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New Research Findings on the Brain's Guardian Cells
April 24, 2013 — Researchers have now succeeded in identifying a deviation in the structure of the microglia cells, which makes it possible to visualise them and study their behaviour. By inserting a luminescent ... > full story -
Anti-Smoking Ads With Strong Arguments, Not Flashy Editing, Trigger Part of Brain That Changes Behavior
April 23, 2013 — Researchers have shown that an area of the brain that initiates behavioral changes had greater activation in smokers who watched anti-smoking ads with strong arguments versus those with weaker ones, ... > full story -
Brain Biology Tied to Social Reorientation During Entry to Adolescence
April 23, 2013 — A specific region of the brain is in play when children consider their identity and social status as they transition into adolescence -- that often-turbulent time of reaching puberty and entering ... > full story -
Researchers Discover New Explanation for Diabetes and Poor Growth
April 23, 2013 — A group of researchers has taken a significant step towards understanding the reasons for both diabetes and growth hormone deficiency. Their new discoveries center on the body's ability to regulate ... > full story -
Alzheimer's Researchers Creating 'Designer Tracker' to Quantify Elusive Brain Protein, Provide Earlier Diagnosis
April 23, 2013 — Alzheimer's researchers know the disease is caused by toxic beta amyloid and tau lesions, yet, the recent failure of emerging therapies targeting these lesions suggest that successful treatments will ... > full story -
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Atrophy in Key Region of Brain Associated With Multiple Sclerosis
April 23, 2013 — Magnetic resonance imaging measurements of atrophy in an important area of the brain are an accurate predictor of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study. According to the researchers, ... > full story -
Decoding Touch: Rats Detect Textures With Their Whiskers
April 23, 2013 — With their whiskers rats can detect the texture of objects in the same way as humans do using their fingertips. A new study shows that it is possible to understand what specific object has been ... > full story -
Gone, but Not Forgotten: Scientists Recall EP, Perhaps the World’s Second-Most Famous Amnesiac
April 22, 2013 — Neuroscientists have described for the first time, in exhaustive detail, the underlying neurobiology of an amnesiac who suffered from profound memory loss after damage to key portions of his ... > full story -
Nearly Half of U.S. Veterans Found With Blast Concussions Might Have Hormone Deficiencies
April 22, 2013 — Up to 20 percent of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have experienced at least one blast concussion. A new study finds about 42% of screened veterans with blast injuries have irregular ... > full story -
Lost Your Keys? Your Cat? The Brain Can Rapidly Mobilize a Search Party
April 21, 2013 — A contact lens on the bathroom floor, an escaped hamster in the backyard, a car key in a bed of gravel: How are we able to focus so sharply to find that proverbial needle in a haystack? Scientists ... > full story
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