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In search of the memory molecule, a key protein complex discovered

Have a tough time remembering where you put your keys, learning a new language or recalling names at a cocktail party? New research from the Lisman Laboratory at Brandeis University points to a molecule that is central to ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Generation of a severe memory-deficit mutant mouse by exclusively eliminating the kinase activity of CaMKIIalpha

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Researchers identify molecular mechanism that regulates wakefulness, sleep

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, identified an intracellular signaling enzyme that regulates the wake-sleep cycle, which could help lead to the development of more effective ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Major clue in long-term memory making discovered

You may remember the color of your loved one's eyes for years. But how?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 20, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Smart rat 'Hobbie-J' produced by over-expressing a gene that helps brain cells communicate

Over-expressing a gene that lets brain cells communicate just a fraction of a second longer makes a smarter rat, report researchers from the Medical College of Georgia and East China Normal University.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 5

Enzyme weakens the heart

An enzyme makes the mouse heart prone to chronic cardiac insufficiency - if it is suppressed, the heart remains strong despite increased stress. Cardiologists at the Internal Medicine Clinic at Heidelberg University Hospital ...

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Forget about it: Inducible and selective erasure of memories in mice

Targeted memory erasure is no longer limited to the realm of science fiction. A new study describes a method through which a selected set of memories can be rapidly and specifically erased from the mouse brain in a controlled ...

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created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Immaturity of the brain may cause schizophrenia

The underdevelopment of a specific region in the brain may lead to schizophrenia in individuals. According to research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Brain, dentate gyrus, which is locate ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 10, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Research sheds light on memory by erasing it

For years, scientists have studied the molecular basis of memory storage, trying to find the molecules that store memory, just as DNA stores genetic memory. In an important study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience, ...

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created May 08, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 0


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