Mole rat may hold key to human longevity
July 3rd, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, July 3 (IANS) Compared to the average three-year life span of a common rat, the 10 to 30-year life of the naked mole rat, an underground rodent native ... Read more...
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Protein key to African rodents long, robust life
May 11th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 11 (IANS) The secret of the East African naked mole rat's long, robust life has been unravelled. The revolting looking animal -- bald and wrinkly with worm-like tails ... Read more...
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Chip makes rats move, may help humans too
October 4th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) A chip that helped injured rats move can open the way to providing human amputees with fully functioning robotic limbs, new research says.The chip, mimicking a ... Read more...
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Computer chip used to make rat blink
September 25th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 25 (IANS) In a development that could open the way to reverse the effects of dementia, strokes and other brain injuries, scientists used a computer chip to make ... Read more...
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Epilepsy trigger found
March 19th, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 19 (ANI): Bochum's neuroscientists have reported that hereditary diseases such as epilepsy or various coordination disorders may be caused by changes in nerve cells of the cerebellum, which do not ... Read more...
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Cerebellum offers clues to nature of human intelligence
March 9th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 9 (ANI): A new research has shed light on the nature of human intelligence.The study has suggested that grey matter volume in the 'cerebellum' at the back of the brain ... Read more...
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Why males have a higher incidence of autism than females
February 17th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): Scientists have found that male and female sex hormones regulate expression of an important gene in neuronal cell culture through a mechanism that could explain not only higher ... Read more...
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Why women feel anxious, depressed and irate at that ‘time of the month’
February 15th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 15 (ANI): For centuries, the mystery of why women are irate and anxious during 'that time of the month' has flummoxed many but a new study finds the exact reason ... Read more...
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3-yr-old NY boy living despite a ‘vanishing brain’!
February 12th, 2011 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): A 3-year-old boy from New York has surprised doctors as he is living on an apparently 'disappearing brain.'His brain is missing a cerebellum - the part of the ... Read more...
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How the brain learns from mistakes
February 9th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): University of Basel scientists have identified a protein that plays a major role in forming the right kind of connections in the rapidly growing brain of newborn mammals.The ... Read more...
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New study explains humans’ critical ability to throw long distances
January 24th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): A new study has revealed how humans, unlike any other species on Earth, readily learn to throw long distances.The study by Indiana University and the University of Wyoming ... Read more...
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Emotional stress can change brain function
January 13th, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): Researchers have found that a single exposure to acute stress affected information processing in the cerebellum - the area of the brain responsible for motor control and movement ... Read more...
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Gene causing neurodegenerative disease in dogs ‘also generates illness in humans’
August 25th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 25 (ANI): Scientists have identified a gene responsible for a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects American Staffordshire terriers. This same gene may be responsible for a similar rare, fatal disease ... Read more...
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Women turn smarter during ovulation
June 30th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 30 (ANI): Women are at their smartest self when they are ovulating, according to a study.The study, led by Belinda Pletzer at the University of Salzburg, Austria, claimed that the ... Read more...
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Two key brain regions work in tandem like integrated network
April 20th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 20 (ANI): Two important areas in the central nervous system- basal ganglia and the cerebellum-are linked together to form an integrated functional network, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh.Each ... Read more...
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Soon, a single jab to cure phobias
March 24th, 2010 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
London, March 24 (IANS) Researchers from University of Hiroshima have found a novel way to cure fears.
They said that injecting a common local anaesthetic directly into the brain may cure fears. The ... Read more...
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Gene that spurs deadly brain cancer identified
December 4th, 2009 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): Scientists have identified a new factor that is necessary for the development of many forms of medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant childhood brain cancer.Huda Y. Zoghbi ... Read more...
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Fuel vapour exposure increases road rage
November 24th, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 24 (ANI): Exposure to fumes from leaded and unleaded gasoline while refuelling cars could lead to increased aggressive behaviour, says a new study.Amal Kinawy, Cairo University, Egypt, based the research ... Read more...
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Here’s why we never forget how to ride a bicycle
July 18th, 2009 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
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Ever wondered why we don't forget how to ride a bike? Well, researchers from
the University of Aberdeen claim to have found an answer to ... Read more...
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Migraine with aura in midlife may lead to brain lesions
June 24th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 24 (ANI): Women who experience migraines with aura (sensory disturbances, such as with vision, balance or speech) during midlife are at increased risk of developing brain lesions in later life, ... Read more...
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Psychiatrist knits anatomically correct brain replica using wool
January 16th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 16 (ANI): A Brit psychiatrist literally gave a woolly shape to the field of her studyshe knitted an anatomically correct replica of the human brain using wools of different ... Read more...
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Indian-origin scientist blocks alcohol damage to foetal brain
August 11th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington , Aug 11 (ANI): In a study on foetal alcohol syndrome, a team led by an Indian-origin scientist was able to prevent alcohol damage in a key area of the ... Read more...
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Genetic mutation responsible for humans walking upright
June 2nd, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by admin
Washington , June 2 (ANI): Researchers in Turkey have found that genetic mutations are responsible for humans walking upright, and not on all fours.A research team led by Professor Tayfun Ozcelik, ... Read more...
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Molecular scaffold that guides connection between brain cells unravelled
May 21st, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 21 (ANI): Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have found that brain cells called glia are a kind of scaffold that direct the growth of nerve fibres and ... Read more...
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Cell fusions that occur during inflammation may protect neurons
April 21st, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by admin
London, April 21 (ANI): Scientists at the Stanford University Medical Center have found in a study on mice that inflammation triggers cell fusions that may protect neurons.The study suggests that ... Read more...
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Scientists identify signalling system that inhibits growth of a childhood brain cancer
March 16th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Scientists at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital have taken a major step forward in the fight against medulloblastoma, a rare but often fatal childhood brain tumour, by ... Read more...
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Intranasal insulin may reduce food intake in men, boost memory in women
February 22nd, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): A new study has found that insulin administered intranasally, severely decreases food intake in men but not women and moreover, the compound boosts memory function in women but ... Read more...
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Cocaine’s effects on brain metabolism may boost abuse
February 19th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): A new study in mice conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has found that cocaine's effect is not just limited to the dopamine system, ... Read more...
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