Posts Tagged ‘neurobiology’

Can mice learn to change their tune?

DUKE (US) — Like people and song-learning birds, male mice may have certain brain features that they use to learn some of their sounds, new research shows. Continue…

Thursday, October 11, 2012 14:56 - 2 Comments

Health & Medicine - Feb 1, 2012 11:54 - 1 Comment

Triggers differ for addicted men, women

YALE (US) — The areas of the brain associated with craving have different triggers in cocaine-dependent men and women, a finding that suggests they may benefit from different treatment options. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 23, 2011 11:45 - 0 Comments

Weak synapses may cause lines to blur

USC (US) — Neurons in the primary visual cortex respond selectively to lines and edges of visual images, allowing the brain to distinguish their orientation, according to a new study. (more…)

Science & Technology - May 16, 2011 16:49 - 0 Comments

How neurons say ‘go, mouse, go!’

CORNELL (US) — A group of spinal cord nerve cells manages running in mice, telling them when to go—and when to go faster. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 18, 2011 14:29 - 0 Comments

No sleep upends nurses’ circadian clock

VANDERBILT (US) — In order to adjust to working the night shift, some nurses stay awake for as many as 12 hours before the shift begins—the worst strategy for adapting their internal clocks. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 2, 2011 10:03 - 1 Comment

Hormone spike in women with PTSD

EMORY (US) — Women who experience significant shock release high blood levels of a hormone linked to post traumatic stress disorder. The same is not true for men. (more…)

Boys get bigger buzz from caffeine

U. BUFFALO (US) — Teen boys appear to get a bigger energy boost from caffeine than girls, and even report better athletic performance. (more…)

Science & Technology - Feb 17, 2011 11:33 - 5 Comments

Why waking up is hard to do

NORTHWESTERN (US) — If “five more minutes” is part of your normal morning routine, you can blame it on the absence of the “twenty-four” gene—one of the core genes of the circadian clock. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2010 13:34 - 1 Comment

Light sets bioclock for winter babies

VANDERBILT (US) — The season in which babies are born appears to have a dramatic and persistent effect on how their biological clocks function. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 23, 2010 16:00 - 0 Comments

Curtailing downside of Parkinson’s drug

CARDIFF U. (UK) — An overactive pathway inside nerve cells that can be ‘turned down’ has the potential to halt or reduce the uncontrollable movements called dyskinesia, a side effect of a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 24, 2010 12:15 - 6 Comments

Bigger brain for those who self-reflect

U. COLLEGE LONDON (UK) — Researchers in the U.K. have identified an area of the brain that is larger in people who are good at reflecting on their own thoughts and emotions. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 23, 2010 13:22 - 2 Comments

Home is where the honeybees dance

CORNELL (US)—Honeybees engage in type of dancing democracy when they select a new nesting site. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 13, 2010 15:06 - 0 Comments

Scan developing brain for signs of trouble

WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US)—Five minutes in a scanner can reveal how far a child’s brain has come along the path from childhood to maturity and potentially shed light on a range of psychological and developmental disorders, scientists have shown. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 2, 2010 13:21 - 3 Comments

Stay hungry to stay awake

WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US)—Being hungry may provide a way to stay awake without feeling groggy or mentally challenged, according to new research with fruit flies. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 1, 2010 7:42 - 0 Comments

Neuron diversity’s no ‘bug of biology’

CARNEGIE MELLON (US)—Much like snowflakes, no two neurons are exactly alike. But it’s not the size or shape that sets one neuron apart from another, it’s the way it responds to incoming stimuli. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 4, 2010 17:25 - 0 Comments

Are brains born programmed for obesity?

YALE (US)—Why is it that two people can consume the same high-fat, high-calorie Western diet and one becomes obese and prone to diabetes while the other maintains a slim frame? (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 4, 2010 11:51 - 0 Comments

Thank your neck for a better brain

CORNELL/NYU (US)—By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck—the lowly body part between head and shoulders—gave humans so much freedom of movement that it played a major role in the evolution of the human brain. (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 - Jul 14, 2010 17:15 - 1 Comment

Stimulation prevents stroke by a whisker

UC IRVINE (US)—The most common type of stroke can be completely prevented in rats by stimulating a single whisker, according to a new study. (more…)

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