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July 31, 2010
Category: Neuroscience
THOUGHTS and actions are intimately linked, and the mere thought of an action is much like actually performing it. The brain prepares for an action by generating a motor simulation of it, praticising its execution of the movements by going...
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July 22, 2010
Category: Neuroscience
A new study by a group of German researchers shows that depressed people have reduced sensitivity to contrast, and may actually perceive the world differently from others.
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July 15, 2010
Category: Neuroscience
DELETION of a single gene switches the sexual orientation of female mice, causing them to engage in sexual behaviour that is typical of males. Korean researchers found that deleting the appropriately named FucM gene, which encodes an enzyme called fucose...
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July 9, 2010
Category: Nanotechnology
MAGNETIC nanoparticles targeted to nerve cell membranes can be used to remotely control cellular activity and even the simple reflex behaviours of nematode worms, according to research by a team of biophysicists at the University of Buffalo. The new method,...
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July 2, 2010
Category: Neuroscience
Using state-of-the-art technique called optogenetics, researchers provide new insights into the neural basis of fear conditioning
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