Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute Scientists Devise an Approach For 'Recruiting' an Immune System Response to Partial Spinal Cord Injuries

Weizmann Institute Scientists Devise an Approach For 'Recruiting' an Immune System Response to Partial Spinal Cord Injuries

01.02.2000

Brain & Behavior, Immunology

Several years ago, a team of Weizmann researchers found that immune cells known as macrophages may be 'recruited' to encourage repair and renewed...

Functional MRI Will Enable Non-Invasive Visualization of brain Cortical Columns

Functional MRI Will Enable Non-Invasive Visualization of brain Cortical Columns

25.01.2000

Space & Physics, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The accomplishment by Minnesota scientists, based on information gathered through optical imaging techniques innovated by Weizmann Institute...

Blood Test For Schizophrenia

Blood Test For Schizophrenia

17.01.2000

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A relatively simple blood test for diagnosing the mental illness schizophrenia has been proposed by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science...

New Understanding Of A Key Control Mechanism In The Brain

New Understanding Of A Key Control Mechanism In The Brain

13.01.2000

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute findings could provide new insights into a wide range of neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, autism, and...

The Healing Connection

The Healing Connection

01.10.1998

Brain & Behavior

A innovative treatment uses an animal's own self-repair mechanism to partially reverse paralysis

Innovative Treatment Enables Paralyzed Rats to Regain Partial Use of Their Hind Legs

Innovative Treatment Enables Paralyzed Rats to Regain Partial Use of Their Hind Legs

30.06.1998

Brain & Behavior

REHOVOT, Israel -- June 30, 1998 -- Weizmann Institute scientists have managed to partially heal the damaged spinal cords of laboratory animals...

Imaging Method Reveals Remarkable 'Architecture' of the Working Brain

Imaging Method Reveals Remarkable 'Architecture' of the Working Brain

16.12.1997

Brain & Behavior

REHOVOT, Israel - December 16, 1997 - With thousands of neurons firing signals in all directions and forming trillions of possible connections, you'd...

Windows on your Mind: Weizmann Institute Scientists Reveal That Imagination Can Enhance Visual Perception

Windows on your Mind: Weizmann Institute Scientists Reveal That Imagination Can Enhance Visual Perception

09.12.1997

Brain & Behavior

REHOVOT, Israel - December 9, 1997 - Conjuring up images in the "mind's eye" enhances our ability to see what's really there, Weizmann Institute...

Tune Into This: Weizmann Institute Study Provides Evidence For a Radio-Like Mechanism in the Brain

Tune Into This: Weizmann Institute Study Provides Evidence For a Radio-Like Mechanism in the Brain

14.10.1997

Brain & Behavior

REHOVOT, Israel - October 14, 1997- Research conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science may give a whole new meaning to the phrase "stay tuned."...

Science Without Frontiers: Putting the Brain to Work

Science Without Frontiers: Putting the Brain to Work

01.05.1997

Brain & Behavior

Neurobiologists and mathematicians join forces to unravel the riddle of object recognition

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