Neuroscience News | Site Wide Activity http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/feed Site Wide Activity Feed Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:56:18 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.2.5 en http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2543/ <![CDATA[jamshid davanlou became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2543/ Mon, 21 May 2012 18:30:05 +0000 jamshid davanlou became a registered member

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2542/ <![CDATA[Denise Jittan became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2542/ Mon, 21 May 2012 11:44:53 +0000 Denise Jittan became a registered member

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2540/ <![CDATA[William H. Frey II, Ph.D. became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2540/ Sat, 19 May 2012 17:55:34 +0000 William H. Frey II, Ph.D. became a registered member

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2530/ <![CDATA[Stuart Thompson became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2530/ Fri, 18 May 2012 21:41:22 +0000 Stuart Thompson became a registered member

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2520/ <![CDATA[Barbara Dalley became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2520/ Thu, 17 May 2012 08:53:35 +0000 Barbara Dalley became a registered member

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/apoe4-gene-variant-associated-alzheimers-disease/ <![CDATA[Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Researcher Discovers Role of Gene Variant Associated with Alzheimer's Disease in Damage to Brain Circulation, Function]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/apoe4-gene-variant-associated-alzheimers-disease/ Thu, 17 May 2012 00:03:05 +0000 Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Researcher Discovers Role of Gene Variant Associated with Alzheimer's Disease in Damage to Brain Circulation, Function ThumbnailA gene variant responsible for vascular damage to the brain is a promising new target for drug therapy to fight Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, according to research published on May 16 in  Nature. Berislav Zlokovic, deputy director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, is the corresponding author on [...]

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/zebrafish-kctd13-gene-autism-schizophrenia-obesity/ <![CDATA[Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Zebrafish Study Isolates Gene Related to Autism, Schizophrenia and Obesity]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/zebrafish-kctd13-gene-autism-schizophrenia-obesity/ Wed, 16 May 2012 22:12:40 +0000 Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Zebrafish Study Isolates Gene Related to Autism, Schizophrenia and Obesity ThumbnailWhat can a fish tell us about human brain development? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to identify genes responsible for head size at birth. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used [...]

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/paralyzed-thought-control-robotic-arm-brain-computer-interface/ <![CDATA[Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Paralyzed Individuals Use Thought Controlled Robotic Arm to Reach and Grasp]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/paralyzed-thought-control-robotic-arm-brain-computer-interface/ Wed, 16 May 2012 20:10:06 +0000 Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Paralyzed Individuals Use Thought Controlled Robotic Arm to Reach and Grasp ThumbnailNIH-funded study shows progress in brain-computer interface technology. In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her own – for the first time in nearly 15 years – by using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm. The trial, funded in part by the National [...]

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2515/ <![CDATA[Tonny Johnson became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2515/ Wed, 16 May 2012 18:36:11 +0000 Tonny Johnson became a registered member

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2511/ <![CDATA[chris@gottabnimble became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2511/ Wed, 16 May 2012 05:14:02 +0000 chris@gottabnimble became a registered member

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/sugar-slows-learning-memory/ <![CDATA[Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Sugar Makes You Stupid: Study Shows High Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning and Memory]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/sugar-slows-learning-memory/ Tue, 15 May 2012 22:37:19 +0000 Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Sugar Makes You Stupid: Study Shows High Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning and Memory ThumbnailThis is your brain on sugar: UCLA study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory. Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid. A new UCLA rat study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the [...]

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/surgeons-restore-some-hand-function-to-quadriplegic-patient/ <![CDATA[Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Surgeons Restore Some Hand Function to Quadriplegic Patient]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/surgeons-restore-some-hand-function-to-quadriplegic-patient/ Tue, 15 May 2012 17:58:02 +0000 Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Surgeons Restore Some Hand Function to Quadriplegic Patient ThumbnailTechnique could help those with C6, C7 spinal cord injuries. Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the lowest bone in the neck. Instead of operating on the spine itself, the surgeons rerouted working nerves [...]

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/retinal-prosthesis-restore-sight-to-blind/ <![CDATA[Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: New Type of Retinal Prosthesis Could Better Restore Sight to Blind]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/retinal-prosthesis-restore-sight-to-blind/ Mon, 14 May 2012 22:04:04 +0000 Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: New Type of Retinal Prosthesis Could Better Restore Sight to Blind ThumbnailUsing tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people who have lost vision because of certain types of degenerative eye diseases. This device — a new type of retinal prosthesis — involves a specially designed pair of [...]

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/smoked-cannabis-reduces-symptoms-multiple-sclerosis-pain-medical-marijuana/ <![CDATA[Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Smoked Cannabis Reduces Some Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/smoked-cannabis-reduces-symptoms-multiple-sclerosis-pain-medical-marijuana/ Mon, 14 May 2012 18:06:20 +0000 Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Smoked Cannabis Reduces Some Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis Controlled trial shows improved spasticity, reduced pain after smoking medical marijuana. A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has shown that smoked cannabis may be an effective treatment for spasticity – a common and disabling symptom of this neurological disease. The placebo-controlled [...]

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/effects-light-sleepiness-memory-hormones/ <![CDATA[Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Let There Be Light: It's Good for Our Brains]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/effects-light-sleepiness-memory-hormones/ Mon, 14 May 2012 17:18:36 +0000 Neuroscience News wrote a new blog post: Let There Be Light: It's Good for Our Brains ThumbnailEPFL scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive effects last until early evening. Tests conducted in EPFL’s Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (LESO) have confirmed the hypothesis that light influences our subjective feeling of sleepiness. The research team, led by Mirjam Münch, also [...]

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2499/ <![CDATA[yumi became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2499/ Mon, 14 May 2012 15:18:57 +0000 yumi became a registered member

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2489/ <![CDATA[Chris Allison became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2489/ Mon, 14 May 2012 04:19:29 +0000 Chris Allison became a registered member

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2488/ <![CDATA[ahmedramly joined the group Robotics]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2488/ Mon, 14 May 2012 01:03:41 +0000 ahmedramly joined the group Robotics

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2487/ <![CDATA[ahmedramly became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2487/ Mon, 14 May 2012 01:02:07 +0000 ahmedramly became a registered member

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]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2486/ <![CDATA[jessica became a registered member]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/activity/p/2486/ Sun, 13 May 2012 02:47:01 +0000 jessica became a registered member

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