by Neil Bossenger | Jun 22, 2013 | Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
Asthma, explained by dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system: the “other-way-round” theory. Now as a full time practitioner doing postgraduate work in the autonomic nervous system, I would have treated my 6-year old asthmatic self quite differently,...
by Neil Bossenger | Jun 16, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
We have found genes that are switched on in one twin and switched off in the other twin – Professor Tim Spector. An article in the NZ Herald highlights a concept that is starting to become more mainstream in the public eye: that the fate of your health and...
by Neil Bossenger | Jun 15, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
A new study finds more evidence that breastfeeding is good for babies’ brains. MRI images, taken while children were asleep, showed that infants who were exclusively breastfed for at least three months had enhanced development in key parts of the brain compared...
by Neil Bossenger | Jun 15, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
How a gene controls neuronal traffic in the assembly of an electrical circuit. To form the complex circuits of the brain, neurons have to know when to grow and when to stop. The above image displays light-sensing neurons in the eye of a fruit fly (red and green)....
by Neil Bossenger | Jun 5, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
UCLA researchers now have the first evidence that bacteria ingested in food can affect brain function in humans. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt...
