Brain wave hits California

Revalidation wave hits European doctors.

Rewired to be thin? When exercise hits the brain.

IN THIS ISSUE OF THE American Journal of Physiology—Regulatory, Comparative and Integrative Physiology, the article by Patterson et al. (17) demonstrates that just 3 wk of voluntary exercise in the postnatal period mitigates weight gain in obesity-prone rats for at least 10 wk after cessation of the exercise. These novel findings suggest that a behavioral modification as simple as short-term ex...

The morning glory wave of southern California

[1] A pulse-like disturbance traveling across the Los Angeles basin was observed on 12 October 2001 with seismographs of the TriNet network. This wave had a period of about 1000 s and a propagation speed of about 10 m/s, much slower than seismic waves. The seismograph data were compared with barograph data, and a good correlation was found so the wave was determined to be atmospheric in origin....

Big Hits

T here aren't many sports articles in the journal Science, so it was with great interest that I read " A Late Hit for Pro-Football Players " by Greg Miller (www. sciencemag.org). 3 This article is a very interesting compilation of recent research and developments in the area of sports-related concussion. The article highlights the efforts of Chris Nowinski, a former Harvard football standout wh...

QEEG Brain Wave Information

The lowest frequencies are delta. These are less than 4 Hz and occur in deep sleep and in some abnormal processes, also during ex-periences of "empathy state". Delta waves are involved with our ability to integrate and let go. It reflects unconscious mind. It is the dominant rhythm in infants up to one year of age and it is present in stages 3 and 4 of sleep. It tends to be the highest in ampli...