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Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on May 15, 2012 at 10:08am

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/2012/05/14/know-your...

Know Your Neurons: The Discovery and Naming of the Neuron

Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on May 12, 2012 at 5:27am

http://neurosciencenews.com/revealing-the-stars-of-brain-adaptabili...

Revealing the Stars of Brain Adaptability

Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on May 11, 2012 at 7:08am

http://neurosciencenews.com/oligodendrocytes-glial-cells-supply-met...

Glial Cells Supply Nerve Fibers with Energy-Rich Metabolic Products

Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on May 11, 2012 at 7:08am

Hi Daniel, I will try to find out.

We have so many different modalities performed in so many individual ways, I would like to see the sessions recorded and uploaded to You tube. Thats the only way I can imagine actually seeing exacteley  Whats being done ? 

Comment by Daniel Cohen on May 10, 2012 at 5:39am

Stephen is there any mention of what form of reflexology was applied since they vary radically? Interesting study which opens the doors to many questions.

Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on May 10, 2012 at 5:30am

http://www.springerlink.com/content/c5651055m685v684/

Abstract

The current study investigated the immediate neurophysiological effects of different types of massage in healthy adults using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Much attention has been given to the default mode network, a set of brain regions showing greater activity in the resting state. These regions (i.e. insula, posterior and anterior cingulate, inferior parietal and medial prefrontal cortices) have been postulated to be involved in the neural correlates of consciousness, specifically in arousal and awareness. We posit that massage would modulate these same regions given the benefits and pleasant affective properties of touch. To this end, healthy participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: 1. Swedish massage, 2. reflexology, 3. massage with an object or 4. a resting control condition. The right foot was massaged while each participant performed a cognitive association task in the scanner. We found that the Swedish massage treatment activated the subgenual anterior and retrosplenial/posterior cingulate cortices. This increased blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal was maintained only in the former brain region during performance of the cognitive task. Interestingly, the reflexology massage condition selectively affected the retrosplenial/posterior cingulate in the resting state, whereas massage with the object augmented the BOLD response in this region during the cognitive task performance. These findings should have implications for better understanding how alternative treatments might affect resting state neural activity and could ultimately be important for devising new targets in the management of mood disorders.

Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on May 10, 2012 at 5:10am

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120509180113.htm

Scientists Identify Neurotranmitters That Lead to err .....ummmm.............. Forgetting

Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on May 8, 2012 at 3:53pm

Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on May 8, 2012 at 1:48pm

Multiple thought channels ? to stop you blowing a fuse :)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120506160124.htm#.T6ge...

Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on May 8, 2012 at 1:26pm

interesting web site

http://www.brainfacts.org/

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