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How memories are made, and recalled

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (37) | comments 0

What makes a memory? Single cells in the brain, for one thing. For the first time, scientists at UCLA and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have recorded individual brain cells in the act of calling up a memory, ...


Aging impairs the 'replay' of memories during sleep

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created Jul 29, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Aging impairs the consolidation of memories during sleep, a process important in converting new memories into long-term ones, according to new animal research in the July 30 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findin ...





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Fever may trigger heart failure in patients with the genetic disease LQT-2

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The potentially fatal heart disease LQT-2, which is characterized by the prolongation of a specific interval of time (known as the QT interval) in the heart's electrical cycle, is caused by mutations in the HERG gene.


'Mind-reading' experiment highlights how brain records memories

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

It may be possible to "read" a person's memories just by looking at brain activity, according to research carried out by Wellcome Trust scientists. In a study published today in the journal Current Biology, they show that o ...


New way to track quakes

New way to track quakes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Edinburgh scientists have developed a new technique to monitor movements beneath the Earth's surface.


Study reveals seismic shift in methods used to track earthquakes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The team, led by scientists from the University of Edinburgh, says that the new method, which uses data collected from earthquakes, potentially allows the Earth's seismic activity to be mapped more comprehensively.


Earthquake activity near Maupin

Scientists Study Earthquake Swarm Near Maupin

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last two years more than 350 small earthquakes have been recorded just outside the small eastern Oregon town of Maupin and scientists are unsure what is triggering the activity.


Scientists Shed New Light On Right Brain Activity

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created 6 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It’s a world first: thanks to new technology developed by the University of Victoria, Canada, researchers can now show how multiple parts of the right brain dynamically process spatial relationships.


Memories exist even when forgotten, study suggests

Memories exist even when forgotten, study suggests

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 8

A woman looks familiar, but you can't remember her name or where you met her. New research by UC Irvine neuroscientists suggests the memory exists - you simply can't retrieve it.


Research Gives New Perspective On Brain Activities

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Victoria (Canada) researcher Phil Zeman has developed a new and less expensive procedure for analyzing EEG (electroencephalogram) data that identifies the location of special brain activities.


A mother’s criticism touches nerve in formerly depressed

A mother's criticism causes distinctive neural activity among formerly depressed

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Formerly depressed women show patterns of brain activity when they are criticized by their mothers that are distinctly different from the patterns shown by never depressed controls, according ...


How to read brain activity?

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the very first time, scientists show what EEG can really tell us about how the brain functions.



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