News tagged with learning and memory

Embryonic stem cell transplant restores memory, learning in mice

For the first time, human embryonic stem cells have been transformed into nerve cells that helped mice regain the ability to learn and remember. A study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the first ...

Medical research Apr 21, 2013 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 6 |

Evidence that brains re-wire themselves following damage or injury

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists from the United States and Australia have advanced our understanding of brain plasticity by showing that the brain forms complex new circuits after damage, often far from the ...

Neuroscience May 15, 2013 | 4.3 / 5 (8) | 0 |

Brain research shows two parents may be better than one

A team of researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) have discovered that adult brain cell production might be determined, in part, by the early parental environment. The study suggests that ...

Medical research May 01, 2013 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 1 |

Scientists create novel approach to find RNAs involved in long-term memory storage

(Phys.org) —Despite decades of research, relatively little is known about the identity of RNA molecules that are transported as part of the molecular process underpinning learning and memory. Now, working together, scientists ...

Medical research Apr 25, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Fight control: Researchers link individual neurons to regulation of aggressive behavior in flies

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have long pondered the roots of aggression—and ways to temper it. Now, new research is beginning to illuminate the cellular-level circuitry responsible for modulating aggression ...

Neuroscience Apr 19, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

Fish oil may stall effects of junk food on brain

Data from more than 180 research papers suggests fish oils could minimise the effects that junk food can have on the brain, a review by researchers at the University of Liverpool has shown.

Health May 14, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Transgenic mice ready to fight obesity—and more

Scientists at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw investigate mice with a very precisely modified genome. Because it is possible to turn off the Dicer ...

Genetics Apr 25, 2013 | not rated yet | 0