News tagged with male neurons


Male vs. Female Starved Neurons

Neurons show sex-dependent changes during starvation

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

When it comes to keeping brains alive, it seems nature has deemed that females are more valuable then males. As reported in this weeks' JBC, researchers found that nutrient deprivation of neurons produced sex-de ...





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Male-specific neurons directly linked to gender-specific behaviors

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 10, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research identifies a few critical neurons that initiate sex-specific behaviors in fruit flies and, when masculinized, can elicit male-typical courtship behaviors from females. The study, published by Cell Press in the ...


Male and female brains are not so different, fruit flies’ sex acts tell us

Biology /

created Apr 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

While males and females might sometimes act as though they come from different planets, a new study in flies suggests they are both equipped with a largely unisex brain.


Pheromones identified that trigger aggression between male mice

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created Dec 05, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A family of proteins commonly found in mouse urine is able to trigger fighting between male mice, a study in the Dec. 6, 2007, issue of Nature has found. The study, which is the first to identify protein pheromones respon ...


Singing to females makes male birds' brains happy

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created Oct 03, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The melodious singing of birds has been long appreciated by humans, and has often been thought to reflect a particularly positive emotional state of the singer. In a new study published in the online, open-access journal ...


Cartoon of Remote-Controlled Fly

It's a unisex brain with specific signals that trigger 'male' behavior

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created Apr 30, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Research by Yale scientists shows that males and females have essentially unisex brains — at least in flies — according to a recent report in Cell designed to identify factors that are responsible for sex ...


A first: Researchers apply efficient coding principle to sense of smell

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created Apr 25, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the efficient coding principle regarding neurobiological processes applies to sense of smell. The team, comprised of researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences and ...


Caltech scientists discover aggression-promoting pheromone in flies

Scientists discover aggression-promoting pheromone in flies (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Have you ever found yourself struggling to get your order taken at a crowded bar or lunch counter, only to walk away in disgust as more aggressive customers elbow their way to the front? It turns out that ...


Light used to map effect of neurons on one another

Light used to map effect of neurons on one another

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Harvard University have used light and genetic trickery to trace out neurons' ability to excite or inhibit one another, literally shedding new light on the question of how neurons ...


Scientists identify strategies to protect new brain cells against Alzheimer's disease

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stimulating the growth of new neurons to replace those lost in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an intriguing therapeutic possibility. But will the factors that cause AD allow the new neurons to thrive and function normally? Scientists ...


Accessory protein determines whether pheromones are detected

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created Oct 17, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pheromones are like the molecules you taste as you chomp on a greasy french fry: big and fatty. In research to be published in the October 17 advance online issue of Nature, Rockefeller University researchers reveal an una ...



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