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Deadly earthquakes: One aspect of what it's like for the survivors. A series of strong earthquakes in southwestern China in September 2012 has left at least 80 people dead, over 800 injured, and over 200,000 relocated, with the effects of the quake rippling out to at least 700,000 people within 2 days of the 2 initial quakes. A young couple after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami in Japan grapple with the enormity of re-creating both a literal and figurative sense of home. A 2009 imaging study. Balance and...

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Deadly earthquakes: One aspect of what it's like for the survivors. A series of strong earthquakes in southwestern China in September 2012 has left at least 80 people dead, over 800 injured, and over 200,000 relocated, with the effects of the quake rippling out to at least 700,000 people within 2 days of the 2 initial quakes. (more.). A young couple after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami in Japan grapple with the enormity of re-creating both a literal and figurative sense of home. A 2009 imaging study.

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About the writer and illustrator. I'm a neurobiologist and environmental scientist; my name is Catherine Carey. I've created this blog because I'm fascinated by the wealth of neuroscience research that comes out almost daily and which offers essential clues about who we are as human beings. The clues are a wealth that makes life richer, and my hope is to make some of that wealth alot more visible and sense-able. Weight Lifting: It's not just for young jocks. A gallery of images from this site.

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How could the PFC do this? The two areas of the PreFrontal Cortex most involved in anticipation are the Dorso-Lateral PreFrontal Cortex (DLPFC). And the OrbitoFrontal Cortex (for flexible incentive learning). 17,27]. The DLPFC appears to maintain information needed for cognitive control of the body [17], while the OFC is thought to be involved in configuring control mechanisms and in learning based on reward information [27]. The OFC communicates with the DLPFC and the Anterior Cingulate Cortex. Placebos...

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Notes on Alzheimer's and Capgras. Capgras is the most common type of delusion.". But to put it in perspective, it is. Common than the popular delusion that a rising stock market will never reverse it's direction (smile). Capgras, at least in people with Alzheimer's, appears to be caused by greater activity of the brain chemical dopamine relative to the activity of the brain chemical acetycholine. There is more about the surprising complexity of both neurotransmitters here. Neurology textbook), here,.

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Depression: talk or pills? Which works best for getting rid of depression: hope for the best from a pill, or talking to a shrink? The answer to this, according to recent research [1]. Won't surprise you (the answer is to do both), but the reason for it may. Surprise you. It has to do with a battle of sorts between two very different parts of the brain: the amygdala. Both are involved in the severe hopelessness, helplessness, sadness and sometimes suicidal impulses that plague people with depression.

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How could a placebo for a painkiller actually kill pain? The 'drama' - the seemingly magical disappearance of pain - that occurred in the body of the surgeon-patient of the previous article on placebo,. Requires two separate 'dramatic' acts:. Of relief, preceding. The "stars" of Act 1 are the surgeon's prefrontal cortex (PFC),. Which orchestrates thoughts and actions in accordance with internal goals, and the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC). Which is involved in processing emotion and motivation. Assumpt...

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How come even bright people can be 'fooled' by placebos? The power of something that is 'just' in ones mind. The ability to respond to a placebo is something that many believe is a mark of gullibility and something that. My advisor [in medical school] was William Collins, then chief of Neurosurgery at Yale. He liked to recall an incident in the Korean War when he was working nearly night and day as a military surgeon. So he got the shot, noted prompt relief and continued work. The next day, after a restf...

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Alzheimer's vs. environmental factors. Is there an environmental factor in Alzheimer's Disease? Genes load the gun and environment pulls the trigger." Unfortunately, in the case of Alzheimer's, geneticists are on only just beginning to piece together how the gun is loaded, and they are even less certain where the trigger is. But what they. Which main characteristic of Alzheimer's appears most affected by environmental factors? The nerve cells and tangles that gather. B, pronounced A-Beta. Methylation is ...