News tagged with feedback mechanism


Helping the nose know: Researcher answers 100-year-old question about how olfactory feedback mechanism works

More than a century after it was first identified, Harvard scientists are shedding new light on a little-understood neural feedback mechanism that may play a key role in how the olfactory system works in the brain.

Neuroscience created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Sitting pad to help decrease risk of 'chair disease'

(Medical Xpress)—To prevent the risk of 'chair disease', The University of Queensland researchers have developed a 'sitting pad' device that uses an alarm to alert workers to stand up more regularly.

Health created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neural circuit in the songbird brain that encodes representation of learned vocal sounds located

(Medical Xpress)—Although less than half the size of a walnut and weighing one gram, the brain of a songbird is fully capable of generating complex learned behaviors. Songbirds are one of the few groups ...

Neuroscience created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

MicroRNAs link the pathways that control growth during animal development and in disease

Cellular mechanisms that enable healthy growth can spiral out of control and give rise to cancer. For this reason, signal transduction pathways that underlie cell growth are tightly regulated, with multiple ...

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

Surprising role for suppressive cytokine in antiviral immune responses

(Medical Xpress) -- A molecule normally implicated in restraining immune responses is also capable of stimulating defences against virus infection, according to new research, by promoting the survival of a population of immune ...

Medical research created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast