Neuroscience
How do we disconnect from the environment during sleep and under anesthesia?
During sleep and under anesthesia, we rarely respond to such external stimuli as sounds even though our brains remain highly active.
May 27, 2020
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Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) is the largest institution for higher learning in Israel. TAU has both graduate and undergraduate programs with over 106 departments and 90 research institutes. In addition, TAU maintains supervision over the Centre for Technological Design, The New Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo and Tel Aviv Engineering College. TAU through its international partnerships encourages study-abroad programs with numerous universities. American Friends of Tel Aviv University is a fund-raising, communications foundation formed to promote Tel Aviv University. TAU encourages public review of its research and newsletter on-line American Friends of Tel Aviv University have a separate web-site devoted to synthesizing matters affecting Tel Aviv University. See: http://www.aftau.org
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Neuroscience
New sleep method strengthens brain's ability to retain memories
A new joint study by Tel Aviv University (TAU) and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers has yielded an innovative method for bolstering memory processes in the brain during sleep.
Mar 05, 2020
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Cardiology
Hypertension in young adulthood associated with cognitive decline in middle age
High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects everything from your arteries to your kidneys, from eyesight to sexual function. Among older adults, high blood pressure is also associated with cognitive decline as a result ...
Mar 04, 2020
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Immunology
Researchers discover receptor chain involved in atopic dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis, a chronic inflammatory disorder, affects some 30 million Americans every year. It is the most common cause of eczema, a condition marked by unbearably itchy, flaky patches of skin.
Feb 19, 2020
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Medical research
Enhancing drug testing with human body-on-chip systems
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves only 13.8% of all tested drugs, and these numbers are even lower in "orphan" diseases that affect relatively few people.
Jan 27, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Siblings of children with intellectual disabilities score high on empathy and closeness
The sibling relationship is the longest most people will enjoy in their lifetimes and is central to the everyday lives of children. A new Tel Aviv University and University of Haifa study finds that relationships between ...
Jan 14, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Fibroblasts involved in healing spur tumor growth in cancer
The connective tissue cells known as fibroblasts are vitally important for our recovery from injury. Sensing tissue damage, they gravitate to the site of a wound, instigating an inflammatory response that mends damaged tissue.
Dec 19, 2019
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Diabetes
Eating in sync with biological clock could replace problematic diabetes treatment
Type 2 diabetics inject themselves with insulin, a hormone that regulates the movement of sugar into liver, muscle and fat cells, up to four times a day. But insulin injections are linked to weight gain and the loss of control ...
Dec 03, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New treatment triggers self-destruction of pancreatic cancer cells
Pancreatic cancer is resistant to all current treatments. Patients have extremely poor chances of surviving for five years after being diagnosed.
Dec 02, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Autism-related genetic mutations occur in aging brains of Alzheimer's patients
Researchers believe that autism is caused by mutations that occur sporadically in the egg or sperm or during pregnancy. Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) is a dominant gene whose de novo (during pregnancy) ...
Nov 26, 2019
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