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Personality Influenced By ‘Wiring’ In The Brain

Nov 25th 2008Drug InformationNeurology / Neuroscience

Have you got the new iPhone yet? Do you like changing jobs now and again because you get bored otherwise? Do you go on holiday to different places every year? Then maybe your neural connection between ventral striatum and hippocampus is particularly well developed. Both of them are centres in the brain. The reward system which urges us to take action is located in the striatum, whereas the hippocampus is responsible for specific memory functions.

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Neurological Health Risk In Children With Blunt Head Injuries: Fashion Hair Beads

Nov 25th 2008Drug InformationNeurology / Neuroscience

An intriguing article published in the December 2008 online issue of Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics may come as quite a surprise to parents, especially those with little girls. The article, “Radiolucent hair accessories causing depressed skull fracture following blunt cranial trauma” discusses the cases of a 4-year-old and 2 ½-year-old treated for blunt head trauma. The article is posted online at:

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Training Brain-Injured Enables Recovery of Emotional Perception Skills

Nov 25th 2008Drug InformationNeurology / Neuroscience

People who have lost the ability to interpret emotion after a severe brain injury can regain this vital social skill by being re-educated to read body language, facial expressions and voice tone in others, according to a new study. The research, published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, reveals that appropriate training can result in significant gains in “emotional perception”, which is crucial for successful social communication.

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