain research through discussions with leading neuroscientists....

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Brain Research

June 15, 2006

The 2006 Progress Report on Brain Research

Advances in Neuroimaging by The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives Published annually, the Progress Report describes the top findings in brain research during the previous year affecting areas such as disorders of development, aging, and movement, as well as mental...

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