But the wiring,the cables between the points in the brain, one to another, may be disrupted in some way."

VOA: special.2010.12.21

In the United States alone, more than five million people are said to suffer from this slowly increasing brain disorder.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

Deep brain stimulation uses electricity to shock the brain in areas that help send messages to the body.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

They used light-sensitive molecules to turn on and off nerve cells in the deep brain structure of mice.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

There was a delay in muscle loss and brain shrinkage that lead to mental problems linked to aging.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

For example, in two thousand seven, doctors in the Washington area said a boy died when a tooth infection spread to his brain.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

When she was in her twenties, her father arranged for her to have an operation on her brain to improve her mental condition.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

It uses an MRI or magnetic resonance imaging machine to look for abnormalities in the brain.

VOA: special.2010.12.21

A concussion happens when the brain is shaken, often in a car crash or a fall or a strike to the head in sports.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

But recent findings suggested that tPA may be effective in saving brain tissue even if three to four and a half hours have passed.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Electric signals start in nerve cells and travel along these fibers to and from the brain.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Often,the brains response is to create its own input, in the form of a hallucination.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

But recent findings have suggested that tPA may be effective in saving brain tissue even if three to four and a half hours have passed.

VOA: special.2009.08.12