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Brain mechanisms for behavioral flexibility

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New research provides insight into how the brain can execute different actions in response to the same stimulus. The study, published by Cell Press in the April 16 issue of the journal Neuron, suggests that i ...





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Brain cells help neighboring nerves regenerate

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 27, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers have uncovered a completely unexpected way that the brain repairs nerve damage, wherein cells known as astrocytes deliver a protective protein to nearby neurons.


New study shows that fetal cells to treat Parkinson's disease may not function long term

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 06, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Neurons grafted into the brain of a patient with Parkinson’s disease fourteen years ago have developed Lewy body pathology, the defining pathology for the disease, according to research by Jeffrey H. Kordower, PhD, and associates ...


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 ...


Transparent fish helping to shine new light on how we move

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The natural transparency of young zebrafish has allowed neuroscientists to use light, much like we use a remote control, to turn on and off neurons that may be responsible for how we move our bodies.


Engineered stem cells carry promising ALS therapy

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created Sep 16, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using adult stem cells from bone marrow as "Trojan horses"to deliver a nurturing growth factor to atrophied muscles, Wisconsin scientists have successfully slowed the progression of ALS in rats.


Highest GigaPan Panoramas Taken On Earth's Surface

Highest GigaPan Panoramas Taken On Earth's Surface

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- On May 20, 2009, former NASA astronaut and Ames employee Scott Parazynski became the first person to have been to space and to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. On his way to the summit ...


Epilepsy drugs could treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers in the USA have discovered a potential new function for anti-epileptic drugs in treating neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The study, published in BioMed Central's open access ...


Yale team finds mechanism that constructs key brain structure

Scientists find mechanism that constructs key brain structure

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Yale University researchers have found a molecular mechanism that allows the proper mixing of neurons during the formation of columns essential for the operation of the cerebral cortex, they report in the ...


Neurons found to be similar to Electoral College

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A tiny neuron is a very complicated structure. Its complex network of dendrites, axons and synapses is constantly dealing with information, deciding whether or not to send a nerve impulse, to drive a certain action.


Enzyme may be a key to Alzheimer's-related cell death

Enzyme may be a key to Alzheimer's-related cell death

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University researcher has discovered that the amount of an enzyme present in neurons can affect the mechanism thought to cause cell death in Alzheimer's disease patients and may have ...



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