News tagged with brain sciences
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Study dusts sugar coating off little-known regulation in cells
In Alzheimer's disease, brain neurons become clogged with tangled proteins. Scientists suspect these tangles arise partly due to malfunctions in a little-known regulatory system within cells. Now, researchers have dramatically ...
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Immortal worms defy aging
Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal.
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Scientists combine tumor-targeting peptides and nanoparticles to destroy glioblastoma
Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. Rather than presenting as a well-defined tumor, glioblastoma will often infiltrate the surrounding brain tissue, making it extremely difficult to treat surgically ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Research shows adult brains capable of rapid new growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Veronica Kwok, Li-Hai Tan, and their colleagues at the University of Hong Kong, conclude that the adult human brain is cap ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Study illuminates the 'pain' of social rejection
Physical pain and intense feelings of social rejection "hurt" in the same way, a new study shows.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 28, 2011 |
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A glove on your hand can change your mind
(PhysOrg.com) -- Unconsciously, right-handers associate good with the right side of space and bad with the left. But this association can be rapidly changed, according to a study published online March 9, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Genome code cracked for most common form of pediatric brain cancer
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have deciphered the genetic code for medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric brain cancer and a leading killer of children with cancer. The genetic "map" is believed ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Researchers identify a molecular switch that controls neuronal migration in the developing brain
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have identified key components of a signaling pathway that controls the departure of neurons from the brain niche where they form and allows these cells ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 25, 2010 |
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Banking on predictability, the mind increases efficiency
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like musical compression saves space on your mp3 player, the human brain has ways of recoding sounds to save precious processing power.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Researchers discover how brain is wired for attention
University of Utah medical researchers have uncovered a wiring diagram that shows how the brain pays attention to visual, cognitive, sensory, and motor cues. The research provides a critical foundation for the study of abnormalities ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Right or left? Brain stimulation can change which hand you favor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Each time we perform a simple task, like pushing an elevator button or reaching for a cup of coffee, the brain races to decide whether the left or right hand will do the job. But the left ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 27, 2010 |
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For neurons to work as a team, it helps to have a beat
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to conducting complex tasks, it turns out that the brain needs rhythm, according to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Researchers find gene critical to sense of smell in fruit fly
(Medical Xpress) -- Fruit flies don't have noses, but a huge part of their brains is dedicated to processing smells. Flies probably rely on the sense of smell more than any other sense for essential activities ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Whiff of 'love hormone' helps monkeys show a little kindness
Oxytocin, the "love hormone" that builds mother-baby bonds and may help us feel more connected toward one another, can also make surly monkeys treat each other a little more kindly.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Heads up Kobe Bryant! Research shows that trying for another 3-pointer is a mistake
Basketball fans everywhere recognize the following scenario: Their favorite player scores a three-point shot. A short time later he regains control of the ball. But does the fact that he scored the last time ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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