News articles tagged with 'hippocampus'
To make memories, new neurones must erase older ones
— 13 Nov 2009 14:31 | HealthShort-term memory may depend in a surprising way on the ability of newly formed neurones to erase older connections. That's the conclusion of a report in the November 13th issue of... — full story
Theory about long and short-term memory questioned by UCL scientists
— 10 Nov 2009 16:25 | HealthThe long-held theory that our brains use different mechanisms for forming long-term and short-term memories has been challenged by new research from UCL, published today in PNAS... — full story
Oestrogen therapy likely must be given soon after menopause to provide stroke protection
— 5 Nov 2009 12:20 | HealthFor oestrogen replacement to provide stroke protection, it likely must be given soon after levels drop because of menopause or surgical removal of the ovaries, scientists report in... — full story
Aiming to avoid damage to neurocognitive areas of the brain during cranial radiation
— 4 Nov 2009 12:26 | HealthRadiation oncologists at Rush University Medical Centre are intent on finding ways to avoid damage to the critically important hippocampus and limbic circuit of the brain when cranial... — full story
New 'schizophrenia gene' prompts researchers to test potential drug target
— 27 Oct 2009 19:23 | HealthJohns Hopkins scientists report having used a commercially available drug to successfully 'rescue' animal brain cells that they had intentionally damaged by manipulating a newly discovered... — full story
How we know a dog is a dog: Concept acquisition in the human brain
— 24 Sep 2009 08:08 | BiologyA new study explores how our brains synthesise concepts that allow us to organise and comprehend the world. The research, published by Cell Press in the 24th September issue of the... — full story
Schizophrenia gene linked with abnormal neurogenesis in adult and postnatal brain
— 24 Sep 2009 07:48 | HealthScientists now have a better understanding of a perplexing gene that is associated with susceptibility for a wide spectrum of severely debilitating mental illnesses. Two independent... — full story
Direct evidence of role of sleep in memory formation is uncovered
— 16 Sep 2009 12:09 | HealthA Rutgers University, Newark and College de France, Paris research team has pinpointed for the first time the mechanism that takes place during sleep that causes learning and memory... — full story
Learning addiction: Dopamine reinforces drug-associated memories
— 10 Sep 2009 12:11 | HealthNew research with mice has provided some fascinating insight into how addictive drugs hijack reward signals and influence neural processes associated with learning and memory. The research,... — full story
Rats' mental 'instant replay' drives next moves
— 27 Aug 2009 14:51 | HealthResearchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found that rats use a mental instant replay of their actions to help them decide what to do next, shedding new light... — full story