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Study shows new brain connections form rapidly during motor learning

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the st ...


RNA on the move

RNA on the move

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the fruit fly Drosophila, oskar mRNA, which is involved in defining the animal’s body axes, is produced in the nuclei of nurse cells neighbouring the oocyte, and must be transported to the oocyte and along ...


Brain's endocannabinoid signaling pathway kept in check by two enzymes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team has shown that blocking the degradation of two naturally occurring cannabinoids in the endocannabinoid signaling pathway of the brain produces marijuana-like behavioral effects in mice, according ...


Dehydration Affects Mood, Not Just Motor Skills

Dehydration Affects Mood, Not Just Motor Skills

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dehydration has long been known to compromise physical performance. Now, a new study provides insight into the effects of mild dehydration on young athletes, and possibly into the lives of ...


NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite

NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna. ...


High vs. low hospital volume for angioplasty finds little difference in death rates

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study based on a contemporary registry of patients with myocardial infarction (heart attack) indicates that even though hospitals that perform a higher number of angioplasties are more likely to follow evidence-based guidelines ...


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Over-the-counter eye drops raise concern over antibiotic resistance

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The use of antibiotic eye drops for conjunctivitis has increased by almost half since they became available over the counter at chemists in 2005, data obtained by Oxford University researchers ...


Medical 'pay for performance' programs help improve care -- but not always, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like everybody, health care professionals enjoy a pay raise for a job well done. But in some instances, financial incentives for health care performance may actually backfire.


Children unaffected by smoking ban consequences

Medicine & Health / Health

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

The smoking ban in Wales has not displaced secondhand smoke from public places into the home. A study of 3500 children from 75 primary schools in Wales, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, found that t ...


Acute stress leaves epigenetic marks on the hippocampus

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are learning that the dynamic regulation of genes -- as much as the genes themselves -- shapes the fate of organisms. Now the discovery of a new epigenetic mechanism regulating genes in the brain ...



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