PEBS Neuroethics Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article Preparing the ethical future of deep brain stimulation  Surgical Neurology 2010:72(6):577-586   In the Academic Literature: Neurobiology: The science of silence  Nature 2010 463:853 Nonoverlapping Sets of Synapses Drive On Responses and Off Responses in Auditory Cortex Neuron 2010:65(3):412-421 Relationship between neuropsychological outcome and DBS surgical trajectory and electrode location  Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2010:287(1-2);159-171 The volatility of the amygdala response to masked fearful eyes  Human Brain Mapping February 16 2010  Intellectual abilities and white matter microstructure in development: A diffusion tensor imaging study  Human Brain Mapping February 16 2010  Interest in politics modulates neural activity in the amygdala and ventral striatum  Human Brain Mapping February 16 2010 In the Popular Press: Hopes grow over potential autism treatment  Nature News February 16 2010   Stem Cell Experiment Reverses Aging In Rare Disease  The New York Times February 17 2010 Brain-Controlled Cursor Doubles as a Neural Workout  Science Daily February 16 2010 Our Politics May Be All in Our Head  The New York Times February 13 2010 Bonobos and the Child-Like Joy of Sharing  The Primate Diaries February 16 2010 Book-Writing Man In Coma Fails Communication Test  NPR February 17 2010 The truth behind elephant brainpower  BBC News February 17 2010

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