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Manipulating Memory in the Hippocampus
June 3, 2013 — Scientists have discovered that manipulating the levels of the protein tomosyn in a part of the brain associated with learning and memory may aid in the development of therapeutic procedures for ... > full story -
PET Finds Increased Cognitive Reserve Levels in Highly Educated Pre-Alzheimer's Patients
June 3, 2013 — Highly educated individuals with mild cognitive impairment that later progressed to Alzheimer's disease cope better with the disease than individuals with a lower level of education in the same ... > full story -
Common Protein Known to Cause Autism Now Linked to Specific Behaviors
June 3, 2013 — Researchers find abnormal brain networks in Fragile X syndrome, a genetic malady that is the most common inherited cause of autism and intellectual ... > full story -
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Specific Changes in Brain Structure After Different Forms of Child Abuse
June 1, 2013 — Different forms of childhood abuse increase the risk for mental illness as well as sexual dysfunction in adulthood, but little has been known about how that happens. Scientists have now discovered a ... > full story -
Brain Makes Its Own Version of Valium
May 30, 2013 — Researchers have found that a naturally occurring protein secreted only in discrete areas of the mammalian brain may act as a Valium-like brake on certain types of epileptic ... > full story -
From Trauma to Tau: Researchers Tie Brain Injury to Toxic Form of Protein
May 29, 2013 — In experiments with laboratory rats, scientists have found that traumatic brain injuries generate a toxic form of protein thought to cause damage in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative ... > full story -
Preventing 'Traffic Jams' in Brain Cells
May 28, 2013 — An Alzheimer’s disease protein controls the speed at which materials move through brain cells, and defects could lead to deadly pileups of the kind seen in neurodegenerative disease, a new ... > full story -
Stem Cell Injections Improve Spinal Injuries in Rats
May 27, 2013 — Scientists report that a single injection of human neural stem cells produced neuronal regeneration and improvement of function and mobility in rats impaired by an acute spinal cord ... > full story -
Researchers Identify Genetic Suspects in Sporadic Lou Gehrig's Disease
May 27, 2013 — Researchers have identified mutations in several new genes that might be associated with the development of spontaneously occurring cases of the neurodegenerative disease known as amyotrophic lateral ... > full story -
How Do We Locate the Spatial Position of Sounds? Mechanism Responsible for Creation of Giant Synapses Discovered
May 27, 2013 — Humans and most mammals can determine the spatial origin of sounds with remarkable acuity. To accomplish this small daily miracle, the brain has developed a circuit that's rapid enough to detect the ... > full story
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