News tagged with whiskers

Rats take high-speed multisensory snapshots

When animals are on the hunt for food they likely use many senses, and scientists have wondered how the different senses work together. New research from the laboratory of CSHL neuroscientist and Assistant Professor Adam ...

Neuroscience May 07, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Decoding touch

With their whiskers rats can detect the texture of objects in the same way as humans do using their fingertips. A study, in which some scientists of SISSA have taken part, shows that it is possible to understand ...

Neuroscience Apr 23, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

In Istanbul, tourists seek their dream moustache

Already known the world over for its baths, coffee and sweet Turkish delights, Turkey is on the road to adding another item to its roster of specialities: the moustache.

Other Jan 30, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

New brain circuit sheds light on development of voluntary movements

All parents know the infant milestones: turning over, learning to crawl, standing, and taking that first unassisted step. Achieving each accomplishment presumably requires the formation of new connections ...

Neuroscience Jan 23, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

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 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Learning a new sense: Scientists observe as humans learn to sense like a rat, with 'whiskers'

A Weizmann Institute experiment in which volunteers learned to sense objects' locations using just "rat whiskers" may help improve aids for the blind.

Neuroscience Nov 05, 2012 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 5 |

From the twitching whiskers of babes: Naptime behavior shapes the brain

The whiskers of newborn rats twitch as they sleep, and that could open the door to new understandings about the intimate connections between brain and body. The discovery reinforces the notion that such involuntary movements ...

Neuroscience Oct 18, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2 |

Watching neurons learn

What happens at the level of individual neurons while we learn? This question intrigued the neuroscientist Daniel Huber, who recently arrived at the Department of Basic Neuroscience at the University of Geneva. During his ...

Neuroscience Apr 26, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Exposing the potential of sugar chains for the diagnosis and treatment of disease

Protruding from the surface of cells in the body like whiskers are sugar chains, a biological structure often bound to lipids and proteins embedded in the cell membrane. Recent studies have shown that sugar ...

Medical research Jun 20, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0