http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at the University of Florida and The Johns Hopkins University have developed a line of genetically altered mice that model the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease. This model may help scientists identify new therapies to provide relief to patients who are beginning to experience symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-treatment-early-stage-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:14:13 EST news281290443 Seniors who have spoken two languages since childhood are faster than single-language speakers at switching from one task to another, according to a study published in the January 9 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Compared to their monolingual peers, lifelong bilinguals also show different patterns of brain activity when making the switch, the study found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cognitive-benefit-lifelong-bilingualism.html Neuroscience Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:00:01 EST news276874813 One of the biggest puzzles in neuroscience is how our brains encode thoughts, such as perceptions and memories, at the cellular level. Some evidence suggests that ensembles of neurons represent each unique piece of information, but no one knows just what these ensembles look like, or how they form. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-brain-encode-behavior.html Neuroscience Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:00:12 EST news272714326 (Medical Xpress) -- Measuring what are known as 'executive functions', which reflect the cognitive ability to deal with sudden problems, may make it possible to predict how good an elite football player will become in the future. This has been shown by a new study from Karolinska Institutet. Scientists believe for the first time that they have found the scientific key to what has previously been described as 'game intelligence' in successful football players. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-sports-brain-brawn.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:05 EST news252775371 5 May 2011 - The use of animal models to study human disease is essential to help advance our understanding of disease and to develop new therapeutic treatments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-social-deficits-autism-schizophrenia-animals.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 05 May 2011 10:11:22 EST news223809041