Researchers discover how inhibitory neurons behave during critical periods of learning
We've all heard the saying "you can't teach an old dog new tricks." Now neuroscientists are beginning to explain the science behind the adage.
Aug 25, 2013
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Study explains how the brain remembers pleasure and its implications for addiction
Key details of the way nerve cells in the brain remember pleasure are revealed in a study by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers published today in the journal Nature Neuroscience. New details of the molecular ...
Aug 25, 2013
Cancer scientists discover novel way gene controls stem cell self-renewal
Stem cell scientists at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered the gene GATA3 has a role in how blood stem cells renew themselves, a finding that advances the quest to expand these cells in the lab for clinical ...
Aug 25, 2013
105 additional genetic errors that cause cystic fibrosis pinpointed
Of the over 1,900 errors already reported in the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis (CF), it is unclear how many of them actually contribute to the inherited disease. Now a team of researchers reports significant headway ...
Aug 25, 2013
Saudi Arabia: One more death from new virus
Saudi Arabia says one more man has died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to 40 the number of deadly cases in the kingdom at the center of the growing outbreak.
Aug 25, 2013
