News tagged with neural tissue
Researchers visualize memory formation for the first time in zebrafish
In our interaction with our environment we constantly refer to past experiences stored as memories to guide behavioral decisions. But how memories are formed, stored and then retrieved to assist decision-making ...
Neuroscience
May 16, 2013 |
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Pain is not one-dimensional, researchers say
Pain is not one-dimensional but a combination of inflammatory reactions as well as of processes in the central nervous system and memory cells. This is the result of a current study by pain researchers at ...
Medical research
May 01, 2013 |
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Rats' and bats' brains work differently on the move
A new study of brain rhythms in bats and rats challenges a widely used model - based on studies in rodents - of how animals navigate their environment. To get a clearer picture of the processes at work in ...
Neuroscience
Apr 18, 2013 |
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Doctoral dissertation studies the use of light in measuring cerebral circulation
Tiina Näsi, a researcher of biomedical engineering at Aalto University, studied in her doctoral thesis the use of light in measuring the brain's blood circulation. This optical measurement may in the future help discover ...
Medical research
Apr 12, 2013 |
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Experts sound global alert over deadly bat virus
Experts on infectious diseases Thursday warned people to stay away from bats worldwide after the recent death of an eight-year-old boy bitten in Australia.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 21, 2013 |
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Doctors aim to help stroke patients overcome disability by helping rewire their brains
Researchers at the University of Glasgow are hoping to help victims of stroke to overcome physical disabilities by helping their brains to 'rewire' themselves.
Neuroscience
Jan 28, 2013 |
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Study: Even the smallest stroke can damage brain tissue, impair cognitive function
Blocking a single tiny blood vessel in the brain can harm neural tissue and even alter behavior, a new study from the University of California, San Diego has shown. But these consequences can be mitigated ...
Neuroscience
Dec 16, 2012 |
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Diabetes drug may reduce brain damage after stroke
In a study in mice, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new potential therapy that may reduce brain damage following stroke in type 2 diabetic patients. The suggested drug is already approved for ...
Diabetes
Dec 03, 2012 |
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New biomaterials promote neuroregeneration after a brain injury
Professor Jose Miguel Soria, a member of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, has co-directed with Professor Manuel Monleón of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia a study on the compatibility ...
Neuroscience
Nov 29, 2012 |
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A better brain implant: Slim electrode cozies up to single neurons
(Medical Xpress)—A thin, flexible electrode developed at the University of Michigan is 10 times smaller than the nearest competition and could make long-term measurements of neural activity practical at ...
Neuroscience
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Natural process activating brain's immune cells could point way to repairing damaged brain tissue
The brain's key "breeder" cells, it turns out, do more than that. They secrete substances that boost the numbers and strength of critical brain-based immune cells believed to play a vital role in brain health. This finding ...
Neuroscience
Oct 21, 2012 |
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New study finds brain tumors can arise from neurons
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the US and Japan have shown that an aggressive type of brain tumor can arise from normal cells in the central nervous system such as neurons. The cells revert to an earlier, ...
Cancer
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Crucial advance in stem cell research: Human skin cells converted to neural precursor cells
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at The University of Auckland's Centre for Brain Research have succeeded in converting human skin cells directly into immature brain cells (or neural precursor cells).
Medical research
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Researchers create short-term memories in-vitro
Ben W. Strowbridge, PhD, Professor of Neurosciences and Physiology/Biophysics, and Robert A. Hyde, a fourth year MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, ...
Neuroscience
Sep 10, 2012 |
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Could a cancer drug potentially prevent learning disabilities in some kids?
A drug originally developed to stop cancerous tumors may hold the potential to prevent abnormal brain cell growth and learning disabilities in some children, if they can be diagnosed early enough, a new animal ...
Cancer
Aug 29, 2012 |
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