News tagged with journal of neuroscience

Use of cannabinoids could help post-traumatic stress disorder patients

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (7) | 1

Use of cannabinoids (marijuana) could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients. This is exposed in a recent study carried out at the Learning and Memory Lab in the University of Haifa's Department ...

Researchers find explanation for rapid maturation of neurons at birth

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 17, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 1

At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.

Findings could speed the development of drugs for Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Australian scientists have significantly advanced our understanding of dopamine release from nerve cells, findings that should speed the development of more effective drugs for treating Parkinson's Disease.

Hormone ghrelin can boost resistance to Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Ghrelin, a hormone produced in the stomach, may be used to boost resistance to, or slow, the development of Parkinson's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a study published in a recent issue of the Journal of ...

New source discovered for the generation of nerve cells in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

7 hours ago | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (Germany) has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in the brain. The researchers ...

Now you see it, now you know you see it

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 30, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 3

There is a tiny period of time between the registration of a visual stimulus by the unconscious mind and our conscious recognition of it ― between the time we see an apple and the time we recognize it as an apple. Our ...

Scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 30, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

How does our biological system know that it is supposed to operate on a 24-hour cycle? Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that a tiny molecule holds the clue to the mystery.

Biology, training and profit sharing make best traders

Other Sciences / Mathematics

Nov 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis.

Polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids boost the birth of new neurons

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Nov 24, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona (UAB, Spain) researchers have confirmed that a diet rich in polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids, patented as an LMN diet, helps boost the production of the brain's stem cells ...

Waking up memories while you sleep

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 19, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (9) | 2

They were in a deep sleep, yet sounds, such as a teakettle whistle and a cat's meow, somehow penetrated their slumber. The 25 sounds presented during the nap were reminders of earlier spatial learning, though the Northwestern ...

Scientists find molecular trigger that helps prevent aging and disease

Medicine & Health / Research

Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine set out to address a question that has been challenging scientists for years: How do dietary restriction—and the reverse, overconsumption—produce protective effects against aging ...

Report Says Musicians Hear Better Than Non-Musicians

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Journal of Neuroscience reports this week that musicians are better than non-musicians at recognizing speech in noisy environments.  The finding from a study conducted by neurobiologists at Nor ...

Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

Nov 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity ...

Shape perception in brain develops by itself

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 13, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Despite minimal exposure to the regular geometric objects found in developed countries, African tribal people perceive shapes as well as westerners, according to a new study.

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