July 31, 2008
Category: Blogging
I don't have internet access where I'm working at the moment, hence the lack of updates this week. For the same reason, blogging is likely to be intermittent for the next week or two. During that time, I'll be doing...
Posted by Mo at 3:10 PM • 0 Comments •
July 26, 2008
Category: Neuroscience
Today's Daily Telegraph contains a fascinating extract from Norman Doidge's new book The Brain That Changes Itself, about a woman who feels that she is constantly falling because she has lost her sense of balance as a result of damage...
Posted by Mo at 9:39 AM • 10 Comments •
July 25, 2008
Category: Events
Looking down from the steps of the Museu National d' Art Catalunya, we see the Fira de Barcelona, a complex of 8 large buildings which together make up one of the largest exhibition centres in Europe. One of these...
Posted by Mo at 7:41 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Quotes
This quote comes from Recollections of My Life, by Santiago Ramon y Cajal: Like the entomologist in search of colorful butterflies, my attention has chased in the gardens of the grey matter cells with delicate and elegant shapes, the mysterious...
Posted by Mo at 4:36 AM • 1 Comments •
July 24, 2008
Category: Neuroscience
Depression is a common neuropsychiatric disorder which affects at least 1 in 7 adults. The condition can have a major effect on patients' quality of life, and is a major cause of both disability and suicide.Many patients with depression can...
Posted by Mo at 12:01 PM • 10 Comments •
July 23, 2008
Category: My photos
I'm back in London now, after 5 days in Barcelona for ESOF2008. The trip has been rather hectic, and I neither attended as many sessions, nor saw as much of the city, as I would have liked. I still...
Posted by Mo at 5:00 PM • 2 Comments •
July 22, 2008
Category: Events
What are the difficulties facing science journalists in developing countries, and what can we do to support them? These were the main issues raised in a session I attended this morning. Session: Building Networks: How to Support Science Journalists in...
Posted by Mo at 5:12 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Events
While wandering around looking at the outreach activities at ESOF2008, I came across this interesting booth for the PS3GRID project, by members of the Multiscale Lab, which is located in the University of Pompeu Fabra's Computational Biochemistry and Biophysics Laboratory...
Posted by Mo at 8:43 AM • 1 Comments •
July 21, 2008
Category: Neuroscience
This morning I attended a talk about the research behind, and clinical applications of, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). I've written about BCIs many times in the past; they monitor the electrical activity of the brain, either invasively by means of implanted...
Posted by Mo at 9:25 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Carnivals
The 50th edition of Encephalon is now online at SharpBrains. It includes entries about the path planning by hippocampal place cells, the role of calcium ion homeostasis in Alzheimer's Disease and the potential applications of transcranial magnetic stimulation....
Posted by Mo at 8:32 AM • 0 Comments •
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