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Single gene has major impact on gaits in horses and in mice
Researchers at Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and their international collaborators have discovered a mutation in a single gene in horses that is critical for the ability ...
Aug 29, 2012
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Algal proteins light the way
Channelrhodopsins (ChRs) are remarkable proteins that respond to specific wavelengths of light by allowing ions to cross the cell membrane, a mechanism that makes them useful for manipulating ion-driven processes ...
Jun 08, 2012
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Researchers gain better understanding of mechanism behind tau spreading in the brain
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have gained insight into the mechanism by which a pathological brain protein called tau contributes to the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative ...
May 02, 2012
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Web-crawling the brain
The brain is a black box. A complex circuitry of neurons fires information through channels, much like the inner workings of a computer chip. But while computer processors are regimented with the deft economy of an assembly ...
Mar 09, 2011
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Molecular mechanism contributing to neuronal circuit formation found
German scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen have discovered how sensory and motor fibers interact during development of neuronal circuits in the limbs: Both types of nerve fibers can guide this process. With this finding, ...
Mar 07, 2011
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All about addiction
Addiction is a brain disease that destroys lives, devastates families and tears at the very fabric of society. Effective prevention and treatment of addiction requires a clear understanding of the complex brain mechanisms ...
Feb 23, 2011
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Neurobiologists find that weak electrical fields in the brain help neurons fire together
The brain -- awake and sleeping -- is awash in electrical activity, and not just from the individual pings of single neurons communicating with each other. In fact, the brain is enveloped in countless overlapping ...
Feb 02, 2011
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Illuminating the brain: Technique stimulates brain cells, reveals how those neurons influence the rest
There are about 100 billion neurons in the human brain, and each one belongs to elaborate networks that control our behavior, thoughts and emotions. A message from a single neuron can have far-reaching consequences ...
Jan 28, 2011
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How does anesthesia disturb self-perception?
An Inserm research team in Toulouse, led by Dr Stein Silva, working with the "Modelling tissue and nociceptive stress" Host Team (MATN IFR 150), were interested in studying the illusions described by many patients under regional ...
Jan 19, 2011
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Unlocking the secret(ase) of building neural circuits
Mutant presenilin is infamous for its role in the most aggressive form of Alzheimer's disease -- early-onset familial Alzheimer's -- which can strike people as early as their 30s. In their latest study, researchers ...
Jan 18, 2011
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Study uses new technology to peek deep into the brain
Changes within deep regions of the brain can now be visualized at the cellular level, based on research on mice, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health. Published Sunday in Nature Medicine, the study used a ...
Jan 18, 2011
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Researchers identify mechanism that regulates how neural circuits between the retina and brain form
(PhysOrg.com) -- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have identified a mechanism that regulates the formation of a specific neural circuit, taking researchers a step closer to understanding ...
Jan 13, 2011
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Scientists show in unprecedented detail how cortical nerve cells form synapses with neighbors
Newly published research led by Professor Z. Josh Huang, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) sheds important new light on how neurons in the developing brain make connections with one another. This activity, called ...
Dec 21, 2010
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Light-controlled neo-neurons in the brain
French researchers at the Institut Pasteur in association with the CNRS have just shown, in an experimental model, that newly formed neurons in the adult brain can be stimulated by light. A novel technique ...
Dec 15, 2010
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