News tagged with electrical properties

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How the common fruit fly is helping scientists to study alcohol-related disorders

Scientists have shown how the common fruit fly Drosophila, which possess similar electrophysiological and pharmacological properties as humans, could now be used to screen and develop new therapies for alcohol-related ...

Medical research created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After 100 years, understanding the electrical role of dendritic spines

It's the least understood organ in the human body: the brain, a massive network of electrically excitable neurons, all communicating with one another via receptors on their tree-like dendrites. Somehow these ...

Neuroscience created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Data mining opens the door to predictive neuroscience

The discovery, using state-of-the-art informatics tools, increases the likelihood that it will be possible to predict much of the fundamental structure and function of the brain without having to measure every ...

Neuroscience created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0