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Prediction of Cognitive decline via PET of Brain β-Amyloid and Tau Levels in Adults With Down Syndrome
Positron Emission Tomography of Brain β-Amyloid and Tau Levels in Adults With Down Syndrome Science daily article Dr. Linda D. Nelson, PhD, Dr. Prabha Siddarth, PhD, Dr. Vladimir Kepe, PhD, Mr. Kevin E. Scheibel, BS, Dr. S. C. Huang, PhD, Dr. Jorge R. Barrio, PhD, and Dr. Gary W. Small, MD Departments of Psychiatry and … Read more
Weight loss can be Socially contagious
NPG Article Weight Loss Can Be Contagious Young adults’ performance in a low intensity weight loss campaign. Gokee Larose J, Leahey TM, Weinberg BM, Kumar R, Wing RR. Source 1] Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University [2] Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, the Miriam Hospital. Abstract Young adults … Read more
Regeneration After a Stroke Requires Intact Communication Channels Between Brain Hemispheres
Degeneration of corpus callosum and recovery of motor function after stroke: A multimodal magnetic resonance imaging study. Hum Brain Mapp. 2011 Oct 22. doi: 10.1002/hbm.21417. [Epub ahead of print] Degeneration of corpus callosum and recovery of motor function after stroke: A multimodal magnetic resonance imaging study. Wang LE, Tittgemeyer M, Imperati D, Diekhoff S, Ameli … Read more
Influencia del grado de somnolencia, cantidad y calidad de sueño sobre el rendimiento académico en adolescentes.
Adolescents Who Sleep Better Score Higher in Math and Physical Education http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020025758.htm University of Granada (2011, October 20). Adolescents who sleep better score higher in math and physical education. ScienceDaily. Retrieved November 22, 2011, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2011/10/111020025758.htm PDF http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/src/inicio/ArtPdfRed.jsp?iCve=33715423004
Development of Human Brain Wiring Continues into Adulthood – a longitudinal DTI study
Longitudinal Development of Human Brain Wiring Continues from Childhood into Adulthood Catherine Lebel and Christian Beaulieu Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2V2, Canada Author contributions: C.L. and C.B. designed research; C.L. and C.B. performed research; C.L. and C.B. analyzed data; C.L. and C.B. wrote the paper. Abstract Healthy human brain … Read more
Novel Cryo-Imaging technique of GBM’s Microenvironment Reveals Migration and Dispersal Pathways in Vivid 3D Detail
Novel Cryo-Imaging of the Glioma Tumor Microenvironment Reveals Migration and Dispersal Pathways in Vivid Three-Dimensional Detail Susan M. Burden-Gulley1, Mohammed Q. Qutaish2, Kristin E. Sullivant2, Hong Lu2, Jing Wang2, Sonya E.L. Craig1, James P. Basilion2,4, David L. Wilson2, and Susann M. Brady-Kalnay1,3 Departments of 1Molecular Biology and Microbiology, 2Biomedical Engineering, 3Neuroscience, 4NFCR Center for Molecular … Read more
Latitudinal variation in light levels drives human visual system size (Northern Humans Had Bigger Brains)
Latitudinal variation in light levels drives human visual system size Eiluned Pearce* and Robin Dunbar Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, 64 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK Ambient light levels influence visual system size in birds and primates. Here, we argue that the same is true for humans. Light levels, in … Read more
Life at the Top: Alpha males exhibit much higher stress hormone levels
Life at the Top: Rank and Stress in Wild Male Baboons Laurence R. Gesquiere1,*, Niki H. Learn1, M. Carolina M. Simao1, Patrick O. Onyango1, Susan C. Alberts2,3 Jeanne Altmann 1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. USA. 2 Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. 3 Institute of Primate … Read more
Milestone: The X-ray Crystal structure of the voltage gated sodium channel
The crystal structure of a voltage-gated sodium channel Jian Payandeh, Todd Scheuer, Ning Zheng & William A. Catterall Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA Jian Payandeh, Todd Scheuer, Ning Zheng & William A. Catterall Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA Ning Zheng Voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels … Read more
Cortical Neural Prostheses turns memory on an off
A cortical neural prosthesis for restoring and enhancing memory Theodore W Berger1, Robert E Hampson2, Dong Song1, Anushka Goonawardena2, Vasilis Z Marmarelis1 and Sam A Deadwyler2 1 Depatment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2 Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA ABSTRACT A primary objective … Read more
Nature Neuroscience- Moderating supplementary dataNature Neuroscience announces changes to its supplementary information guidelines and expands the space allowed for methods.
- Dynamic decision making in the brainHow do we make decisions? A study uses MEG to provide the spatial as well as the temporal resolution needed to answer this question, together with computational modeling, which allows for complex non-linear decision models. This work helps resolve some of the seemingly contradictory results from previous work.Michael L Platt
- NMDA receptor permeation: a light in the tunnelA single amino acid residue determines single-channel conductance, ion permeation and channel block in the NMDA receptor, three of the key features of this ligand-gated ion channel.Stephen F Traynelis
- Cilia: conductors' batons of neuronal maturationThe primary cilium, a signal transduction organelle, is present on the cell bodies of adult-born dentate gyrus granule cells as they begin maturation. In its absence, their maturation and integration are impaired.Andre M Goffinet
- Mapping out hippocampal inhibitionA synthesis of opto- and pharmacogenetics is beginning to reveal how various interneuron types direct incoming traffic in the hippocampus to help create a map of the environment.Dimitri M Kullmann
- The toxic Aβ oligomer and Alzheimer's disease: an emperor in need of clothesThis review article discusses the basis of β-amyloid's contribution to Alzheimer's disease pathology and critically examines the toxic Aβ oligomer hypothesis.Bart De Strooper
- The impact of orbitofrontal dysfunction on cocaine addictionHere the authors review evidence suggesting that cocaine-induced changes in orbitofrontal cortex disrupt the representation of states and transition functions that form the basis of flexible behavioral control, resulting in reliance on less flexible control systems and consequently in the pattern of maladaptive behaviors associated with cocaine addiction.Geoffrey Schoenbaum
- Autocrine/juxtaparacrine regulation of axon fasciculation by Slit-Robo signalingThis study uncovers a previously unknown function of Slit2, a known axonal guidance molecule, and Robo receptors in regulating fasciculation of motor axons during muscle target innervation.Marc Tessier-Lavigne
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