QSM validated as tool to diagnose and track MS
An MRI approach called quantitative susceptibility mapping has just been validated as a means of measuring the progression of multiple sclerosis....
read moreModified Mirror Neuron System can alter visual perception
A team from Arizona State University has found that our mirror neuron system can be modified by language and that, in turn, can change visual perception....
read moreAntioxidant drug fights MS-like disease in mice
An antioxidant from the 1990s has been found to help mice with MS symptoms. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131226181710.htm...
read moreStudents with a disability more likely to be restrained/secluded at school...
Students with a disability are more likely to be secluded and/or restrained at school. It may not be surprising to some, but U.S. public schools use restraining techniques and seclusion more often on students with disabilities than their peers...
read moreSupressing fidgetin promotes regrowth of injured nerves
Suppression of the enzyme fidgetin promotes the re-growth of injured nerves. Scientists studying rats found that because fidgeting prevents nerve re-growth in the adult brain, suppressing it can conversely re-grow injured nerves....
read moreDyslexics struggle because reading is a multiple component task...
Reading is a multiple component task causing difficulty for children with dyslexia. Compared to their non-dyslexic peers, children with dyslexia have trouble identifying strings of letters, programming eye movements and synchronizing speech output....
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