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·June 27, 2010·1 min read

Scientists Predict Your Behaviors Better Than You

Scientists predict your behavior better than you according to new neuroscience research.

Neuroscience Psychology

·July 21, 2010·1 min read

PTSD Peaks in Women Aged 51-55 and Men Aged 41-45

New research shows that Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) peaks in men between the ages of 41-45 and in women between the ages 51-55.

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·July 26, 2010·3 min read

Early Education Fights Dementia

Brain research reveals a correlation between amount of education and dementia.

Featured Psychology

·August 2, 2010·2 min read

PTSD – Mental Toll of War Still Costly 20 Years Later

Some villages in Liberia have much higher rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, than others.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 2, 2010·4 min read

Hard to Catch Up on Sleep Loss Study Finds

Sleeping in on the weekends may not allow you to recover from the sleep lost during the work week according to a recent sleep study.

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·August 6, 2010·2 min read

Brain Receives Sensory Info From Prosthetic Hand

A prosthetic hand system has been created that allows the user's brain to pick up sensory information from the prosthetic hand.

Human embryonic stem cell therapy possibilities are listed on the image of a man.

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·October 11, 2010·5 min read

First Clinical Trial of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy in the World Begins

Human embryonic stem cell therapy is being tried on a human for the first time in a new clinical trial....

Featured Genetics

·October 15, 2010·5 min read

Healthy Babies Born in Genetic Screening Study

Two healthy baby girls and a healthy baby boy were born recently after genetic screening study. These babies were the first human babies born that relied on IVF and had each chromosome assessed in each oocyte before IVF. The genetic screening technique used improves on many other methods.

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·October 21, 2010·4 min read

Bioengineering First: Implant to Treat Vertigo from Meniere’s Disease, Balance Disorders

The first implant to treat vertigo experienced during attacks related to Meniere’s Disease and similar balance disorders will be implanted...

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·October 22, 2010·3 min read

70 Years Old and Smarter Than Ever

A large study of 70-year-olds born in either 1901-1902, or 1930, provides evidence that the population of 70-year-olds in 2000 did much better on intelligence tests than the 70-year-olds of 1971-72.

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·October 25, 2010·5 min read

Computational Neuroscience Suggests Potassium Channels More Involved in MS Than Thought

Computational models of axonal properties suggest that problems associated with MS, and other demyelinating diseases, may be due more to an imbalance between sodium channels and potassium channels that play a role in the leak current in neuronal membranes, than to the currently targeted sodium channels of most MS drugs.

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·November 30, 2010·3 min read

Diabetes Slows Synthesis of Brain Cholesterol

Diabetes research with mice has shown that diabetes can slow down the synthesis of brain cholesterol, important in synapse formation and many other neuronal functions.

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Health

PTSD Peaks in Women Aged 51-55 and Men Aged 41-45

Early Education Fights Dementia

PTSD – Mental Toll of War Still Costly 20 Years Later

Hard to Catch Up on Sleep Loss Study Finds

Brain Receives Sensory Info From Prosthetic Hand

First Clinical Trial of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy in the World Begins

Healthy Babies Born in Genetic Screening Study

Bioengineering First: Implant to Treat Vertigo from Meniere’s Disease, Balance Disorders

70 Years Old and Smarter Than Ever

Computational Neuroscience Suggests Potassium Channels More Involved in MS Than Thought

Diabetes Slows Synthesis of Brain Cholesterol

Jamais Vu: When the Familiar Turns Eerily New

New Tools Illuminate Myelin Growth in Infants

From Vinyl to Visions: Fruit Flies Showcase Decision-Making Prowess

Jellyfish Show Remarkable Learning Skills

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