Mapping objects in the brain
A brain region that responds to a particular category of objects is found to consist of small clusters of neurons encoding visual features of these objects.
Dec 20, 2013
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A brain region that responds to a particular category of objects is found to consist of small clusters of neurons encoding visual features of these objects.
Dec 20, 2013
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One of the first areas of the brain to be attacked by Alzheimer's disease is more active when the brain isn't working very hard, and quiets down during the brain's peak performance.
Dec 18, 2013
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Even as the rate of diagnosis has reached 11 percent among American children aged 4 to 17, neuroscientists are still trying to understand attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). One classic symptom is impulsivity—the ...
Nov 13, 2013
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Humans often synchronize their movements when, for example, we cooperate to move a piece of furniture. We also synchronize gestures and facial expressions when we interact. Coordinated actions are in fact surprisingly common ...
May 2, 2013
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Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the death of dopamine-producing neurons in the midbrain, resulting in motor symptoms such as tremors and stiffness. The cause of cell death remains unknown ...
Apr 22, 2013
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A monkey would probably never agree that it is better to give than to receive, but they do apparently get some reward from giving to another monkey.
Dec 23, 2012
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Could pigs be an unexpected source for transmitting the deadly Ebola virus?
Nov 15, 2012
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An injection of banked sperm-producing stem cells can restore fertility to male primates who become sterile due to cancer drug side effects, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and ...
Nov 1, 2012
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Rhesus macaque monkeys infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) harbor immunoglobulin G (IgG) and SIV-specific antibodies and T cells in the foreskin of the penis, according to a study in the July 2012 Journal of ...
Jul 23, 2012
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After being infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in a laboratory study, rhesus macaques that had more of a certain type of immune cell in their gut than others had much lower levels of the virus in their blood, ...
May 30, 2012
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