Posts Tagged ‘nervous system’
Smells, great and gross, reshape the brain
CALTECH (US) — Based on a new study with locusts, researchers better understand how the brain adapts to remember new and specific smells. Continue…
Monday, January 30, 2012 13:25 - 1 Comment
Top Stories - Jan 14, 2011 12:56 - 3 Comments
Deploy wireless networks like fly bristles
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Fruit flies feel and hear using sensory bristles. It turns out the method they have evolved for arranging bristles on their bodies is very efficient, and computer scientists have taken notice. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 22, 2010 14:19 - 0 Comments
Structure reveals genetic disorder clues
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Researchers have solved the structure of a protein that is integral to processes responsible for maintaining a healthy heart and nervous system. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 23, 2010 12:04 - 1 Comment
Music lessons give kids’ brains a workout
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Children who take part in musical training have an advantage in learning that spills over to skills that include language, speech, memory, attention, and even vocal emotion. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 2, 2010 11:02 - 0 Comments
Keeping skeletal stem cells ‘forever’ young
U. ROCHESTER (US)—Scientists seeking new ways to fight maladies ranging from arthritis and osteoporosis to broken bones that won’t heal, have cleared a formidable hurdle, pinpointing and controlling a key molecular player to keep stem cells in a sort of extended infancy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 29, 2009 11:18 - 0 Comments
Protein key to blood pressure sensors
U. IOWA (US)—A protein channel helps nerve sensors in blood vessels keep blood pressure in check, new research shows. Without the protein channel, known as ASIC2, the sensors are unable to send the brain the signals it needs to properly control blood pressure. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 28, 2009 16:35 - 0 Comments
Mature brain recycles embryonic circuit maker
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Neuroscientists have discovered that an older mammal’s brain shrewdly revisits and reuses molecular cues from prenatal development to control the complex design of its circuits. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 9, 2009 14:20 - 5 Comments
Childhood trauma lingers in mind, body
DUKE (US)—Negative experiences in childhood may alter not only an adult’s psychology but also physical health into middle age and beyond. (more…)
Health & Medicine, Society & Culture - Dec 8, 2009 13:21 - 5 Comments
Fit teen boys smarter, better educated
USC (US)—Cardiovascular health in teen boys correlates to higher scores on intelligence tests, and more education and income as adults. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 5, 2009 13:21 - 0 Comments
Getting inside Carl’s head to study the brain
UC IRVINE (US)—A robot powered by recorded rodent brain impulses may help researchers understand how people recognize and adapt to change. Findings from the work could advance robotic design as well as knowledge of human behavior. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 13, 2009 13:57 - 0 Comments
‘Superman’ B-cells bash MS in mice
“It’s easy to collect B-cells from a patient. It’s just like donating blood. We purify them in the lab, treat them with GIFT15 in a petri dish, and give them back to the patient,” says study leader Jacques Galipeau. “That’s what we did in mice, and that’s what we believe we could do in people. It would be very easy to take the next step; it’s just a question of finding the financial resources and partnerships to make this a reality.” (Credit: Claudio Calligaris/McGill University)
Science & Technology - Jul 16, 2009 12:29 - 0 Comments
Keep it down! I can’t hear myself read.
“Auditory training and reducing background noise in classrooms, our research suggests, may provide significant benefit to poor readers,” says the study’s senior author Nina Kraus.
