Neuroscience – Jewish Review

A vagal-nerve pacemaker implanted for first time into ten-month old baby

April 22, 2024April 23, 2024Arsen Mayer

A 10-month-old baby boy weighing only 5.5 kilos who suffers from epilepsy has undergone the implantation of a vagal-nerve stimulator (VNS) at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya. The vagus nerve is one of the 12 cranial nerves that travel from the brain to rest of the body. The operation is a significant achievement in […]

University of Bristol published research on the science of happiness

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024Arsen Mayer

Are people naturally happy or can they make themselves joyful? In fact, there is even a how-to course on “The Science of Happiness” offered since 2018 at the UK’s University of Bristol, where researchers have conducted a first-of-its-kind study on the subject. Although many colleges that have offered psychoeducational courses teaching positive psychology interventions report […]

Research shows cause for obesity in Labrador retriever dogs

March 12, 2024March 16, 2024Arsen Mayer

The Labrador retriever – easy to train as a service dog, including living with the blind, is the most popular canine breed for work and has been so for many years. In the US, it remains an extremely popular breed, but fashion has raised the tiny, wrinkle-faced pug to number one. But now, new research […]

Weizmann study makes step towards incurable disease treatment

February 28, 2024March 1, 2024Arsen Mayer

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a cruel, inherited, incurable, but fortunately, rare disorder that causes the progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the brain. It was named for Dr. George Huntington, who studied medicine at New York University. Rarity of the disease Huntington first encountered patients with the disease when he was eight years old while […]

Weizmann Institute team finds new insight to pituitary disorders

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024Arsen Mayer

An unexpected observation has led researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot to challenge a 200-year-old doctrine regarding the embryonic origins of the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. Their study challenges an old dogma regarding the gland’s embryonic origins and could lead to new insights into growth-hormone deficiency and other […]

‘Eye’ signage placed in operating rooms increases civility among staff

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024Arsen Mayer

Any surgery is a traumatic experience, but fear that surgeons will make offensive comments about you in the operating room while under anesthesia is just as worrisome. Australian researchers have conducted a successful experiment to prevent rude comments in operating theatres by placing “eye” signage in operating rooms. The eye images, without any accompanying explanation, […]

Scientific breakthrough in the study of neurological disorders

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024Arsen Mayer

Williams syndrome is a developmental disorder that affects many parts of the body and is characterized by mild to moderate intellectual disability or learning problems, unique personality characteristics, and distinctive facial features – including a broad forehead, puffiness around the eyes, a flat bridge of the nose, full cheeks, and a small chin. In a […]

Exposure to tears leads to lower aggression in males – study

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023Arsen Mayer

Despite the common expression “crocodile tears” that means a “phony display of emotion,” mice and rats are the only animals that release tears. According to Italian researchers who studied rodent tears three years ago, male mice tears turn female mice on with a specific protein that acts as an aphrodisiac to the females, making them […]