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Pocket Brain app offers searchable 3D atlas of the brain

Written By anfaku01 on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | 7:38 AM

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Users can navigate eight layers of brain anatomy, view cross sections and nerve pathways, insert notes, and peruse clinical findings.

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore The app includes 30.000 neuroanatomy words.

(Credit: Screenshot by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore/CNET)

Of all the subjects taught in the best 3D anatomy has got to be up there. And when it comes to human anatomy, the brain is arguably the most complex organ, if not system of them all.

So it's fitting that 3-year-old medical education app publisher eMedia out of Ireland is adding the Pocket Brain app to its suite of 3D Pocket Anatomy offerings. (First came the body and the heart.) For $ 19.99, the interactive app for iPhone and iPad renders the old-fashioned textbook pretty close to obsolete.

A few particularly inspired features: 3D rotating the brain includes nine layers to explore; relevant clinical cases; easy note insertion; various quizzes; and more. And because all content lives in the app itself, no Wi-Fi or 3 g is required.

Clearly designed with medical and nursing students in mind, Pocket Brain may also serve as the ideal "I'd like to kill some time" tool for those of us who get our thrills memorizing things we're only ever really tested on during trivia night.

The app's developers enjoy a sense of humor, too. Check out their teaser below, aptly choreographed to "If I Only Had a Brain."

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Nuts highly recommended to protect the brain cell and reducing the risk of Alzheimer's

Written By anfaku01 on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 | 8:19 AM

walnuts for brain cells and alzheimer'sThey contain anti-inflammatory properties that protect against oxidative damage. A new scientific paper published at the end of June in the journal Neurochemical research suggests that the nut has protective effects against oxidative stress and cell death caused by amyloid beta protein (Aß), the main component of senile plaques and amyloid deposits people with Alzheimer's disease. About 650,000 people were affected in Spain, according to the Alzheimer Foundation and Spain appear more than 100,000 new patients per year. If we estimate the average number of members of a family of four, over two million people whose lives are devastated by the disease.


"Inflammation and oxidative stress are important features in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. The nuts are a whole food rich in nutrients which not only provide antioxidants, but also in alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), Omega-3. These components of nuts provide anti-inflammatory properties and protect brain cells from oxidative damage, "said Dr. Chauhan.


The study examined whether the extract may protect nuts against oxidative damage induced by amyloid beta protein (Aß) and cytotoxicity. The findings of the investigation were that Walnut extract reduces cell death caused by the generation of Aß decreasing free radicals, thus reducing damage to attenuate the membranes and DNA damage. This effect of Walnut extract may occur because the active compounds present in walnuts, which can increase the capacity of endogenous antioxidant defenses and can modulate state cellular redox (ORP).


They contain anti-inflammatory properties that protect against oxidative damage. A new scientific paper published at the end of June in the journal Neurochemical research suggests that the nut has protective effects against oxidative stress and cell death caused by amyloid beta protein (Aß), the main component of senile plaques and amyloid deposits people with Alzheimer's disease. About 650,000 people were affected in Spain, according to the Alzheimer Foundation and Spain appear more than 100,000 new patients per year. If we estimate the average number of members of a family of four, over two million people whose lives are devastated by the disease.


"Inflammation and oxidative stress are important features in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. The nuts are a whole food rich in nutrients which not only provide antioxidants, but also in alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), Omega-3. These components of nuts provide anti-inflammatory properties and protect brain cells from oxidative damage, "said Dr. Chauhan.


The study examined whether the extract may protect nuts against oxidative damage induced by amyloid beta protein (Aß) and cytotoxicity. The findings of the investigation were that Walnut extract reduces cell death caused by the generation of Aß decreasing free radicals, thus reducing damage to attenuate the membranes and DNA damage. This effect of Walnut extract may occur because the active compounds present in walnuts, which can increase the capacity of endogenous antioxidant defenses and can modulate state cellular redox (ORP).


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