Archive for the ‘Neurology / Neuroscience’ Category
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Can a better understanding of the science of learning help us educate our students? Researchers at the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC), a National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center, think so. To address the issue the TDLC is hosting a forum titled, "Brains R Us: The Science of ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Micrus Endovascular Corporation (Nasdaq: MEND) announced that management will make presentations at four investment conferences in March:
- Robert Stern, Micrus President and COO, will present at the Rodman & Renshaw "Straight to the Heart" one-day, one-on-one meeting conference on Tuesday, March 4. The conference will be held at the Boston ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
A team of scientists from Princeton University has devised a new experimental technique that produces some of the best functional images ever taken of the human brainstem, the most primitive area of the brain.
The scientists believe they may be opening the door to inquiries into a region that acts as ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
A better understanding of how memory works is emerging from a newfound ability to link a learning experience in a mouse to consequent changes in the inner workings of its neurons. Researchers, supported in part by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), have developed a ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Donna Bednarski, MSN, ANP, BC, CNN, CNP, has been elected national president-elect of the American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) for 2008-09. Bednarski's responsibilities will include serving on the National Board of Directors (BOD) and as liaison to assigned committees. Bednarski is a nephrology nurse practitioner at Harper University Hospital, Detroit, ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Researchers at New York University and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science have identified patterns of brain activation linked to the formation of long-term memories. The study, which appeared in the journal Neuron, also offered an innovative and more comprehensive method for gauging memories. It asked subjects to recall the content ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Two researchers from National Brain Research Center (NBRC) suggest that a common antibiotic called minocycline may prevent children from death due to Japanese encephalitis (JE), or commonly known as brain fever. Japanese Encephalitis virus is the causative agent for JE. Although there is no consolidated official figure for JE cases ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
A new gene therapy approach that attracts and "trains" immune system cells to destroy deadly brain cancer cells also provides long-term immunity, produces no significant adverse effects and -- in the process of destroying the tumor -- promotes the return of normal brain function and behavioral skills, according to a ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Scientists have found the link between what we expect to see, and what our brain tells us we actually saw. The study, published February 15 in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, reveals that the context surrounding what we see is all important - sometimes overriding the evidence gathered by ...
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