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Hundreds Literally Sea ‘sick’ on Luxury Linr

...d. Yet this may be a sea-faring adventure whose memories they are unlikely to cherish. AN...

Hand-foot-mouth Disease Scare Causes Temporary Shut Down of Malaysian Preschools

...active measures.’ The present scare brought back memories of two major outbreaks in the previous year, which had led to the closure of 25 kindergartens and preschools in the state. The disease has no connection to foot-and-mouth disease, which afflicts cattle and sheep; officials said. It is infact a vira...

Reading Hidden Intentions in Brain

... such as preparing for a motor response, accessing memories of past-related responses, or bearing in mind the choice of responses available. To address the question of whether intention might be reflected in prefrontal cortical activity, the researchers in the new work used functional magnetic resonance ima...

Infant Amnesia-not Anymore, Says Experts

...by 8 months, most babies could easily put together memories in adult ways. It was also seen that the persisten... of the researchers Dr. Bauer, the ability to form memories depends on a network of structures in the brain and these develop at different times. There is simul...

Scent of a Rose may Give More Than Pleasure

... to have activated this process, thereby retaining memories in a more efficient manner. Olfactory sensing pa...reatments that target the sleep cycle during which memories are solidified. The researchers added that smelling odors is not a panacea for developing skills ...

Wiping Out Memories Selectively, is Possible Now

It could be possible to wipe out memories selectively from the human brain. Researchers are ... the more painful of memories. The brain secures memories by transferring them from short-term to long-term storage, through a process called reconsolidation....

Indian American Records Brain Dialogue During Sleep

...ocampus and the neocortex areas of the brain where memories are made and stored. According to Mehta, memories are not stored during sleep; instead sleep acts as a way to erase memories and create 'a fresh page'...

Alzheimer’s Patients Plead for Greater Understanding and Suppor

...degeneration. It gradually robs sufferers of their memories and ability to care for themselves, eventually killing them. There is no known cure, and today’s drugs only temporarily alleviate symptoms. Still new treatments are on the horizon as a result of accelerating insight into the biology of the disease....

Canadian Researchers Raise Hopes of Treatment for Memory Loss

...l gene that normally produces a protein that stops memories from forming. And this gene was tweaked to enhance...ening of neural connections, leading to short-term memories lasting for minutes to hours. But intense, repeated training activates mechanisms in the brain, w...

To Remember Or Not - Brain Protein CREB Calls The Shots

...eatment of Alzheimer’s patients- by saving bits of memories //before they all fade off. Says lead researcher...ade of chemicals in the brain that influence which memories are kept and which are lost.” CREB (cAMP response element binding), a transcription factor found in...

Sleep Makes Your Memory Strong

Sleep not only protects memories from outside interferences, but also helps strengt...his is the first study to show that sleep protects memories from interference," said study author Jeffrey Ellenbogen, MD, with Harvard Medical School in Boston,...

Memories Lost Due to Neuro-degenerative Diseases may Be Restored

... did better at the memory task than before. "If memories can be recovered, then that suggests they were nev...-established. It may be possible to restore lost memories with drugs that trigger the natural "rewiring" of brain cells, the study said. The findings could...

Dementia – Worse With a Dull Life. Keep Busy, and Active to Improve Memory, Study Recommend

...ally the most remarkable finding. It suggests that memories are not really erased in such disorders as Alzheim...ociety, said, "However, by demonstrating that lost memories can be accessed again these results offer hope of a better understanding of what happens to memories...

Indonesia's Acehnese Suffer High Rates of Mental Trauma

...ther violence, the report's authors warned. "These memories are alive in the community, and they have the tremendous power to reproduce that violence," author Byron Good, from the Harvard's School of Social Medicine, said in the release. "These traumatised individuals can become stressors for the rest of thei...

Why We Feel a Sense of Dj Vu

...rate but similar places and experiences. Forming memories of places and contexts in which episodes happen en...his may model the difficulties in forming distinct memories for similar but distinct places and experiences that afflicts some elderly individuals....

Cancer Drug Induces HDAC Inhibitor and Enhance Long-term Memory

..., indicating that the treated mice formed stronger memories of the chamber than the untreated mice. The scientists also examined brain tissue and found that neural connections in the hippocampus were stronger in the samples treated with HDAC inhibitors. After an event, a critical window exists when memory c...

Forgetfulness Actually Helps Your Brain Stay Healthy

... and found that the brain only chooses to remember memories that it deems important. This is done by suppressing the memories that the brains thinks are less relevant, thus lessening its cognitive load, and preventing confusio...

Cyclists to Ride for a Cause: To Create Awareness on AIDS

...ents show support with signs of thanks that invoke memories of loved ones lost to AIDS. Organizers said they will make awareness and prevention materials available to local groups and provide HIV rapid-test services at selected sites along the route. In addition to being a momentous physical challenge for t...

Specific Imbalance Between Two Peptides may Cause Alzheimer's

...al changes will occur in the brain and the persons memories become hazy, leading to eventual dementia," the researcher added. If Wangs hypothesis turns out to be correct, the addition of AB40 may help stop the diseases development. He, however, admits that further research is required to prove his hypothe...

Trauma Exposure can Affect Brain Function Several Years After Event

...o), and intrusion (e.g., recurrent and distressing memories or dreams). And, those who reported 9/11 as their worst and most intense trauma experienced in their life time also had more brain activity when viewing the fearful faces. Our findings suggest that there may be long-term neurobiological correlates...

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