News tagged with learning and memory
Related topics: brain , memory , neurons , hippocampus , synapses
Neurons that can multitask greatly enhance the brain's computational power, study finds
Over the past few decades, neuroscientists have made much progress in mapping the brain by deciphering the functions of individual neurons that perform very specific tasks, such as recognizing the location ...
Neuroscience
May 20, 2013 |
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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 |
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Scientists reverse memory loss in animal brain cells
Neuroscientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have taken a major step in their efforts to help people with memory loss tied to brain disorders such as Alzheimer's ...
Neuroscience
Apr 17, 2013 |
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Is a better sleeping pill on the way?
(HealthDay)—A new class of sleep medications appears to help people fall asleep without causing grogginess the next day, researchers say.
Medical research
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Using human brain cells to make mice smarter
Glial cells – a family of cells found in the human central nervous system and, until recently, considered mere "housekeepers" – now appear to be essential to the unique complexity of the human brain. Scientists reached ...
Medical research
Mar 07, 2013 |
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Study shows how insulin-like molecules play critical role in learning and memory
Though it's most often associated with disorders like diabetes, Harvard researchers have shown how the signaling pathway of insulin and insulin-like peptides plays another critical role in the body – helping ...
Neuroscience
Feb 26, 2013 |
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Chemical reaction keeps stroke-damaged brain from repairing itself
Nitric oxide, a gaseous molecule produced in the brain, can damage neurons. When the brain produces too much nitric oxide, it contributes to the severity and progression of stroke and neurodegenerative diseases ...
Medical research
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Scientists learn more about how inhibitory brain cells get excited
Scientists have found an early step in how the brain's inhibitory cells get excited.
Neuroscience
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Neuroscientists pinpoint location of fear memory in amygdala
A rustle of undergrowth in the outback: it's a sound that might make an animal or person stop sharply and be still, in the anticipation of a predator. That "freezing" is part of the fear response, a reaction to a stimulus ...
Neuroscience
Jan 28, 2013 |
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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
Dec 05, 2012 |
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Experimental compound improves memory in mice with multiple sclerosis
Johns Hopkins researchers report the successful use of a form of MRI to identify what appears to be a key biochemical marker for cognitive impairment in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). In follow-up experiments ...
Neuroscience
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Prospective Alzheimer's drug builds new brain cell connections
Washington State University researchers have developed a new drug candidate that dramatically improves the cognitive function of rats with Alzheimer's-like mental impairment.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Oct 11, 2012 |
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Discovery of gatekeeper nerve cells explains the effect of nicotine on learning and memory
Swedish researchers at Uppsala University have, together with Brazilian collaborators, discovered a new group of nerve cells that regulate processes of learning and memory. These cells act as gatekeepers and carry a receptor ...
Neuroscience
Oct 07, 2012 |
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How attention helps you remember
A new study from MIT neuroscientists sheds light on a neural circuit that makes us likelier to remember what we're seeing when our brains are in a more attentive state.
Neuroscience
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Researchers devise a way to manipulate a rat's dreams
(Medical Xpress)—Cognitive scientists working at MIT have devised a means for not only altering the dreams of rats, but of demonstrating a way of testing what they've achieved, offering evidence that it can ...
Neuroscience
Sep 06, 2012 |
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