This is a selection of articles from the February 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Neurologists headlines.
Is Neurofeedback just a "placebo effect"?
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Source: Neurofeedback on the Brain - February 29, 2008 Authors: Dr. Karen Tags: Main Page Neurofeedback Techniques Source Type: info
Good bye Omni Brain...
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Source: Omni Brain - February 29, 2008 Tags: Blogging Source Type: info
Renegade Neurologist’s book now in China
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 29, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Heads Up Source Type: info
Kids Vaccine Linked to Fever, Seizures
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 29, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Heads Up Source Type: info
Cognitive Health and Training News
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Source: SharpBrains - February 29, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Education Health & Wellness Brain Fitness Industry adulthood Alzheimers Alzheimers Association childhood cognitive health Cognitive impairment cognitive reserve cognitive stimulation Cognitive Training dementia formal educati Source Type: info
Large-scale model of mammalian thalamocortical systems
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Source: Brain Windows - February 28, 2008 Authors: andrewhires Tags: Uncategorized computational consciousness compuational modeling Source Type: info
How writing a scientific paper is like a bullfight
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Source: bjoern.brembs.net - a neuroscientist's blog : RSS feed of bjoern.brembs.net - February 28, 2008 Authors: query Source Type: info
Spike train analysis toolkit
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Source: Neurobot - February 28, 2008 Tags: Software Source Type: info
The Amazingly Deceptive Cheesecake
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 28, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Heads Up Source Type: info
Embolization Effective for Fibroids
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 28, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Heads Up Source Type: info
Comment 1 (Anti antidepressants)
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Source: Action Potential - February 28, 2008 Authors: Michael Source Type: info
Nature Network Journal Club: Crossing the threshold to consciousness
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Source: Action Potential - February 28, 2008 Authors: ngray Tags: Noah Gray Source Type: info
Comment 2 (Anti antidepressants)
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Source: Action Potential - February 28, 2008 Authors: Kerry D. Friesen, M.D. Source Type: info
Preventive Medicine for Brain Health
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Source: SharpBrains - February 27, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Alzheimer’s disease anti depressants behavior modification brain brain exercise Brain games brain wellness diabetes exercise and brain healthcare increase productivity insurance comp Source Type: info
Blog Roundup
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Source: Brain Windows - February 27, 2008 Authors: andrewhires Tags: Imaging Super-Resolution Voltage in vivo Source Type: info
Antibiotics Do Little for Inner Ear Infections
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 27, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Children & Pregnancy Drugs Prescriptions Source Type: info
8th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering
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Source: Neurobot - February 27, 2008 Tags: External announcements Source Type: info
Neuropsychology Abstract of the Day: Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
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Source: BrainBlog - February 26, 2008 Tags: mci brainblog mild cognitive impairment Alzheimer CNS neuropsychology neurodegenerative neuroimaging dementia geriatrics neurology Source Type: info
Brain Plasticity: How learning changes your brain
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Source: SharpBrains - February 26, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education Health & Wellness abstract information bilingual brain brain exercise Brain exercises brain healthy lifestyle brain injury brain plastic Brain Plasticity brain reserve brain science changes yo Source Type: info
LNAA treatment of PKU
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Source: Somatopsychic - February 26, 2008 Tags: BPR3 PKU Source Type: info
MSc on Neural Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience and Brain Function
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Source: Neurobot - February 26, 2008 Tags: External announcements Source Type: info
Drug Harm Scale
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Source: Channel N - February 26, 2008 Authors: S. Kiume Tags: newtag Source Type: info
Anti antidepressants
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Source: Action Potential - February 26, 2008 Authors: dspeert Tags: Debra Speert Source Type: info
Comment 1 (Pet sematary)
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Source: Action Potential - February 26, 2008 Authors: Shaheen Lakhan Source Type: info
Neuroscience in the New Yorker: Numbers and Approximations
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Source: BrainBlog - February 25, 2008 Tags: neuropsychology neuroscience cognition brain CNS Source Type: info
Neuronal Ensemble Bursting in the Basal Forebrain Encodes Salience Irrespective of Valence
