Hydrocephalus Association Brain Awareness Week...BRAINteaser

How does your brain respond to pain? - Karen D. Davis ...TED Ed Lessons

 

 




Everyone experiences pain -- but why do some people react to the same painful stimulus in different ways? And what exactly is pain, anyway? Karen D. Davis walks you through your brain on pain, illuminating why the “pain experience” differs from person to person.

Watch the Video here:http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-your-brain-respond-to-pain-karen-d-davis

'Ouch zone' in the brain identified.... (PAIN)

Activity in brain area linked to brain intensity

Activity in the dorsal posterior insula area of the brain is directly related to the intensity of pain, a brain imaging study of 17 people has found.

Researchers at the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain used a new brain imaging technique to look at people experiencing pain over many hours. Activity in only one brain area, the dorsal posterior insula, reflected the participants' ratings of how much the pain hurt.

These results, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, could help detect pain in people with limited communication abilities, such as those in a coma, small children and dementia patients.

- See more at: http://www.neuroscientistnews.com/research-news/ouch-zone-brain-identified#sthash.lpGmMSt7.dpuf

Functional Leg Muscle Developed From Stem Cells

There are hundreds of individually-named skeletal muscles in the human body, each positioned in a specific place to allow the body to move in countless different ways. When muscles lose function due atrophy or injury, motor function decreases, and it can diminish an individual’s quality of life. A new paper published in EMBO Molecular Medicinedescribes a study that used stem cells to grow leg muscle tissue in a dish, which proved to be functional after it was grafted into a mouse. In the future, this technique could be applied to humans, providing tissue transplants to treat muscular dystrophy or a number of other muscle-related diseases.

Read more here:
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/functional-leg-muscle-developed-stem-cells

People With Disabilities Can Easily Find Accessible Spots With This App...

This is a great APP!  I am unable to take escalators and some stairs since I had my brain surgeries. I am always on the hunt for a workable elevator at the train station and other public spaces.

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Inspired by his own experiences, a filmmaker has created an app to help people with disabilities.

Jason Da Silva was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects the central nervous system, in 2006, and uses a motorized scooter to get around, according to Mashable. As a filmmaker based in New York City, he quickly discovered that it wasn't so easy for people with disabilities to maneuver around the city.

"It was very frustrating," Da Silva told Mashable back in 2013. "I was finding that the freedoms that I had -- just simple things like meeting up with friends and things, it was becoming more and more difficult."

Read more here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/22/axs-map_n_6721138.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=Technology

Every Journey Begins From Where You Stand...

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