News articles tagged with 'neural' (Page 14)
Gene plays 'Jekyll and Hyde' in brain cancer
— 7 Feb 2008 16:12 | HealthPerhaps the only positive spin one can put on the brain cancer glioblastoma is that it's relatively uncommon. Other than that, the news is bad. It is nearly always fatal, it tends to…
The neural basis of 'number sense' in young infants
— 6 Feb 2008 10:34 | HealthBehavioural experiments indicate that infants aged 4 and a half months or older possess an early 'number sense' that allows them to detect changes in the number of objects. However,…
Trainor Lab characterises gene essential for prenatal development of nervous system
— 2 Feb 2008 10:17 | HealthThe Stowers Institute's Trainor Lab has demonstrated the role of a gene important to the embryonic development of the nervous system, a process that requires coordination of differentiation…
Experience, not genetics, affects the brain responses of musicians
— 31 Jan 2008 11:36 | BiologyBy looking at brains listening to Bach, Elizabeth Margulis, a music cognition researcher, has found evidence to support one side in a long-running debate among musicians. Practice,…
Newborn brain cells modulate learning and memory
— 31 Jan 2008 08:36 | HealthBoosted by physical and mental exercise, neural stem cells continue to sprout new neurones throughout life, but the exact function of these newcomers has been the topic of much debate.…
New MIT tool probes brain circuits
— 25 Jan 2008 09:35 | BiologyResearchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT report in the 25 January edition of Science that they have created a way to see, for the first time, the effect of…
Identification of a novel neural stem cell type
— 15 Jan 2008 04:41 | BiologyResearchers from the Sloan-Kettering Institute, led by Dr Lorenz Studer, have discovered a novel type of neural stem cell, which has a broader differentiation potential than previously…
Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified by Carnegie Mellon researchers
— 4 Jan 2008 00:05 | BiologyPractice makes perfect - or at least that's what we're told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales - and it seems, based on the…
Left brain helps hear through the noise
— 15 Nov 2007 12:13 | BiologyOur brain is very good at picking up speech even in a noisy room, an adaptation essential for holding a conversation at a cocktail party, and now we are beginning to understand the…
Birds learn to fly with a little help from their ancestors
— 15 Aug 2007 00:15 | BiologyA researcher at the University of Sheffield has discovered that the reason birds learn to fly so easily is because latent memories may have been left behind by their ancestors. It is…