reaching for the brain
Toward Replacement Parts for the Brain pot
Ngày tải lên :
15/03/2014, 19:20
... Mental Health (NIMH), the University of Southern California (USC) Alfred E Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering, and the USC Center for Neural Engineering The motivation for the meeting was a ... lost their ability ever to process visual stimuli in the visual centers of their cortex and therefore lose their ability to benefit from any type of visual prosthesis The cortical visual prosthesis, ... 0.15 mm The anatomical site for detailed fine vision, called the fovea, is in the center of the macula The outermost layer of the sensory retina consists of photoreceptors (figure 2.2); in the macular...
- 418
- 261
- 0
beer is proof god loves us reaching for the soul of beer and brewing
Ngày tải lên :
31/05/2014, 00:22
... devotees to come up with their own theories for the origin of the number? Whatever the reason, Rolling Rock was rolled out around the United States, and by the early 1990s the Latrobe brewery (which ... dominate the supply of beer in the United Kingdom The UK brewing industry was aghast—but the most they could wrangle out of the government before the ensuing bill was passed to law was that they ... in a pecking order of father first, mother next, then the children For those with coal-miner dads it was no treat to be the youngest offspring Was it then a wonder that the pub held appeal? Warm,...
- 257
- 448
- 0
Power foods for the brain
Ngày tải lên :
20/07/2014, 20:44
... the buildup of these plaques in the first place Aside from the beta-amyloid plaques that lie between the brain cells, there is also something wrong inside the brain cells themselves They contain ... are other common types: Vascular Dementia The blood vessels of the brain can be gradually damaged and narrowed In the process, they no longer give the brain the oxygen it needs Sometimes the narrowing ... up the amount of iron in the foods they have chosen, it is usually the same or slightly more than when they were eating meat However, as these foods pass their lips, their digestive tract has the...
- 319
- 316
- 1
Protein Shakes for the Brain 90 Games and Exercises to Work Your Mind''s Muscle to the Max 90 Games and Exercises to Work Your Mind''s Muscle to the Max
Ngày tải lên :
22/05/2016, 12:22
... these historical events occurred? The first man on the moon The sinking of the Titanic The Boston Tea Party The Wall Street crash The discovery of America by Christopher Columbus The end of the ... throughout their lives by building these brain reserves Several studies support the hypothesis of cognitive reserve and reinforce the importance of good physical health in keeping the brain fit ... The Proper Form Pay attention to the shape and position of the six icons in the grid Then turn the page and continue the exercise 13 14 — p r o t e i n s h a k es f o r t h e B r a i n — The...
- 142
- 334
- 0
Báo cáo khoa học: An enzymatic mechanism for generating the precursor of endogenous 13-cis retinoic acid in the brain docx
Ngày tải lên :
29/03/2014, 00:20
... (G, H) For further confirmation of the identity of generated 13cROL, the 13cROL standard was spiked into the reaction products The 13cROL peaks are shown before (G) and after (H) the spike The peaks ... lower levels in the brain By contrast, the 13cIMH mRNA was detected at high levels in the brain and at low levels in the eye (Fig 7A) To detect endogenous 13cIMH in the brain, we performed western ... zebrafish brain (C3, 4) The brain section was incubated without the primary antibody for 13cIMH (C3; FITC channel, c4; DAPI) (C5–9) The brain section was incubated with the primary antibody for 13cIMH...
- 15
- 357
- 0
brain facts a primer on the brain and nervous system - the society for neuroscience
Ngày tải lên :
08/04/2014, 13:13
... fuse to form the hollow neural tube The top of the tube thickens into three bulges that form the hindbrain, midbrain and forebrain The first signs of the eyes and then the hemispheres of the brain ... primitive form, including the forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, and optic vesicle (from which the eye develops) Irregular ridges, or convolutions, are clearly seen by six months Hindbrain Forebrain Midbrain ... sound The hair cells, in turn, excite the 28,000 fibers of the auditory nerve that end in the medulla in the brain Auditory information flows via the thalamus to the temporal gyrus, the part of the...
- 58
- 515
- 0
báo cáo hóa học:" Recent progress towards development of effective systemic chemotherapy for the treatment of malignant brain tumors" docx
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 15:20
... and then again following the intravenous infusion of the Gd-dendrimer (T1), and the in vitro measurement of the molar relaxivity (r1) of the Gd-dendrimer, which is the proportionality constant for ... to the transvascular passage of spherical particles larger than 12 nm in diameter across the BBTB Therefore, in the physiologic state in vivo, the presence of the glycocalyx would render the ... individual brain tumor cells The blood half-life of small molecule chemotherapy drugs would be even shorter than that of the smallest Gd-dendrimer, the GdG1 dendrimer (Figure 2, row 1)[73] Therefore, the...
- 14
- 492
- 0
Báo cáo khoa học: "SOFA is superior to MOD score for the determination of non-neurologic organ dysfunction in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a cohort study" doc
Ngày tải lên :
13/08/2014, 02:24
... [2] Furthermore, the performance of these scores may be affected by the therapy used to support the cerebral circulation The MOD cardiovascular component score is calculated based on the pressure-adjusted ... medical-surgical ICU The area under the ROC curve was 0.821 for the cardiovascular component of the SOFA scoring system, as compared with 0.750 for the same component of the MOD scoring system The difference ... them with the laboratory or physiologic data recorded in the QS system over a one month period (683 patient-days) before the start of the study; no errors were found in the calculation of either...