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Source: SCLin's neuroscience blog - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Large scale thamamocortical model
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Source: Neurochannels - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Online house calls click with doctors
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 25, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Physicians Source Type: info
Drug Development: Glutamate and Schizophrenia
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Source: BrainBlog - February 25, 2008 Tags: clinical trial psychiatry neuropsychology neuroscience glutamate drig development neurology schizophrenia Source Type: info
FIAS Summer School Theoretical Neuroscience & Complex Systems 2008
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Source: Neurobot - February 25, 2008 Tags: External announcements Source Type: info
More on Neurofeedback's Brain Training Value
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Source: SharpBrains - February 25, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Uncategorized AAPB biofeedback Brain Training brain waves Cyberonics David Rabiner Declaration of Helsinki EEG neurofeedback EEG training epilepsy gold standard placebo PlayAttention therapeutic interventions World Medical As Source Type: info
Of Two Minds
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Source: Channel N - February 24, 2008 Authors: Sandra Kiume Tags: newtag Source Type: info
Emotiv gaming headset
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Source: neurodudes - February 24, 2008 Authors: Neville Tags: Brain-machine interfaces Multi-electode arrays Business Source Type: info
Real-time STED to visualize vesicle dynamics
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Source: neurodudes - February 24, 2008 Authors: Neville Tags: Genetics and molecular Culture (in vitro) Biophysics Imaging Axons Source Type: info
Arrived at Il Ciocco fo the Gordon Research Conference
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Source: bjoern.brembs.net - a neuroscientist's blog : RSS feed of bjoern.brembs.net - February 24, 2008 Authors: query Source Type: info
Reading personality by measuring the face & why CNN is stupid
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Source: Omni Brain - February 24, 2008 Tags: Stupid People Source Type: info
Salty Foods Linked to Soft Drink Consumption
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 24, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Heads Up Source Type: info
Comment 1 (Separate but not equal?)
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Source: Action Potential - February 24, 2008 Authors: Kerry D. Friesen, M.D. Source Type: info
Neuropsychology Abstract of the Day: Schizophrenia Clinical Trials
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Source: BrainBlog - February 23, 2008 Tags: clinical trial psychiatry neuropsychology antipsychotic medication cognition schizophrenia Source Type: info
W.H.O. and Bloomberg Open Global Antismoking Project
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 23, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Heads Up Source Type: info
Self-Regulation and Barkley's Theory of ADHD
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Source: SharpBrains - February 23, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience ADD/ADHD ADHD research ADHD Treatment attention problems Attention Research Update Barkley behavior therapy brain functioning Brain Plasticity CDC ADHD report cogmed cognitive training exercises core defici Source Type: info
What do we know about the evolution of human thought
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Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 23, 2008 Authors: docartemis Tags: Neuroscience brain science AAAS how human intelligence evolved Michael Butler Richard Lewontin Science magazine Source Type: info
Comment 2 (Pet sematary)
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Source: Action Potential - February 23, 2008 Authors: Jason Bobe Source Type: info
... and now for some random song on intelligent design
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Source: bjoern.brembs.net - a neuroscientist's blog : RSS feed of bjoern.brembs.net - February 22, 2008 Authors: query Source Type: info
PKU
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Source: Somatopsychic - February 22, 2008 Tags: PKU Source Type: info
Maximize the Cognitive Value of Your Mental Workout
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Source: SharpBrains - February 22, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Brain Fitness Industry attention brain exercise brain fitness software brain workout brains fit cognifit cognitive fitness cognitive skills Cognitive Training cognitive value cognitive Source Type: info
Drug Prices Surge Despite Criticisms On Campaign Trail
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 22, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Heads Up Source Type: info
Brain Science Podcast #31: Brain Rhythms with György Buzsáki
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Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 22, 2008 Authors: docartemis Tags: Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes brain science biological rhythms brain physiology brain science podcast cortical synchronization Ginger Campbell Gyorgi Buzsaki Gyorgy Buzsaki oscillations periodicity rhythms of the bra Source Type: info
Maximize the Cognitive Value of Your Brain Workouts
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Source: SharpBrains - February 22, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Brain Fitness Industry attention brain exercise brain fitness software brain workout brains fit cognifit cognitive fitness cognitive skills Cognitive Training cognitive value cognitive Source Type: info
