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Acute stress leaves epigenetic marks on the hippocampus

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are learning that the dynamic regulation of genes -- as much as the genes themselves -- shapes the fate of organisms. Now the discovery of a new epigenetic mechanism regulating genes in the brain ...


New study may help understand how Alzheimer's robs sufferers of episodic memory

New study may help understand how Alzheimer's robs sufferers of episodic memory

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Memory loss is love's great thief. Those who suffer aren't just the ones who can't remember—family, friends and loved ones agonize over how to react when the disorder begins its often inexorable progress.





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Effects of disease severity on autobiographical memory in semantic dementia revealed in new study

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a study conducted by the Laboratory of Neuropsychology of the Université de Caen Basse-Normandie and published by Elsevier in the April 2009 issue of Cortex, researchers studied for the first time autobiographical memory ...


Lack of imagination in older adults linked to declining memory

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 07, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Most children are able to imagine their future selves as astronauts, politicians or even superheroes; however, many older adults find it difficult to recollect past events, let alone generate new ones. A new Harvard University ...


Total, genetically-based recall

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created Feb 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

There are several human characteristics considered to be genetically predetermined and evolutionarily innate, such as immune system strength, physical adaptations and even sex differences. These qualities drive the nature ...


Impaired kidney function linked to cognitive decline in elderly

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study published in the medical journal Neurology suggests that impaired kidney function is a risk factor for cognitive decline in old age.


Are animals stuck in time?

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created Apr 03, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (41) | comments 9

Dog owners, who have noticed that their four-legged friend seem equally delighted to see them after five minutes away as five hours, may wonder if animals can tell when time passes. Newly published research from The University ...


Cracking the spatial memory code

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have shown that they can tell where a person is "standing" within a virtual reality room on the basis of the pattern of activity in the brain alone. The findings, published online on March 12th in Current Biology, a Cell ...


People with rare type of memory loss still sensitive to others, study shows

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created Nov 22, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

People with a devastating brain injury that has wiped out many of their personal memories may still be able to understand other people’s feelings and intentions, according to a joint study by the Rotman Research Institute ...


Declines in other thinking and learning skills may precede memory loss in Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cognitive abilities other than memory, including visuospatial skills needed to perceive relationships between objects, may decline years prior to a clinical diagnosis in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report ...


Skills tests like 'connect the dots' may be early Alzheimer's indicator

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of mental decline in the years prior to diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease suggests that changing the focus of testing may help physicians detect signs of the disease much earlier. School of Medicine ...


Do mammals think in 3-D?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A team of neuroscientists at University College London (UCL) has begun to discover how the brain maps three-dimensional space. The work could one day aid in the understanding and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, which involves ...



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