Neurotech News Items

Where do we hear?

Researchers discover that men and women use different parts of their brain to hear.

New research expands our knowledge of which neurons we use to see images.

Exercise may be a better cure for depression than drug alternatives

Doctors evaluate the effectiveness of multiple therapies on depression and find that exercise may be the best and longest lasting option.

Could deep brain stimulation, or DBS, be a treatment for tremors in Parkinson's disease?

Understanding the effect nicotine has on the brain may lead to more successfully quiting.

Nicotine addiction may come faster than we thought.

A new study shows that teenagers begin to have symptoms of addiction in as little as two days.

Could acupuncture cure cocaine addiction?

Researchers discover that acupuncture techniques may be an additional way to treat cocaine addiction.

New connection discovered between brain malfunction and violent behavior.

Scientists show how persons with violent and aggressive behaviors have neurological problems that cause the brain to improperly regulate emotion.

Disovery of a Cocaine-like protein in rat brains!

Researchers discover a new protein that acts like cocaine when released in the rat brain. Discovery may give scientists new weapons to fight drug addiction.

LPGA lends a helping hand to neurobiology.

Scientists plan to study the process of learning in humans by looking at golfers throughout several stages of learning.

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