- 10
- 388
- 0
Báo cáo y học: "Barbiturates for the treatment of intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury" ppsx
Ngày tải lên :
13/08/2014, 11:22
... after TBI, or that one drug is better than the other, the future for barbiturates still looks bright Early combination therapy of barbiturates with hypothermia or progesterone, in concert with ... drug therapy and mild hypothermia Stroke 2003, 34:1526-1532 Majewska MD, Schwartz RD: Pregnenolone-sulfate: an endogenous antagonist of the gamma-aminobuyric acid receptor complex in brain? Brain ... EBS, then why has an association with good outcomes not been realized in clinical trials [10]? Perhaps by the time barbiturates are employed for refractory ICP - often several days after the trauma...
- 2
- 327
- 0
Báo cáo y học: "Infra-red thermometry: the reliability of tympanic and temporal artery readings for predicting brain temperature after severe traumatic brain injur" pot
Ngày tải lên :
13/08/2014, 16:20
... explained by the fact that during the 'sweep' across the forehead (followed by the 'behind the ear' tap over the mastoid) the temporal artery thermometer records the 'peak' temperature value of the completed ... evaporative cooling of the forehead if the patient is sweating If the temperature at the mastoid is greater than the measurement over the temporal artery then the temperature at the mastoid process ... hand-held thermometer) is then swept horizontally along the forehead to the hairline (crossing part of the course of the temporal artery) Keeping the button pressed down, the sensor is then removed...
- 8
- 374
- 0
Evaluation of advanced paclitaxel drug delivery implants for controlled release post surgical treatment against glioblastoma multiforme in the brain
Ngày tải lên :
05/10/2015, 21:33
... in the resection cavity, and the wound was closed by suturing On day 8, the animal was re-anesthetized, the wound reopened and the foam was placed on top of the tumor implant The wound was then ... for inserting the rod, an 18 Gauge needle was inserted to a depth of mm from the brain surface and retracted The foam rod was then inserted completely into the incision created The scarp of the ... RECOMMENDATIONS This thesis has presented the experimental evaluation of the use of controlled release implants for chemotherapy with Paclitaxel against Glioblastoma Multiforme in the brain Formulations...
- 46
- 289
- 0
Nanoparticles of biodegradable polymers for delivery of therapeutic agents and diagnostic sensitizers to cross the blood brain barrier (BBB) for chemotherapy and MRI of the brain
Ngày tải lên :
26/11/2015, 22:48
... Functions of the Blood Brain Barrier The main function of the blood brain barrier is to protect the brain The BBB serves as an impermeable wall to prevent the entry of agents from outside of the brain ... that the brain capillary endothelial cell as the physical site of the BBB The continuous tight junctions that seal together the margins of the endothelial cells play very important roles in forming ... the luminal and abluminal membranes of the brain capillary endothelial cell Fig The BBB as a selective sieve With these two functions of the blood brain barrier, the brain capillaries allow the...
- 93
- 257
- 0
The Big Book of Brain-Building Games Fun Activities to Stimulate the Brain for Better Learning, Communication and Teamwork (Big Book Series)
Ngày tải lên :
22/05/2016, 12:22
... 41 Let’s review the major sections of the brain, starting with the cerebrum The word comes from the Latin for brain and is the area that most of us think of when we think of the brain it is where ... combine brains and games? Recently, the media seem to be infatuated with the brain how the brain functions, how it ages, and how to nurture, nourish, and strengthen the brain Until recently, brain ... agenda items on their minds? Can you be sure they’ll be listening to you, rather than texting or using their BlackBerrys the whole time? Are they there because they really want to be there—or is...
- 241
- 632
- 0
ETSI WIDEBAND CDMA STANDARD FOR THE UTRA FDD AIR INTERFACE.pdf
Ngày tải lên :
04/08/2012, 14:24
... within the cell and between cells It is used for transmitting the forward access channel (FACH) for access grant and the paging channel (PCH) for paging, both of which carry control information Information ... the chip rate increased For a chip rate of 0.96 Mcps, the BER performance was close to the computer simulated BER performance with L=1 The performance with 7.68 Mcps spreading became almost the ... Standard for the UTRA FDD Air Interface 19 Figure 14 Average BER Performance with Variable Chip Rate ETSI Wideband CDMA Standard for the UTRA FDD Air Interface 20 5.0 CONCLUSION The framework for the...
- 28
- 929
- 0
Cambridge.University.Press.Neuroethics.Challenges.for.the.21st.Century.Aug.2007.pdf
Ngày tải lên :
21/09/2012, 10:58
... to the dualist view The sciences of the mind have delivered another, or rather a series of others The cognitive sciences – the umbrella term for the disciplines devoted to the study of mental ... neglected, field, they were not able to follow the instruction to grab it Rather than reach behind them for the object, they reached toward the mirror When asked where the object was, they replied ... Hence, too, the need for this book This book is not the very first to reflect upon the ethical issues raised by the neurosciences and by the technologies for intervening in the mind they offer us,...
- 361
- 1.1K
- 2
