Neuroscience
Vegetative States
From last Sunday's
New York Times Sunday Magazine:
A Drug That Wakes the Near DeadBy JENEEN INTERLANDI
04 December 2011
"A surprising drug has brought a kind of consciousness to patients once considered vegetative — and changed the debate over pulling the plug."
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"can Video Games Fend Off Mental Decline?"
An informative, good read: "Can Video Games Fend Off Mental Decline?" by Clive Thompson The New York Times Sunday Magazine 26 October 2014 read the full feature article here Website for Akili, mentioned in the piece: Akili...
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Obit: Dr. Fred Plum
From The New York Times: Fred Plum, Neurologist Who Helped Coin ‘Persistent Vegetative State,’ Dies at 86 By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN Published: June 11, 2010 Read the full article...
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Drug Development: Glutamate And Schizophrenia
From Sunday's New York Times: Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia By ALEX BERENSON Published: February 24, 2008 "A new drug aimed at treating schizophrenia turns its focus away from dopamine and instead on the effects of glutamate, another...
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Dr. Heidelise Als And The Nicu
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: A Second Womb By PAUL RAEBURN The New York Times Published: August 14, 2005 Read the article. Dr. Heidelise Als, prematurity, and the contemporary neonatal ICU. - Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience |...
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Memory: In Search Of What's Lost
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine:In Search of Lost Time
By CATHRYN JAKOBSON RAMIN
The New York Times
Published: December 5, 2004
A few months ago, as I trudged down the stairs of my office building, deep in my thoughts, I noticed...
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