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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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Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, fatal brain disease-and the most frequent type of dementia-hijacks a person's memory ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJUL 15, 2014Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 04, 2014Health & Medicine
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MAY 04, 2015
Neuroscience
New research supports the use of motivational interviewing-a technique described below-to treat addictive behaviors like
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Cardiology
Scientific dogma has the respiration process involving only two elements-oxygen and carbon dioxide. Specifically, the de
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 21, 2015
Technology
For example, short, sharp bursts of air to the area around the thumb, index finger and middle part of the palm generate
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers from biotech firm Biogen and online medical information forum PatientsLikeMe conducted a study that suggests
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 09, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers from the University of Exeter, UK, have shown that the use of ‘sequential treatments' - using alternating do
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 03, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Farmers who are considering selling corn residue from their fields to produce cellulosic ethanol first should weigh a ra
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
Sven Pettersson, Ph.D., is a Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the LKC School of Medicine at NTU of Singa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Cardiology
A pouch-like structure inside the heart's left atrial chamber in some people may explain strokes that otherwise lack an
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
It's not all in your head. Brain injuries from sports are a steady unease for athletes. Even with advancements in safety
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Fear of neurological brain damage struck a blow this week to business as usual in the National Football League when high
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated
...
Written By:
Will Hector
FEB 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 26, 2015
Plants & Animals
While we would all like to believe that our pets greet us at the end of the day because they remember us as their best a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 09, 2014
Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 17, 2014
Space & Astronomy
Remember all those science fiction movies that showed space travelers encased in sleep chambers? The premise was that hu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 01, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, fatal brain disease-and the most frequent type of dementia-hijacks a person's memory
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JUL 15, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 04, 2014
Health & Medicine
A collaboration between Netherlands-based arGEN-X -- a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating and
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 14, 2014
Technology
Cars that can drive themselves are inching closer to reality. Google driverless vehicles have passed the 500,000-mile ma
...
JAN 09, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Plants in extreme desert environments must adapt to their harsh and relentless conditions in order to survive. It's diff
...