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Long-term Potentiation
Synapses are sites which transmit electric nerve impulses between nerve cells. Long-term potentiation (LTP) describes the strengthening of synapses to increase signal transduction between the nerve cells. Monitoring LTP is often used by neuroscientists and physicians to study memory.
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SEP 08, 2017
Health & Medicine
More than half of all heart attack patients die within five years of the event. This is a frightening statistic, but Uni
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 05, 2017
Cancer
Women of child-rearing age who receive cancer treatments often face higher risks of infertility. Now, researchers say th
...
AUG 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
After waiting for months and even years for a kidney, those who had a successful kidney transplant must still continue t
...
AUG 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
You may have seen some news out about the Yellowstone supervolcano recently, but what’s really going on down in th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work is upending an old theory about the development of sex-specific mammalian reproductive systems.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2017
Cardiology
Heart attack patients can be given regenerative tissue to help them recover, but the current procedure involves open-hea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study from a team of scientists at the University of Washington suggests that adding a probiotic to poplar trees c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 12, 2017
Cancer
For children with bone cancer below the knee, a revolutionary procedure removes the tumor while also allowing for better
...
AUG 12, 2017
Cancer
Chemotherapy works against cancer by poisoning the cells. As such, few chemotherapy agents are safely prescribed to expe
...
AUG 09, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A common diabetes drug could help slow down the progression of Parkinson’s disease, the second most common neurode
...
AUG 02, 2017
Cancer
Turmeric, the trendy spicy that’s making its way into lattes, could be key in defeating pancreatic cancer drug res
...
JUL 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study suggests that sex differences should be taken into account when determining treatments for severe antisocial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2017
Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi
...
JUL 15, 2017
Microbiology
The microbes in our gut play a critical role in our health, and antibiotics affect those microbes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2017
Neuroscience
When you’re dead you’re dead, game over, right? Not entirely, at least not according to an American c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 09, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We are always hearing about how the ocean’s health is in peril. However, what does that really mean? Are all of th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 30, 2017
Cancer
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...
JUN 29, 2017
Cardiology
Opioid use may provide relief for older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), but the cons seem to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2017
Cancer
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...
JUN 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Might it be possible to use drugs to selectively edit out traumatic memories in people that are suffering from mental di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces
...
JUN 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2017
Videos
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...
JUN 10, 2017
Microbiology
Some genes that encode for the capsule that protects S.pneumoniae bacteria are in an area that can change quickly.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch