News tagged with global network


Tweeting our way to heart health

(Medical Xpress)—Real-time social phenomenon, Twitter, can be a powerful tool to help prevent heart disease and improve health practices, according to a group of researchers affiliated with the University ...

Cardiology created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantifying the risk of pandemics created through air travel: Creating models for efficient response

A viral disease is contracted abroad and transported unknowingly by a human host. Discrete symptoms linger beneath the skin as the person boards their flight home, delivering the virus across oceans and borders ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Astrocytes found to bridge gap between global brain activity and localized circuits

Global network activity in the brain modulates local neural circuitry via calcium signaling in non-neuronal cells called astrocytes (Fig. 1), according to research led by Hajime Hirase of the RIKEN Brain Science ...

Neuroscience created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1