introduction: consumption of morphine, during pregnancy, in addition to inducing defects in the mother’s nervous system function, caused defects or delays in the formation and evolution of embryonic visual system. in the present study, changes in lens development were assessed in embryos exposed to morphine in utero. methods: female wistar rats (250-300 g) were mated with male rats and pregnanc...

Objectives: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a group of neurodevelopment syndromes with impairments in social communications and restrictive or repetitive behaviors. Neurofeedback is a new method that may regulate neuro and metabolic function in brain. This study is semi-experimental, with pre and post test.  Methods: In 26 children with ASD, 40 sessions of Neurofeedback were done. Brain...

In the lens the biological energy necessary for the maintenance of transparency, synthesis, and repair is supplied primarily by the reactions that metabolize glucose to lactic acid. The low levels of the enzymes associated with the aerobic oxidation of glucose restrict the lens metabolism mainly to anaerobic glycolysis. Even in the epithelium, anaerobic glycolysis appears Jo be the principal so...

Proposed is a novel eye vision testing system based on micromachines that uses micro-optic, micromechanic, and microelectronic technologies. The micromachines include a programmable micro-optic lens and aperture control devices, pico-projectors, Radio Frequency (RF), optical wireless communication and control links, and energy harvesting and storage devices with remote wireless energy transfer ...

Neurofeedback is a promising tool for brain rehabilitation and peak performance training. Neurofeedback approaches usually rely on a single brain imaging modality such as EEG or fMRI. Combining these modalities for neurofeedback training could allow to provide richer information to the subject and could thus enable him/her to achieve faster and more specific self-regulation. Yet unimodal and mu...

Social neuroscience benefits from the experimental manipulation of neuronal activity. One possible manipulation, neurofeedback, is an operant conditioning-based technique in which individuals sense, interact with, and manage their own physiological and mental states. Neurofeedback has been applied to a wide variety of psychiatric illnesses, as well as to treat sub-clinical symptoms, and even to...