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Measuring brain atrophy in patients with mild cognitive impairment

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that a fully automated procedure called Volumetric MRI - which measures the "memory centers" of the brain and compares them to expected size ...





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Social memory in Drosophila

Social memory in Drosophila

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Positive social interactions exist within Drosophila: when in a group, Drosophila flies have better memory than when they are isolated. Thomas Preat's team at the Laboratoire de Neurobiologie (CNRS, France) ...


Intel Reports Breakthrough in Stacked, Cross Point Phase Change Memory Technology

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Intel Corp. and Numonyx today announced a key breakthrough in the research of phase change memory (PCM), a new non-volatile memory technology that combines many of the benefits of today's various memory types.


Organic flash memory developed

Organic flash memory developed

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.


Hypnosis study reveals brain's 'amnesia centers'

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 09, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Brain scans of hypnotized people that are taken as they forget and are triggered to remember have revealed neural circuitry that is key to the memory suppression and recall process. The researchers who conducted the study ...


Elpida Completes Development of 50nm Process DDR3 SDRAM

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 26, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it has completed development of a 50nm process DDR3 SDRAM. The new DRAM product features the lowest power consumption ...


Mechanism of nicotine's learning effects explored

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created Apr 04, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

While nicotine is highly addictive, researchers have also shown the drug to enhance learning and memory—a property that has launched efforts to develop nicotine-like drugs to treat cognitive deficits in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s ...


Insulin is a possible new treatment for Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A Northwestern University-led research team reports that insulin, by shielding memory-forming synapses from harm, may slow or prevent the damage and memory loss caused by toxic proteins in Alzheimer's disease.


Antidepressants aid electroconvulsive therapy in treating severe depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Combining antidepressant drugs with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) does a better job of reducing symptoms of severe depression and causes less memory loss than using ECT alone, according to a new study by researchers at ...


Inconsistent performance speed among children with ADHD may underlie how well they use memory

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show more variable or inconsistent responses during on 'working' or short-term, memory tasks when compared with typically developing peers, ...


Old and young brains rely on different systems to remember emotional content

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created Dec 16, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 1

Neuroscientists from Duke University Medical Center have discovered that older people use their brains differently than younger people when it comes to storing memories, particularly those associated with negative emotions.



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