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ATLANTA, May 5 (UPI) – A U.S. researcher who looked into what dogs think said he was inspired to do the research when he saw a Navy dog was on the team that killed Osama bin Laden. Gregory Berns, director of the Emory Center for Neuropolicy, said he was amazed when he saw pictures of [...]

BOSTON, April 24 (UPI) – Migraine sufferers are more prone than others to experience “brain freeze,” a phenomenon U.S. and Irish researchers said could help lead to migraine therapies. Researchers at the National University of Ireland in Galway and Harvard Medical School in Boston said the study involved a team of 13 healthy volunteers who [...]

MONTREAL, April 8 (UPI) – A major reason for the increase in obesity may be a heightened sensitivity to heavily advertised and accessible high-calorie foods, Canadian researchers say. Dr. Alain Dagher of the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University in Montreal said neuroimaging studies led to the identification of a brain network for appetite control, [...]

Published: Feb. 18, 2012 at 9:15 PM VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 18 (UPI) – Alzheimer’s drugs currently being tested in clinical trials might hurt wiring in the brain and nervous system, U.S. researchers said. “Let’s proceed with caution,” Robert Vassar of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine said in a statement. “We have to [...]

Published: Dec. 23, 2011 at 12:55 PM LONDON, Dec. 23 (UPI) — A British Tourette’s syndrome sufferer has had her symptoms “switched off” in a revolutionary procedure involving brain implants, doctors said. When surgeons placed two electrodes into Jayne Bargent’s skull and turned on the current for 40 minutes, her symptoms of violent jerks instantly [...]

Published: Dec. 3, 2011 at 12:22 AM INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 3 (UPI) — The brains of young men changed in brain areas associated with cognitive function after one week of violent video game play, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Yang Wang of the Indiana University School of Medicine and colleagues showed a direct relationship between playing violent [...]

Published: Nov. 21, 2011 at 1:32 AM ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 21 (UPI) — A routine hit to the head during a high school football or hockey game may result in subtle injury even if there is no concussion, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dr. Jeffrey Bazarian, associate professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of [...]

Published: Sept. 6, 2011 at 1:33 AM STANFORD, Calif., Sept. 6 (UPI) — The gray matter in the part of the brain that affects social communication has a distinct organization in those with autism, U.S. researchers say. Study leader Vinod Menon, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and of neurology, and colleagues at Stanford [...]

MONDAY, Aug. 1 (HealthDay News) — As if there weren’t already enough good reasons to avoid smoking and keep your weight, blood sugar levels and blood pressure all under control, a new study suggests these risk factors in middle age may cause your brain to shrink, leading to mental declines up to a decade later. [...]

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) — Obesity counseling should focus on neurobehavioral processes — the ways the brain controls eating behavior in response to biological and environmental factors — instead of personal choice and willpower, researchers suggest. The team at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago outlines their new counseling approach in the August issue [...]