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Learning from locusts

Learning from locusts: Study points toward new treatment for stroke and migraine

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions.





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Researchers see evidence of memory in the songbird brain

Researchers see evidence of memory in the songbird brain

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When a zebra finch hears a new song from a member of its own species, the experience changes gene expression in its brain in unexpected ways, researchers report. The sequential switching on and off of thousands ...


Comatose locusts may help relieve migraines

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created Feb 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The way locusts react to stress may provide an important clue to understanding what causes human migraines – and how to reduce their painful effects, says Queen’s University Biology professor Mel Robertson.


Probing question: What causes migraine?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Imagine you are talking to a coworker when your vision blurs, and spots of light appear on the periphery. Feeling nauseated, you try to continue the conversation, but you’re having trouble remembering the words for things. ...


Impaired brain plasticity linked to Angelman syndrome learning deficits

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...


Cannabis compound can help cells

Cannabis compound can help cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cannabis has been used recreationally and for medicinal purposes for centuries, yet its 60 plus active components are only partly understood. Now scientists have discovered how a compound ...


Scientists Explore the Mysteries of Why We Sleep

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Has it ever occurred to you, when faced with a big decision, to stay awake on it?


Depression predicts increases in inflammatory protein linked to heart disease

Depression predicts increases in inflammatory protein linked to heart disease

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Which comes first, depression or inflammation? To help solve this long standing chicken and egg conundrum, researchers led by Jesse Stewart, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Indiana ...


Migraine mice exhibit enhanced excitatory transmission at cortical synapses

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research is unraveling the complex brain mechanisms associated with disabling migraine headaches. The study, published by Cell Press in the March 12th issue of the journal Neuron, reveals that perturbation of the delica ...


Gene mutations in mice mimic human-like sleep disorder, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

DALLAS – May 20, 2008 – Mutations in two genes that control electrical excitability in a portion of the brain involved in sleep create a human-like insomnia disorder in mice, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have ...


Natural Brain Substance Blocks Weight Gain in Mice

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created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mice with increased levels of a natural brain chemical don’t gain weight when fed a high-fat diet, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.



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