News articles tagged with 'cerebellum'
The cerebellum provides clues to the nature of human intelligence
— 9 Mar 2011 20:17 | HealthResearch suggests that intelligence in humans is controlled by the part of the brain known as the 'cortex,' and most theories of age-related cognitive decline focus on cortical dysfunction.…
IU study: Humans' critical ability to throw long distances aided by an illusion
— 24 Jan 2011 15:16 | HealthCan't help moulding some snow into a ball and hurling it or tossing a stone as far into a lake as you can? New research from Indiana University and the University of Wyoming shows how…
Different origins discovered for medulloblastoma tumour subtypes
— 9 Dec 2010 17:09 | HealthInvestigators have demonstrated for the first time that the most common malignant childhood brain tumour, medulloblastoma, is actually several different diseases, each arising from…
Experimental targeted therapy shows early promise against medulloblastomas
— 7 Jun 2010 16:39 | HealthResearchers from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Paediatric Brain Tumour Consortium (PBTC) presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology the findings of a paediatric…
Study is first to find that CPAP therapy restores brain tissue in adults with sleep apnea
— 7 Jun 2010 10:56 | HealthObstructive sleep apnea patients had reductions of grey-matter volume at baseline but showed significant grey-matter volume increase after three months of CPAP therapy, according to…
Key brain regions talk directly with each other, say Pitt scientists
— 20 Apr 2010 10:05 | HealthResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh have found new evidence that the basal ganglia and the cerebellum, two important areas in the central nervous system, are linked together…
Fearless fish forget their phobias
— 23 Mar 2010 15:39 | BiologyImagine if your fear of spiders, heights or flying could be cured with a simple injection. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Behavioural and Brain Functions…
Neuroscientists reveal new links that regulate brain electrical activity
— 17 Feb 2010 12:01 | HealthInvestigators in the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, have made a major breakthrough in our understanding of nerve impulse generation within the brain. Brain cells communicate…
Study finds reduced brain grey matter concentration in patients with severe OSA
— 1 Feb 2010 11:33 | HealthA study in the 1 February issue of the journal SLEEP found grey matter concentration deficits in multiple brain areas of people with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The study…
Researchers identify gene that spurs deadly brain cancer
— 4 Dec 2009 10:17 | HealthHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have identified a new factor that is necessary for the development of many forms of medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant…