Neuroscience:
If you haven't checked out the DANA Foundation, well, you should. The DANA Foundation and DANA Alliance for Brain Initiatives are dedicated to providing up-to-date scientific information to the public, as well as supporting research and the arts. And they...
Posted on January 23, 2008 12:23 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Finally we get some data on changes in AD pathology with statin use! Statins are taken for lowering cholesterol, but they have other beneficial effects such as modulating inflammatory responses. Thus, they could prove beneficial in the treatment of AD...
Posted on August 29, 2007 3:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Welcome to Encephalon # 13!!!! Unlucky though it may be, we're up and running (and better late than never). I have to apologize to Encephalon readers, I've been trying to deal with my position being on the chopping block out...
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Posted on December 20, 2006 1:20 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) refers to a condition where recurrent seizures arise in the temporal lobe of the brain. This condition is seen in humans and animals. Often, TLE arises following a neural insult such as head trauma or tumor,...
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Posted on November 19, 2006 1:03 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I had grand plans in mind for blogging this conference. Then I got a virus and spent the last 2.5 days or so in bed. Lovely. Barely got to even meet Shelley and Jake. Forced to eat room service for...
Posted on October 18, 2006 12:59 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Almost too cute for words. Poor SFN conference virgin Jake just got his cherry popped. I tried to warn him that this conference is nuts, but does anybody ever listen to me? NOOOOO. This afternoon had a good run of...
Posted on October 15, 2006 3:54 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Greetings and salutations from the 36th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience!!!! I'm gonna try and get back in the bloggin' business after some major life changes by writing about exciting news from the forefront. Unfortunately, the only thing...
Posted on October 15, 2006 10:45 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Looks like yet another interesting toxin was found, this time in a venomous snail. This discovery comes from the lab of an old player in the field, who apparently discovered the conotoxin that is used in Prialt....
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Posted on August 21, 2006 8:13 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a devastating disease that claims the upper and lower motor neurons, and ultimately the lives of most patients within 3-5 years of diagnosis, usually from respiratory failure. Patients lose control of voluntary muscles as the pathways...
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Posted on July 28, 2006 10:42 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Mixing Memory brings up some excellent points regarding mirror neurons in primates, and Frontal Cortex follows up with his thoughts. To both of them I say "bravo, but your skepticism probably doesn't go far enough". We give Rizzolatti et al...
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Posted on July 25, 2006 6:20 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The difficulty with treating spinal cord injuries arises from a number of factors. Firstly there is the primary damage to the axons of the spinal cord itself, resulting in mechanical damage that can inhibit neurotransmission and transport of cellular material...
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Posted on July 19, 2006 8:11 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Unfortunately I'm stuck with the press release on this one, my government-access VPN doesn't seem good enough to get me this article at home. Face blindness, or prosopagnosia, is a condition where a person is unable to recognize another person...
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Posted on July 16, 2006 8:43 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Shelley mentioned a study last week that suggested more and more young people are getting Parkinson's Disease, and she wondered whether there was any utility in blaming our industrialized society based on the fact that certain compounds we produce can...
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Posted on July 16, 2006 12:18 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
We seem to have a plethora of posts pertaining to Pure Pedantry's penchant for peroratory punditry. I found a recent press release that I fear will only encourage him....
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Posted on July 12, 2006 4:15 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I know Tara is going to kick me for this post, because as one of the resident D.I.N.K.s here at ScienceBlogs my parenting advice doesn't extend into the realm of "ethical" so much as "practical". Specifically, I've advised her on...
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Posted on July 10, 2006 10:01 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A highly conserved set of genes known as the sirtuin family are known to be activated by caloric restriction (CR) and extend the lifespan of a number of species. CR may also reduce the risk of Alzheimer's Disease, and can...
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Posted on July 9, 2006 1:47 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Pure Pedantry found this paper on leptin's effects in the hippocampus, and then went on to wonder I have never heard of a link between leptin and memory. They also make this link between ABeta mice and leptin. ABeta is...
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Posted on June 14, 2006 2:04 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...you might not know what to do you might have to think of how you got started sittin' in your little room --The White Stripes...
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Posted on June 9, 2006 9:34 AM • 0 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and is currently enjoying a bit of time off while waiting to hear about a new position. Come join this wayward neuroscientist as he struggles to find a career and get his life back in order. He is still not sure why he wrote this paragraph in the third person.
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