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Research show how the brain turns on innate behavior
UCR researchers have made a major leap forward in understanding how the brain programs innate behavior. The discovery could have future applications in engineering new behaviors in animals and intelligent robots.
Research show how the brain turns on innate behavior
UCR researchers have made a major leap forward in understanding how the brain programs innate behavior. The discovery could have future applications in engineering new behaviors in animals and intelligent robots.
Sex-related hormone also a brain signaling chemical
Evidence is mounting that estrogen, a hormone critical to a woman's sexual development, should also be thought of as a neurotransmitter when acting in the brain, a Johns Hopkins University behavioral neuroscientist said.
Researchers may have key to vaccines for sars, avian flu
The genes of a common poultry virus may hold the key to giving humans immunity to diseases such as avian influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Paranoia and Dementia: They Often Go Hand-In-Hand
Dementia and paranoia seem to go together hand-in-hand
Scientists discover key to growing new stem cells
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have demonstrated they can grow human stem cells in the laboratory by blocking an enzyme that naturally triggers stem cells to mature and differentiate into specialized cells.
Mit researchers uncover basis for perceptual learning
The artist's trained eye can detect distinctions others can't; musicians pick up subtle changes in tone lost on the nonmusical. Brain researchers call these abilities perceptual learning.
New clues about memory
A study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh involving an amnesia-inducing drug has shed light on how we form new memories.
Molecular DNA switch found to be the same for all life
The molecular machinery that starts the process by which a biological cell divides into two identical daughter cells apparently worked so well early on that evolution has conserved it across the eons in all forms of life on Earth.
A remote connection
UNSW researchers have proven it is possible to steer people accurately by remote control as they walk.Until now the technique, which uses electrodes placed just behind peoples' ears and stimulates their nerves.
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Brain's visual area may help scientists understand how behaviour is organized
A brain region that focuses on vision also receives signals that may help configure the operation of the brain, neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.
Brain chemical plays critical role in drinking and anxiety
A brain protein that sustains nerve cells also regulates anxiety and alcohol consumption in rats, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago report in a study in the Aug. 9 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.
Timing of food consumption activates genes in specific brain area
Giving up your regular late-night snack may be hard, and not just because it's a routine. The habit may genetically change an area of the brain to expect the food at that time.
Bubbles go high-tech to fight tumors
Bubbles: You've bathed in them, popped them, endured bad song lyrics about them. Now, University of Michigan researchers hope to add a more sophisticated application to the list—gas bubbles used like corks to block oxygen flow to tumors, or to deliver drugs.
Women who accept their bodies more likely to eat healthy
Women who accept their bodies the way they are seem to be more likely to follow principles of healthy eating, new research shows.Tylka and her colleagues conducted several studies on a concept called "intuitive eating".
True colours are in the brain of the beholder
Tracking brain waves responsible for colour vision could be a new way to diagnose disease. The research finding by a University of New South Wales PhD student, Ms Mei Ying Boon, has earned her a nomination in this year's Fresh Science Awards.
Brain gene shows dramatic difference from chimp to human
One of the fastest-evolving pieces of DNA in the human genome is a gene linked to brain development, according to findings by an international team of researchers published in the Aug. 17 issue of the journal Nature.
Researchers test carbon fiber to make tiny, cheap video displays
Engineers who develop microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) like to make their tiny machines out of silicon because it is cheap, plentiful and can be worked on with the tools already developed for making microelectronic circuits. There is just one problem: Silicon breaks too easily.
Current technology for brain cooling unlikely to help trauma patients
Attempts to cool the brain to reduce injury from stroke and other head trauma may face a significant obstacle: current cooling devices can't penetrate very deeply into the brain.
Obesity: is it in your head?
Some brains may be wired to encourage fidgeting and other restless behaviors that consume calories and help control weight, according to new research published by The American Physiological Society.
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