Posts Tagged ‘neuroscience research’
The Electronic Nose Knows When Your Cantaloupe is Ripe
Have you ever been disappointed by a cantaloupe from the grocery store? Too ripe? Not ripe enough? Luckily for you, researchers from the University of California, Davis might have found a way to make imperfectly ripe fruit a thing of the past. The method will be published [Read More]
Biologists Identify a Key Enzyme Involved in Protecting Nerves From Degeneration
A new animal model of nerve injury has brought to light a critical role of an enzyme called Nmnat in nerve fiber maintenance and neuroprotection. Understanding biological pathways involved in maintaining healthy nerves and clearing away damaged ones may offer scientists [Read More]
Brain Wiring a No-Brainer?
Scans reveal astonishingly simple 3D grid structure. The brain appears to be wired more like the checkerboard streets of New York City than the curvy lanes of Columbia, Md., suggests a new brain imaging study. The most detailed images, to date, reveal a pervasive 3D grid [Read More]
CDC Estimates 1 in 88 Children in US Has Been Identified as Having an Autism Spectrum Disorder
CDC data help communities better serve these children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 88 children in the United States has been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a new study released today that looked at [Read More]
How Genes Organize the Surface of the Brain
The first atlas of the surface of the human brain based upon genetic information has been produced by a national team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System. The work is [Read More]
Coffee and Other Stimulant Drugs May Cause High Achievers to Slack Off
While stimulants may improve unengaged workers’ performance, a new University of British Columbia study suggests that for others, caffeine and amphetamines can have the opposite effect, causing workers with higher motivation levels to slack off. The study, published [Read More]
Blocking “Oh-Glick-Nack” May Improve Long-Term Memory
Just as the familiar sugar in food can be bad for the teeth and waistline, another sugar has been implicated as a health menace and blocking its action may have benefits that include improving long-term memory in older people and treating cancer. Progress toward finding [Read More]
Chronic Stress Spawns Protein Aggregates Linked to Alzheimer’s
Repeated stress triggers the production and accumulation of insoluble tau protein aggregates inside the brain cells of mice, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new study published in the March 26 Online Early Edition of [Read More]
Researchers Use Nanoparticles, Magnetic Current to Damage Cancerous Cells in Mice
Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells. The findings, published recently in the journal Theranostics, mark [Read More]
The Impossible Staircase in Our Heads: How We Visualize the World Around Us
Our interpretation of the world around us may have more in common with the impossible staircase illusion than it does the real world, according to research published today in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The study, which was funded by the Wellcome Trust, suggests that [Read More]