Comment 15 (CALL FOR CREATIONIST PAPERS: at the Answers Research Journal)
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Source: Action Potential - February 22, 2008 Authors: Samer Helal Zaky Source Type: info
Lewontin claims we know nothing about brain evolution
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Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 21, 2008 Authors: docartemis Tags: Neuroscience brain science annual meeting of the American Asssociation for the Adv brain evolution evolutionary theory Richard Lewontin spandrels Source Type: info
From Scientific Learning to Dakim
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Source: SharpBrains - February 21, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Education Health & Wellness aging population auditory processing brain fitness solutions brain fitness technology Brain health cognitive intervention Dakim education market Fast ForWord fight Alzheimer’s disease Galen Partner Source Type: info
Memory
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Source: BrainBlog - February 21, 2008 Tags: neuroscience AMPA receptor cognition memory hippocampus Source Type: info
Gordon Research Conference coming up next week
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Source: bjoern.brembs.net - a neuroscientist's blog : RSS feed of bjoern.brembs.net - February 21, 2008 Authors: query Source Type: info
Children Who Sleep Less Weigh More
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 21, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Children & Pregnancy Sleep Habits/Disorders Source Type: info
Links for 2008-02-20 [del.icio.us]
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Source: Channel N - February 21, 2008 Authors: S. Kiume Source Type: info
Science and Medicine blog carnivals
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Source: SharpBrains - February 20, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Health & Wellness blogs health 2.0 medicine 2.0 Medicine blogs science blogs web 2.0 newtag Source Type: info
Journal Club Content
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Source: Brain Windows - February 20, 2008 Authors: andrewhires Tags: Journal Club in vivo Source Type: info
Apparatus: Radial Arm Maze
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Source: Somatopsychic - February 20, 2008 Tags: research apparatus Source Type: info
Cancer and the bacterial connection
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 20, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Cancer Source Type: info
Carnival of Education #159: Briefing the Next US President on 35 Issues
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Source: SharpBrains - February 19, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Education 2008 elections academic success brain brain based carnival education carnival of education education blogs education policy enrichment happy Hillary K12 education Learning learning and brain lesson plan McCain n Source Type: info
Proust and the Squid
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Source: Channel N - February 19, 2008 Authors: S. Kiume Tags: newtag Source Type: info
3D and Multicolor Superresolution Imaging
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Source: Brain Windows - February 19, 2008 Authors: andrewhires Tags: Fluorescent Protein Imaging Photobleaching Super-Resolution Superresolution Source Type: info
The Secret of MIMH
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Source: Somatopsychic - February 19, 2008 Tags: MIMH goals Source Type: info
Contest between religions?
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Source: bjoern.brembs.net - a neuroscientist's blog : RSS feed of bjoern.brembs.net - February 19, 2008 Authors: query Source Type: info
TV ads oversell drugs, skimp on risks
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Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - February 19, 2008 Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: Heads Up Source Type: info
Encephalon: Briefing the Next US President on 24 Neuroscience and Psychology Issues
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Source: SharpBrains - February 19, 2008 Authors: Alvaro Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience 2008 Primaries Alzheimers cure autism blog carnival brains cannabis CIA cognitive skills culture depression treatment driving Emotions encephalon FDA free will health policy Neurofeedback Neurosci Source Type: info
Neural Synchrony
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Source: Channel N - February 19, 2008 Authors: S. Kiume Tags: newtag Source Type: info
Pulse shaping for 2-photon signal enhancement
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Source: Brain Windows - February 19, 2008 Authors: andrewhires Tags: Calcium FRET Fluorescent Protein Imaging Multiphoton Photobleaching in vitro in vivo Source Type: info
Comment 1 (Harvard open-access policy – can you please be more specific?)
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Source: Action Potential - February 19, 2008 Authors: Stevan Harnad Source Type: info
Nature Network Journal Club: Special delivery of an anesthetic
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Source: Action Potential - February 19, 2008 Authors: ngray Tags: Noah Gray Source Type: info
Why Haven't I Heard of Neurofeedback Before?
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Source: Neurofeedback on the Brain - February 18, 2008 Authors: Dr. Karen Tags: Main Page Neurofeedback Techniques Social Evolution Source Type: info
Why writing journal articles is hard