Neuroscience
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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Neuroscience
Brain area attacked by Alzheimer's links learning and rewards
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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Neuroscience
Impulsivity, rewards and Ritalin: Monkey study shows tighter link
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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Neuroscience
New experimental method allows spontaneous synchronization of arm motions by pairs of Japanese macaques
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 & Movement disorders
Dopamine-producing neurons derived from bone marrow stem cells yield improvements in monkeys with Parkinson's disease
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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Neuroscience
Decision to give a group effort in the brain
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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Canada lab probes pig link to Ebola virus
Could pigs be an unexpected source for transmitting the deadly Ebola virus?
Nov 15, 2012
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Medical research
Stem cell study: Male fertility can be restored after cancer treatment
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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HIV & AIDS
Penile foreskin is immunologically complete: raises new vaccine possibilities for HIV vaccine
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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HIV & AIDS
Researchers identify potential new HIV vaccine/therapy target
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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