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'Executive' monkeys influenced by other executives, not subordinates

...ch studies could aid understanding a wide range of disorders such as social anxiety. More broadly, said Shepherd, such studies in monkeys will enable greater insight into the basic machinery of social interaction. "Thanks to a combination of molecular and behavioral studies, we're starting to be able to inve...

How the brain learns to become addicted

...novel pharmacotherapeutic targets for motivational disorders such as addiction. ...

Activation of a protein solidifies fear memory in the brain

...development of maladaptive memories in psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and drug addiction. "Additionally, the ability to strengthen memories by retrieval has important implications for psychotherapies," she said. ...

Mechanism for memory revealed in neurons of electric fish

...hers better understand memory formation and neural disorders like epilepsy in humans. Dr. Harold Zakon, Dr. Jörg Oestreich and colleagues show that when electric fish zap each other in dark waters, their neurons store a memory of the sizzling communiqué by turning on special cell membrane channels. The chann...

Chemical warfare agent detection technology used to treat lung disease

...of conditions from asthma, to cancer and metabolic disorders such as diabetes," says Dr Thomas. Dr Thomas' research will form part of a new National Initiative in Ion Mobility Spectrometry (NIIMS), which aims to explore the use of IMS measurement within the pharmaceutical and biomedical fields. Alongside Prof...

UCLA scientists find male gene in brain area targeted by Parkinson's

...Vilain said. "It's possible that dopamine-related disorders that reveal dramatic differences in severity and rates in the genders could depend on the SRY levels in the brain," he said. ...

Skin disease common among Hispanic farmworkers in North Carolina, research shows

...of the skin and have the highest incidence of skin disorders of any industry," said Thomas Arcury, Ph.D., professor of family medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and lead researcher. "These workers represent a medically underserved population that is at risk for both environmental and occupat...

Genetic and environmental influences on alcohol consumption among rhesus monkeys

There is little doubt that alcohol-related disorders in humans are genetically based. The influence of environmental factors, however, remains unclear. Given that studies of humans are complicated by a multitude of cultural and day-to-day-living factors, researchers in the March issue of Alcoholism:...

Experimental vaccine protects nonhuman primates when given after exposure to Marburg virus

... infection, ranging from minor cognitive and motor disorders to severe dementia, collectively known as neuroAIDS. Even subtle neurocognitive disorders limit quality of life with symptoms such as fatigue, and are correlated with difficulties ranging fr...

Immune response to HIV in the brain

... infection, ranging from minor cognitive and motor disorders to severe dementia, collectively known as neuroAIDS. Even subtle neurocognitive disorders limit quality of life with symptoms such as fatigue, and are correlated with difficulties ranging fr...

Neurons find their place in the developing nervous system with the help of a sticky molecule

...plegia. Whether mutations in MDGA1 lead to brain disorders remains to be seen. "Much work needs to be done, a... will eventually provide insight into neurological disorders that have their basis in malpositioning of neurons." ...

Largest study of human 'interactome' reveals a novel way

...een sets of proteins involved in different genetic disorders offers a novel approach for more rapidly identifyi...ins encoded by genes that are mutated in inherited disorders were likely to interact with proteins already known to cause similar disorders. In addition, the re...

Infants can organise visual information at just four months

...plications for understanding certain developmental disorders such as Williams syndrome. The findings emerged from Economic and Social Research Council funded research investigating different styles of visual attention in babies from the age of two to eight months. Paying attention to visual stimuli is import...

Study ties 'new' cell-death mechanism to developmental and degenerative brain disorders

... first conclusive evidence that neurodevelopmental disorders such as mental retardation and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and ataxias can be caused, at least in part, by spe...

Birth defects: 8 million annually worldwide

...ural tube defects (323,904 births); the hemoglobin disorders thalassemia and sickle cell disease (307,897 birth...bies born with devastating but treatable metabolic disorders such as phenylketonuria (PKU); Educate women and men of childbearing age about how they can work w...

How the neuron sprouts its branches

...this machinery has clinical relevance because many disorders of brain development in children manifest abnormal...diseases, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, are disorders of protein processing. But we know very little about how and where integral membrane proteins are sy...

Chlamydia parasite lives off our fat

...nfections to atypical pneumonias to chronic severe disorders such as pelvic inflammatory disease and atherosclerosis. The Centers for Disease Control says that Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common sexually-transmitted infection in the US, with three million new cases a year. Chlamydia gets around becau...

Langerhans cells regulate immune reactions in the skin

...derstanding of the mechanisms underlying many skin disorders such as psoriasis, lupus and skin cancer. Dendritic cells are found throughout the body and are extremely efficient at alerting the immune system to the presence of pathogens and other foreign materials. Langerhans cells are dendritic cells in the ...

MUHC investigators search for the root of sexual pain in women

...functions, are now increasingly understood as pain disorders as a result of previous research by this team. "Approaching this problem in the context of pain is a more accurate and positive step," says the study's lead researcher Dr. Irv Binik, Director of the Sex and Couple Therapy Service at the MUHC and Prof...

MIT researcher presents new view of how the cortex forms

...f cortical development is central to understanding disorders of development." Sur, chair of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, is leading an ambitious, multifaceted approach to understanding the genetic, molecular and behavioral aspects of autism. In the Science review article, "Patternin...

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