Cricket's finicky mating behavior boosts biodiversity
Biologists at Lehigh University and the University of Maryland have identified a cricket living in Hawaii's forests as the world's fastest-evolving invertebrate. Females in the Laupala genus detect tiny differenc...Remote control flies? Fly behavior controlled by laser light
Yale University School of Medicine researchers have found a way to exercise a little mind control over fruit flies, making the flies jump, beat their wings, and fly on command by triggering genetic "remote controls" that the scientists designed and installed in the insects' central nervous systems, accordi...Researchers use 3-D imaging system to unveil swimming behavior of microscopic plankton
From the surface, the ocean appears to be vast and uniform. But beneath the surface, tiny animals called zooplankton are swept into clusters and patches by ocean currents. The very survival of many zooplankton predators--from invertebrates to whales--and the success of fishermen catches can depend on their success at finding those patches. For almost a century ocean scientists have suspect...New clue to cocaine addicts' quirky behavior
Researchers working with rats have zeroed in on the brain circuitry mechanism whose disruption contributes to the impulsive behavior seen in users of cocaine as well as other psychostimulant drugs. The same circuitry has been implicated in such disorders as schizophrenia, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder, wrote the researchers. Yukiori Goto and Anthony A. Grace of the Univers...Movie spies on malaria parasite's sneaky behavior
Malaria has been outsmarting the human immune system for centuries. Now, using real-time imaging to track malaria infections in live mice, researchers have discovered one of the parasite's sneakiest tricks--using dead liver cells to cloak and transport itself back into the bloodstream after leaving the liver. Robert Ménard, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research s...Spatial Behavior System, Foraging from myNeuroLab.com
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Description:Place AvoidanceIncludes all features of Tracker, plus software to note when an animal is in a user defined subsection of the arena, and trigger a penaltyThe Spatial Behavior line is a family of instruments all built around a video camera, frame grabber, and feature extraction software and that can track two fields at once and up to 6 moving animals. Software automatically extracts animal positio...Spatial Behavior System, Novel Object from myNeuroLab.com
Description:Novel Object Records behavior directed toward examining a novel object in the environment.The Spatial Behavior line is a family of instruments all built around a video camera, frame grabber, and feature extraction software and that can track two fields at once and up to 6 moving animals. Software automatically extracts animal positions and records them, but also allows video replay of all or mac...Spatial Behavior System, Tracker, w/ Output from myNeuroLab.com
Description:Tracker w/ OutputCumulates a score of movement counts, similar to an infrared beam break system, except that it.can track up to 6 subjects at once, in two frames of reference, recording can be triggered. Can outpt a sync pulse to coordinate with other signals such as EEG. Can use animal location and timing information to control arena rotations or reinforcemnts to the animal. Test a whole expe...Spatial Behavior System, Water Maze from myNeuroLab.com
Description:Morris Water MazeRecords animal movements in a Morris Water Maze. Tracks up to 6 subjects at once in a predefined sequence of trials.The Spatial Behavior line is a family of instruments all built around a video camera, frame grabber, and feature extraction software and that can track two fields at once and up to 6 moving animals. Software automatically extracts animal positions and records them...Securitas aims to counter virus behavior
- Profit-driven hackers, armed with increasingly sophisticated malicious software, have caused over $8 billion in damage to corporation computer systems this year alone, and variations of existing viruses are proliferating faster than ever before. Fortunately for beleagured businesses, the skill demonstrated by computer criminals is speeding the development of pre-emptive cou...Tech vendors could be liable for customer behavior - and not just file sharing
The court, in an unanimous decision, found in favor of MGM, revers...Low Cholesterol Linked to Severe Depression and Violent Behavior in Men
It is not high levels of cholesterol but low levels that are making news. Recent reports are indicating that Low levels of Cholesterol maybe linked to depression and violent behavior. A new study shows that men with relatively low cholesterol levels were up to seven times more likely to report symptoms of severe depression. Edward Suarez, PhD from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C....Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children
Even small amounts of alcohol consumption is linked with deliquent behaviour of the chilren later in life,according to the new study. Dr. Virginia Delaney-Black, of Children's Hospital of Michigan, the co author of the study,has come out with the finding that in comparison to the teetotallers ,women who drank the equivalent of one cocktail a week during pregnancy were three times more...Link Between Migraines and Behavioral Disorders
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is one of the most common behavioral disorders in children. Now, new research shows migraines may be to blame for some ODD cases. Researchers in, Ohio studied children between ages 6 and 17 who were diagnosed with a migraine condition. //Participants were given a questionnaire and were further evaluated during a psychological interview. Results of the s...Link Between Obesity and Behavior in Kids
A new study shows children who are obese are more likely to have behavior problems than those who are not overweight. Researchers from the University of Michigan studied more than 750 children between ages 8 and 11. The children and their parents took part in the National Longitudinal Survey //of Youth and were questioned about weight, behavior, physical and mental health, education, demogra...Migraine Found To Be Linked To Behavioral Disorders
New research shows Oppositional Defiant Disorder ( ODD ) may be to blame for some cases of migraines . Researchers , studied children // between ages 6 and 17 who were diagnosed with a migraine condition. Participants were given a questionnaire and were further evaluated during a psychological interview. Results of the study show there is a relationship between pediatric migraines and ODD. Resear...Urostym™ Behaviorial Therapy System
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