News tagged with memory cells

Team isolates nerve cells involved in storing long term memory and gene proteins associated with them

(Medical Xpress) -- A research team in Taiwan has succeeded in isolating two nerve cells in fruit fly brains that are believed to be the major players in allowing for the formation of long term memories. Furthermore, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Scientists strengthen memory by stimulating key site in brain

Ever gone to the movies and forgotten where you parked the car? New UCLA research may one day help you improve your memory.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Magnetic random-access memory based on new spin transfer technology achieves higher storage density

Solid-state memory is seeing an increase in demand due to the emergence of portable devices such as tablet computers and smart phones. Spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory (STT-MRAM) ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Heart failure is associated with loss of brain cells and a decline in mental processes

Australian researchers have found evidence that heart failure is associated with a decline in people's mental processes and a loss of grey matter in the brain. These changes can make it more difficult for ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elpida Memory develops resistance RAM prototype

Elpida Memory, the world's third largest Dynamic Random Access Memory ("DRAM") manufacturer, today announced the development of its first-ever high-speed non-volatile resistance memory (ReRAM) prototype. As the ReRAM prototype ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Walking and texting at the same time? Study says think again

(Medical Xpress) -- Talking on a cell phone or texting while walking may seem natural and easy, but it could be dangerous and result in walking errors and interfere with memory recall. Researchers at Stony ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immune system memory cells have trick for self preservation

(Medical Xpress) -- After defeating an infection, the immune system creates a memory of the vanquished attacker to make it easier to identify and eliminate in the future. Researchers at Washington University ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Brain's connective cells are much more than glue; they also regulate learning and memory

Glia cells, named for the Greek word for "glue," hold the brain's neurons together and protect the cells that determine our thoughts and behaviors, but scientists have long puzzled over their prominence in ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Hold that thought? Scientists find sensor that may explain working memory

(Medical Xpress) -- In many cases, a delay occurs between the time you are presented information and the time you respond with an action or decision. Most of us call it a thought, while some scientists call it working memory.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

CSF test can pick up Alzheimer's early

Analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid can detect whether a person has Alzheimer's disease before symptoms appear. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have studied biomarkers that ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists show how cells accurately inherit information that is not contained in their genes

All 10 trillion cells in the adult human body are genetically identical, but develop into distinct cell types, such as muscle cells, skin cells or neurons, by activating some genes while inhibiting others. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Characterizing a toxic offender

The brains of individuals with Alzheimer's disease contain protein aggregates called plaques and tangles, which interfere with normal communication between nerve cells and cause progressive learning and memory ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Neuroscientists boost memory using genetics and a new memory-enhancing drug

When the activity of a molecule that is normally elevated during viral infections is inhibited in the brain, mice learn and remember better, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reported in a recent article in the journal ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Changes in London taxi drivers' brains driven by acquiring 'the Knowledge', study shows

Acquiring 'the Knowledge' – the complex layout of central London's 25,000 streets and thousands of places of interest – causes structural changes in the brain and changes to memory in the capital's ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Multiple sclerosis often starts in brain's outer layers: study

Multiple sclerosis (MS) may progress from the outermost layers of the brain to its deep parts, and isn't always an "inside-out" process as previously thought, reported a new collaborative study from researchers at the Mayo ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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