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How Do Happiness and Sadness Circuits Contribute to Bipolar Disorder?
January 14, 2013 — Bipolar disorder is a severe mood disorder characterized by unpredictable and dramatic mood swings between the highs of mania and lows of depression. These mood episodes occur among periods of ... > full story -
New Discovery in Autism-Related Disorder Reveals Key Mechanism in Brain Development and Disease
January 14, 2013 — A new finding in neuroscience for the first time points to a developmental mechanism linking the disease-causing mutation in an autism-related disorder, Timothy syndrome, and observed defects in ... > full story -
Multiple Sclerosis Study Reveals How Killer T Cells Learn to Recognize Nerve Fiber Insulators
January 11, 2013 — Misguided killer T cells may be the missing link in sustained tissue damage in the brains and spines of people with multiple sclerosis. Mouse studies showed that killer T cells were activated and ... > full story -
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Saliva Gland Test for Parkinson's Disease?
January 10, 2013 — New research suggests that testing a portion of a person's saliva gland may be a way to diagnose Parkinson's ... > full story -
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Scientists Uncover Potential Drug Target to Block Cell Death in Parkinson's Disease
January 10, 2013 — Oxidative stress is a primary villain in a host of diseases that range from cancer and heart failure to Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Now, scientists ... > full story -
Accepted Model for Brain Signaling Flawed
January 10, 2013 — A new study turns two decades of understanding about how brain cells communicate on its head. The study demonstrates that the tripartite synapse -- a model long accepted by the scientific community ... > full story -
Is There a Period of Increased Vulnerability for Repeat Traumatic Brain Injury?
January 10, 2013 — Repeat traumatic brain injury affects a subgroup of the 3.5 million people who suffer head trauma each year. Even a mild repeat TBI that occurs when the brain is still recovering from an initial ... > full story -
Rhythms in the Brain Help Give a Sense of Location, Study Shows
January 10, 2013 — Scientists have shed light on how mechanisms in the brain work to give us a sense of location. Researchers tracked electrical signals in the part of the brain linked to spatial ... > full story -
Machine Perception Lab Shows Robotic One Year Old on Video
January 9, 2013 — The world is getting a long-awaited first glimpse at a new humanoid robot in action mimicking the expressions of a one-year-old child. The robot will be used in studies on sensory-motor and social ... > full story -
Eliminating Useless Information Important to Learning, Making New Memories
January 9, 2013 — As we age, it just may be the ability to filter and eliminate old information -- rather than take in the new stuff -- that makes it harder to learn, scientists ... > full story
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