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Inflation 'felt' to be not so bad as a wage cut
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Many people view a rise in their income as a good thing, even when the increase is completely negated again by inflation. Researchers at Bonn University and the California Institute of Technology have discovered the cerebro-physiological ...
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New insights into the dynamics of the brain's cortex
May 14, 2008 |
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Using mathematics and a computer model of brain activity, Roberto Fernández Galán, Ph.D., an assistant professor of neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has shown a direct link between activity ...
Thinking too complicated? Neuronal activity is far more predictable than assumed
Feb 04, 2008 |
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How sensitive are neuronal networks to external interference? To what extent are neuronal network processes including the thinking patterns of the brain predefined? These questions have been investigated by ...
Regions of the brain can rewire themselves
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen have succeeded in demonstrating for the first time that the activities of large parts of the brain can be altered ...
Astrocytes and synaptic plasticity
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Oct 13, 2008 |
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By mopping up excess neurotrophic factor from neuronal synapses, astrocytes may finely tune synaptic transmission to affect processes such as learning and memory, say Bergami et al.
The protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation in prion-infected neuronal cells
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Prions are causing fatal and infectious diseases of the nervous system, such as the mad cow disease (BSE), scrapie in sheep or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität ...
Intelligence and rhythmic accuracy go hand in hand
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Apr 16, 2008 |
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People who score high on intelligence tests are also good at keeping time, new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out the study also suspect that accuracy in timing is important to the brain processes responsible ...
How does microglia examine damaged synapses?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Microglia, immune cells in the brain, is suggested to be involved in the repair of damaged brain, like a medical doctor. However, it is completely unknown how microglia diagnoses damaged circuits in an in vivo brain. Japanese ...
Scientists Peer Into Stem Cells in Live Brain
Jul 11, 2007 |
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Columbia University Medical Center scientists report they have observed the detailed sub-cellular behavior of neuronal precursor cells in living rat brain tissue.
More than fish bait: Worms unlock secrets to new epilepsy treatments
Dec 09, 2009 |
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A team of scientists from The University of Alabama used worms to reel in information that they hope will lead to a greater understanding of cellular mechanisms that may be exploited to treat epilepsy. In a new research report ...
Chemist receives NIH funding to unravel tricks of neuronal wiring
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Joshua Maurer, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a four-year, $1,216,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for research titled "Unraveling Development: New Materials ...
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