Insightec’s Exablate Neuro
Beyond minimally invasive surgery there is non-invasive surgery, as this piece describes: “By focusing ultrasound waves on a [MORE]
Neural Network
Biomechanical engineers at the University of Texas-Austin have made nanoelectronic thread for inserting probes into the brain. According to [MORE]
Dopamine Pathways
In two more years, the idea of clinical gene therapy will be a half-century old. Yet, during this time [MORE]
Turning Skin Cells nto-Brain Cells-
First off, this piece is not about tissue culturing adult sized brains that might be capable [MORE]
EEG via Nokia Phone
Some of you, particularly our friends in Finland, will remember that Nokia sponsored our first medical automation [MORE]
Components of ERP
Understanding what brain waves mean in terms of vital signs, as they relate to conditions such as concussion, [MORE]
Researchers at the Federal University of Sao Carlos (Sorocaba, Brazil) have developed a silver nitride nanoprobe that affixes to an [MORE]
Worm’s Magnetosensor
Before wondering what the roundworm’s burrowing orientation has to do with anything other than C. elegan’s existence, remember that [MORE]
Radiologists at Duke University have produced an ultra high resolution map of the human brain stem that is a thousand [MORE]
CEFALY Electrode
The three-branched trigeminal nerve transmits sensations from the head to the brain’s orbitofrontal cortex and rostral cingulate, where migraine [MORE]
Neuroethology of Bat Echolocation
One of the most astonishing examples of human brain power is that of James Holman (1786-1857), who [MORE]
Optic Nerve
The rogue gallery of degenerative nerve diseases includes such afflictions as amyotropic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, deprivation of sight and [MORE]
Kokoon EEG Head Phones
A person’s blood pressure drops to its lowest point during REM sleep and without three periods of [MORE]
Skin Test for Alzheimers
It has long been known that neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s leave biomarkers in blood. But [MORE]