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Mouse brain rewires its neural circuits to recuperate from damaged neural function after stroke
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Japanese research group led by Professor Junichi Nabekura in National Institute for Physiological Sciences, NIPS, Japan, found that, after cerebral stroke in one side of the mouse brain, another side of the brain rewires ...
Traffic jam in brain causes schizophrenia symptoms
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Aug 10, 2009 |
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Schizophrenia waits silently until a seemingly normal child becomes a teenager or young adult. Then it swoops down and derails a young life.
Intel wants a chip implant in your brain
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chip maker Intel wants to implant a brain-sensing chip directly into the brains of its customers to allow them to operate computers and other devices without moving a muscle.
Generation of a severe memory-deficit mutant mouse by exclusively eliminating the kinase activity of CaMKIIalpha
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Jun 19, 2009 |
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A Japanese research group, led by Dr. Yoko Yamagata of the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, has successfully generated a novel kinase-dead mutant mouse of the CaMKIIalpha gene that completely and exclusively ...
Mouse Model Provides Clues to Human Language Development
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Scientists of the German Mouse Clinic at Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen (Germany) have made a major contribution to understanding human language development. Using a comprehensive screening method, they studied a mouse model ...
Drug That Crosses Blood-Brain Barrier Reduces Formation of Brain Metastases in Mice
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The drug vorinostat is able to cross the blood-brain barrier and reduce the development of large metastatic tumors in mice brains by 62 percent when compared to mice that did not receive the drug, according ...
Squeak, squeak -- can you hear me now?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 09, 2009 |
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What do you get when you cross a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing? Ironically, a new strain of mice with "golden ears" - mice that have outstanding hearing as they age.
Progress towards Alzheimer's vaccine: Israeli researcher
Sep 21, 2009 |
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An Israeli researcher working on a vaccine to combat Alzheimer's disease said on Monday he had made important progress following tests on gene-altered laboratory mice.
Transplanted human stem cells prolong survival in mouse model of rare brain disease
Sep 03, 2009 |
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A new study finds substantial improvement in a mouse model of a rare, hereditary neurodegenerative disease after transplantation of normal human neural stem cells. The research findings, published by Cell Press in the September ...
Alzheimer's researchers find high protein diet shrinks brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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One of the many reasons to pick a low-calorie, low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and fish is that a host of epidemiological studies have suggested that such a diet may delay the onset or slow the progression of Alzheimer's ...
Impaired brain plasticity linked to Angelman syndrome learning deficits
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May 10, 2009 |
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How might disruption of a single gene in the brain cause the severe cognitive deficits associated with Angelman syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder? Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of ...
Unlikely genetic suspect implicated in common brain defect
Aug 09, 2009 |
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A genetic search that wound its way from patients to mouse models and back to patients has uncovered an unlikely gene critically involved in a common birth defect which causes mental retardation, motor delays ...
5 ways to strengthen your brain
Aug 20, 2009 |
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You're lifting those barbells for strong muscles. You're walking around the block or running marathons or doing 1,000 jumping jacks every day for a stronger heart.
Researchers Link Huntington Depression to Genetics
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The depression experienced by people with Huntington disease (HD) may have nothing to do with the emotional stress of knowing you have a devastating, incurable disorder, according to a University of British ...
Mouse model of Parkinson's reproduces nonmotor symptoms
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Jun 23, 2009 |
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The classic symptoms of Parkinson's disease involve tremor, stiffness and slow movements. Over the last decade, neurologists have been paying greater attention to non-motor symptoms, such as digestive and sleep problems, ...
