Ethical considerations of military-funded neuroscience
The United States military and intelligence communities have developed a close relationship with the scientific establishment. In particular, they fund and utilize an array of neuroscience applications, generating profound ...
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Collaboration rapidly connects fly gene discovery to human disease
A collaborative study by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University, and published March 20 in the online, open access journal PLoS Biology, has discovered that m ...
Genetics
Mar 20, 2012 |
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New insights into the synaptic basis of chronic pain
A team of scientists has found a novel road-block in the pain pathway, which could be used to treat chronic pain. Their results are published March 13 in the online, open-access journal PLoS Biology.
Medical research
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Cracking brain memory code
(Medical Xpress) -- Despite a century of research, memory encoding in the brain has remained mysterious. Neuronal synaptic connection strengths are involved, but synaptic components are short-lived while memories last lifetimes. ...
Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Researchers find 5 risk biomarkers for Crohn's disease in Jews of Eastern European descent
In the largest study of its kind, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered five new genetic mutations associated with Crohn's disease in Jews of Eastern European descent, also known as Ashkenazi Jews. ...
Genetics
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Bias in decision-making leads to poor choices and possibly depression
When faced with making a complicated decision, our automatic instinct to avoid misfortune can result in missing out on rewards, and could even contribute to depression, according to new research.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Mathematical model describes the collaboration of individual neurons
How do neurons in the brain communicate with each other? One common theory suggests that individual cells do not exchange signals among each other, but rather that exchange takes place between groups of cells. Researchers ...
Neuroscience
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Scientists discover primitive gut's role in left-right patterning
Scientists have found that the gut endoderm has a significant role in propagating the information that determines whether organs develop in the stereotypical left-right pattern. Their findings are published 6 March 2012 in ...
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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The brain science behind economics
Neuroscience might seem to have little to do with economics, but over the last decade researchers have begun combining these disparate fields, mining the latest advances in brain imaging and genetics to get a better understanding ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Naked mole-rats bear lifesaving clues
Could blind, buck-toothed, finger-sized naked mole-rats harbor in their brain cells a survival secret that might lead to better heart attack or stroke treatments?
Medical research
Feb 23, 2012 |
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New discovery in fight against Huntington's disease
Researchers at National University of Ireland Galway have made a significant scientific discovery in the fight against Huntington's disease. The novel findings are published 21 February in the online, open access journal ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Feb 21, 2012 |
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A mechanism to improve learning and memory
There are a number of drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory. However, scientists have recently shown that some drugs can actually improve cognitive function, which ...
Neuroscience
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Survey suggests family history of psychiatric disorders shapes intellectual interests
A hallmark of the individual is the cultivation of personal interests, but for some people, their intellectual pursuits might actually be genetically predetermined. Survey results published by Princeton University researchers ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Cell senescence does not stop tumor growth
Since cancer cells grow indefinitely, it is commonly believed that senescence could act as a barrier against tumor growth and potentially be used as a way to treat cancer. A collaboration between a cancer biologist from the ...
Cancer
Jan 19, 2012 |
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New analysis casts doubt on results of tobacco industry studies into safety of cigarette additives
New analysis casts doubt on results of tobacco industry studies into safety of cigarette additives
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Dec 20, 2011 |
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