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Study Reveals How the Brain Reorganizes Sensory Maps After Loss of Touch

A team of researchers from the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche, has discovered that the ...
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Study reveals ways in which 40Hz sensory stimulation may preserve brain's 'white matter'

Scientists report that gamma frequency light and sound stimulation preserves myelination in mouse models and reveal molecular mechanisms that may underlie the benefit. Early-stage trials in ...
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Sound is a primary issue in the lives of skateboarders, study shows

Sound plays a significant and often poignant part of skateboarders' relationship with their sport, a new study shows. Sound plays a significant and often poignant part of skateboarders' relationship ...
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Study: New VR sensory room reduces anxiety in people with intellectual disability

A new VR programme with interactive sight, sound, and touch experiences has helped improve outcomes for adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism and intellectual disability. This ...
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NIH funds study on neural mechanisms behind autism and sound sensitivity

Supported by a $2 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Auerbach Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology will examine how different genes associated ...
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Study reveals ways in which 40Hz sensory stimulation may preserve brain’s ‘white matter’

Green staining indicates myelination in these mouse brain cross sections. The brain that received 40Hz light and sound stimulation (right) shows significantly more myelin in four brain regions (insets ...