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Archive for November, 2009

Neuroscience Research Uncovers New Role of IDH1 Gene Mutation in Brain Cancer

Neuroscience Research Uncovers New Role of IDH1 Gene Mutation in Brain Cancer

Findings Validate Cancer Metabolism as an Approach to Identify New Ways to Treat Cancer - Opens Potential for New Class of Cancer Drugs Targeting Metabolic Enzymes Cambridge, MA Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced that its scientists have established, for the first time, [Read More]

Coffee And Nighttime Jobs Don’t Mix, Study Finds

Coffee And Nighttime Jobs Don’t Mix, Study Finds

Night-shift workers should avoid drinking coffee if they wish to improve their sleep, according to research published in the journal Sleep Medicine. [Read More]

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Von Economo Neurons Discovered In Macaque Monkey Insular Cortex

Von Economo Neurons Discovered In Macaque Monkey Insular Cortex

Rare Neurons Discovered in Monkey Brains Max Planck scientists discover brain cells in monkeys that may be linked to self-awareness and empathy in humans. The anterior insular [Read More]

Intranasal Insulin Improves Memory in Normal Adults and in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Intranasal Insulin Improves Memory in Normal Adults and in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

I am the scientist who invented the intranasal insulin treatment that the Obama administration and NIH just announced they would provide millions of dollars in funding to further [Read More]

Oxytocin Could Help Improve Processing Social Information in Children With Autism

Oxytocin Could Help Improve Processing Social Information in Children With Autism

Oxytocin Improves Brain Function in Children with Autism Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin, a [Read More]

Cognitive Effect of Head Impacts on Student Athletes

Cognitive Effect of Head Impacts on Student Athletes

Dartmouth researchers investigate the cognitive effects of athlete head impacts. Dartmouth faculty and students played prominent roles in a recent study on the cognitive effects [Read More]

Suspicion Resides in Two Regions of the Brain

Suspicion Resides in Two Regions of the Brain

Our baseline level of distrust is distinct and separable from our inborn lie detector. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on my parahippocampal gyrus. Scientists at [Read More]

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