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  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
• Parkinson's Research
  Chronic Illness
  Elder Care
  Diseases and Conditions
  Hormone Disorders
  Thyroid Disease
   

  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
• Parkinson's Research
  Parkinson's
  Nervous System
  Chronic Illness
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  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
• Nervous System
  Brain Tumor
  Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Stem Cells
  Immune System
   
  

  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
• Brain Injury
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Intelligence
  Accident and Trauma
  Brain Tumor
  Disability
   

  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
• Intelligence
  Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Dementia
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Language Acquisition
   

  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
• Robotics
  Robotics Research
  Artificial Intelligence
  Engineering
  Sports Science
  Physics
   
  

  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
• Intelligence
  Memory
  Educational Psychology
  Child Development
  Language Acquisition
  Neuroscience
   
  

  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
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Memory
  Educational Psychology
  Intelligence
  Brain Injury
   

  Newly Found 'Volume Control' in Brain Promotes Learning, Memory

  January 9, 2013 — Researchers report synapses that act as "volume control" for nerve cell activity in the brain's hippocampus, the epicenter for learning and memory. Too much synaptic communication between neurons can ... > full story
• Intelligence
  Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Brain Tumor
  Chronic Illness
  Brain Injury
   
  

  How the Brain Stays Receptive: Researchers Examine the Role of Channel Protein in Learning

  January 9, 2013 — The channel protein Pannexin1 keeps nerve cells flexible and thus the brain receptive for new knowledge. In a new study, mice comprising no Pannexin1 in memory-related brain structures displayed ... > full story

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