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Introducing the Peak BrainHappiness Training System: A New Product for Enhancing Happiness by Activating the Brain's ... PRWeb Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:10 AM PST Peak Achievement Training introduces the first mental training system to directly activate the brain's Prefrontal Pleasure Center. It can enhance ongoing feelings of happiness and satisfaction by turning on the brain's Neureka! network, which is designed to discover, learn, and motivate. (PRWeb Dec 1, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/happiness/stress ... Childhood Lead Exposure Causes Permanent Damage: Study HealthDay via Yahoo! News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:03 AM PST TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood exposure to lead can cause permanent brain damage, a new study has found. Childhood Lead Exposure Causes Permanent Brain Damage Medical News Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:41 AM PST A study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to evaluate brain function revealed that adults who were exposed to lead as children incur permanent brain injury. The results were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). "What we have found is that no region of the brain is spared from lead exposure," said the study's lead author, Kim ... Brave Crich teen helps to open new ward Belper Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:10 AM PST A TEENAGER recovering from devastating brain injuries after being hit by a car joined athletics star Jessica Ennis to officially open a new hospital ward. (02/12/2009) Naked Mole Rats Survive Extreme Oxygen Deprivation LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:10 AM PST The air in underground colonies of naked mole rats is disgusting and limited, high in carbon dioxide and low in oxygen. If you had to breathe it, you would not only be grossed out, but you'd get brain damage. Study results: Childhood lead exposure and brain damage linked Coshocton Tribune Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:07 AM PST Childhood lead exposure causes permanent brain damage with lifelong consequences, according to new research from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Education MEC liable for boy's brain injuries Independent Online Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:55 AM PST The Western Cape Education MEC has been found liable for brain injuries that an eight year-old sustained five years ago during a school excursion. New Generation Noise Cancelling Optical Microphone Paves Way For Advanced Brain And Speech Research Medical News Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:41 AM PST Optoacoustics has announced availability of the FOMRI-III(TM) dual channel microphone, the most advanced optical microphone available for use in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) environments. The third generation FOMRI represents a major step forward for fiber optic microphone technology, providing the clearest speech quality ever, with low-latency adaptive noise cancelling. The ... Glutamatergic nerve cells regularly generated in the brain News-Medical-Net Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:45 AM PST Until only a few years ago, neurogenesis - the process of nerve cell development - was considered to be impossible in the adult brain. The textbooks asserted that dead nerve cells could not be replaced. Then researchers discovered regions in the forebrain in humans in which new nerve cells can be generated throughout life. These so-called GABAergic cells use gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a ... Alzheimer's Researcher Joins UF To Fight Brain Disease Medical News Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:40 AM PST A leader in the fight against brain diseases and in drug discovery to help Alzheimer's patients has joined the University of Florida College of Medicine, interim dean Michael Good, M.D., announced. Todd Golde, M.D., Ph.D., formerly the chairman of the department of neuroscience at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, will create and direct the College of Medicine's new Center for Translational Research ...

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