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Research reveals secrets of alcohol's effect on brain cells
Alcohol triggers the activation of a variety of genes that can influence the health and activity of brain cells, and new research from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City sheds light on how that process occurs.
Neuroscience
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 09, 2007, 3:33pm
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In fruit flies, homosexuality is biological but not hard-wired
While the biological basis for homosexuality remains a mystery, a team of neurobiologists reports they may have closed in on an answer -- by a nose.
Neuroscience
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 09, 2007, 3:33pm
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Methylating the Mind
All brain cells are the same, genetically speaking. Yet somehow they play vastly different roles, some directing movement, others participating in language or thought. Now, a study finds that a chemical known to turn genes on and off may be partially responsible for this division of labor.
Neuroscience
Source: Science
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 08, 2007, 11:49am
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Flies' Evasive Move Traced To Sensory Neurons
When fruit fly larvae are poked or prodded, they fold themselves up and corkscrew their bodies around, a behavior that appears to be the young insects' equivalent of a "judo move," say researchers. They now trace that rolling behavior to neurons resembling those that sense pain.
Neuroscience
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
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Best Treatment Option for Mental Disorders May Come Down to Genes
Alterations in the genetic coding for a nerve cell receptor, which detects a chemical signal that is key to behavioral change, could point the way to designing therapies most effective for patients suffering from schizophrenia, drug addiction and other mental illnesses.
Neuroscience
Source: SciAM
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
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Older Brains Become Less Coordinated
Researchers Point to Degradation in Communication Pathways Between Brain's Different Regions
Neuroscience
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:45am
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Modified mice get no kick from cocaine
Some mice have simple tastes. Those that lack a particular brain receptor for dopamine show no taste for cocaine, which mice and humans usually find addictive.
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:20am
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Researchers deem Alzheimer's a Type 3 diabetes
Discovery that Amyloid Beta-Derived Diffusible Ligands do their damage by causing the brain to become insulin resistant
Neuroscience
Source: Chicago Tribune
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 12:19pm
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Living with Alzheimer's: 'I'm Still Me'
When Charles Jackson was 13, he learned that his mother's side of the family has a particular gene that can cause early-onset Alzheimer's. Now Jackson is coming to terms with how the disease will affect him -- and his family.
Neuroscience
Source: NPR
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 12:15pm
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A computer simulation could eventually allow neuroscience to be carried out in silico
Neuroscience
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007, 11:22am
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Prosthetic Limbs That Can Feel
Neuroscience
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007, 8:33am
Rating: | Views: 1360 | Comments: 0
Monkey brains use web link to control robot legs
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007, 4:48pm
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I Was a Neuroscience Guinea Pig: How Scientists Scrambled My Brain
Neuroscience
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007, 4:48pm
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Disabled could think their way around the virtual world 'Second Life'
Neuroscience
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007, 11:06am
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In Study of Brain Evolution, Zeal and Bitter Debate
Neuroscience
Source: NYT
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007, 11:06am
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Molecular 'Foreman' Discovered For Brain Wiring
Neuroscience
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Saturday, Nov 24, 2007, 11:29am
Rating: | Views: 1431 | Comments: 0
How do we make sense of what we see?
Neuroscience
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 20, 2007, 5:59pm
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Brain Imaging Shows How Men And Women Cope Differently Under Stress
Neuroscience
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 20, 2007, 11:47am
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The emerging field of connectomics could help researchers decode the brain's approach to information processing
Neuroscience
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Monday, Nov 19, 2007, 4:21pm
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Sleeping brain plays back events in fast-forward
Neuroscience
Source: Nature
Posted on: Monday, Nov 19, 2007, 9:54am
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A novel way found to prevent protein plaques implicated in Alzheimer's
Neuroscience
Source: Nature
Posted on: Monday, Nov 19, 2007, 9:54am
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Using Neural Signals To Predict Sensory Decisions
Neuroscience
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Sunday, Nov 18, 2007, 11:15am
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Mind of a Rock: Questions on self consciousness
Neuroscience
Source: NYT
Posted on: Sunday, Nov 18, 2007, 11:15am
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Sleep hormone may make you forget
Neuroscience
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Saturday, Nov 17, 2007, 12:25pm
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'Speed Of Thought' Guides Brain's Memory Consolidation
Neuroscience
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Saturday, Nov 17, 2007, 12:07pm
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Brain waves reveal intensity of pain
Neuroscience
Source: Nature
Posted on: Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 4:08pm
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Scientists zero in on the cellular machinery that enables neurons to fire
Neuroscience
Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 11:02am
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Left brain picks desired sounds from cacophony
Neuroscience
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 8:50am
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Cancer gene drives pivotal decision in early brain development
Neuroscience
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 1:02pm
Rating: | Views: 1179 | Comments: 0
Honeywell tests brain-wave system: WSJ
Neuroscience
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007, 12:46pm
Rating: | Views: 1117 | Comments: 0
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