Tag Archives: functioning of brain

Autism brain different in visual structure from normal brain?

Posted on September 11, 2011 by rndsync

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital have used MRI data and machine learning algorithms to classify children into autistic and non-autistic classes. Their discovery reveals that the gray matter in a network of … Continue reading →

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Protein that controls memory formation found – in mice

Posted on April 16, 2011 by rndsync

Synaptic firing in a neural network is the key to learning and memory. Learning and memory are both a function of the synaptic plasticity. Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered in mice a molecular wrecking ball that powers the demolition … Continue reading →

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pre-Bötzinger complex in humans identified – very important discovery that will help in understanding breathing related disorders like Rett’s syndrome, autism etc.

Posted on December 30, 2010 by rndsync

pre-Bötzinger complex plays an important role in respiratory rhythm, controlling breathing. Though it’s influence on breathing and respiratory rhythm is proven, the exact location or that it even exists as a physical entity as opposed to being distributed in different … Continue reading →

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Drug to treat Rhett syndrome – Clinical trials begin

Posted on December 18, 2010 by rndsync

Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have begun a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to test a potential drug treatment for Rett syndrome, the leading known genetic cause of autism in girls. The principal researcher of the study Omar Khwaja, MD, PhD, is … Continue reading →

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Children with learning disabilities can learn to overcome thanks to brain plasticity advances

Posted on December 12, 2010 by rndsync

Have you ever read The Brain that Changes itself by Norman Doidge? This is an amazing book that I read couple years ago that impressed me and opened me to several facts including Brain plasticity, Arrow Smith School, Posit Science … Continue reading →

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Autism resources on the web

Posted on November 30, 2010 by rndsync

Reading a comment on one of my science news item about autism, I thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of online sources for autism. For those looking to be educated about this subject, and don’t … Continue reading →

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Aspire to be smarter? It’s possible. Brain is plastic.

Posted on November 20, 2010 by rndsync

Brain is plastic. Especially when it comes to things like working memory. Working memory is very critical to functioning everyday. A larger working memory also helps you do well in mathematics, sciences and engineering etc. in addition to improving your … Continue reading →

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Ability to do introspection increases (with age) and as different parts in brain begin act in sync

Posted on November 16, 2010 by rndsync

The “Default Mode Network” in brain is active when individual is focus on introspection – self-referential thought. Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center can now show, using functional MRI images, why it is that behavior in children and young adolescents veers … Continue reading →

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Autism cause – oxygen deprivation, vitamin deficiency, iron deficiency? Whatever the cause this is an epidemic and requires more research.

Posted on October 30, 2010 by rndsync

Dr. Michael Merzenich wrote “I received a wonderful comment about the hypothesis that early umbilical cord clamping might contribute to the risk of origin of autism from a wonderful former colleague, Dr. David Blake, a researcher in the Department of … Continue reading →

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Research into origins of degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimers and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis

Posted on October 26, 2010 by rndsync

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that microglia, the immune cells that reside in the brain, have a unique origin and are formed shortly after conception. Microglia are thought to play an important role in the development of many brain diseases, … Continue reading →

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