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Researchers find explanation for rapid maturation of neurons at birth

At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

The evolution of gene regulation: How microbial neighbors settle differences

Supply and demand could be a governing principle even at the genetic level, because most genes are only expressed when needed. Biologists at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich, Germany, show that in microbes evolutionary ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0