Some Brain Cells 'Change Channels' To Fine-tune The Message
Johns Hopkins researchers have identified the proteins that allow specific brain cells to "change channels," a rare ability that tweaks what can come into the cell. The findings, described in the March 24 issue of Neuron, may let researchers harness the process, perhaps one day using it to protect cells that die in Lou Gehrig's disease. Much as turning the television dial changes what come...Tiny RNA molecules fine-tune the brain's synapses
Non-coding regions of the genome ?those that don't code for proteins ?are now known to include important elements that regulate gene activity. Among those elements are microRNAs, tiny, recently discovered RNA molecules that suppress gene expression. Increasing evidence indicates a role for microRNAs in the developing nervous system, and researchers from Children's Hospital Boston now demon...To elude bats, a moth keeps its hearing in tune
It has been known for over 50 years that moths can hear the ultrasonic hunting calls of their nocturnal predator, the bat. Moth ears are among the simplest in the insect world—they have only two or four vibration-sensitive neurons attached to a small eardrum. Previously, it was thought that these ears were only partially sensitive to the sound frequencies commonly used by bats, and it would seem...Sensory feedback during speech: The brain attunes to more than just sound
Using robotics to manipulate the brain's perception of jaw movement while words are spoken, researchers have deepened our understanding of the importance of non-auditory sensory cues in the brain's control of speech. The findings are reported by Sazzad Nasir and David Ostry of McGill University and appear in the October 10th issue of the journal Current Biology, published by Cell Press. W...Archerfish tune their shots to universal properties of prey adhesion
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WAUKESHA, Wis. -RedPrairie announced Wednesday it will support American Musical Supplys (AMS) expansion plans through an integrated mix of supply chain execution solutions. , a supplier of musical instruments, plans to construct a customer distribution network next year and develop business-to-business sales channels using <a href="...Our Attitude To Food Costing Us A Fortune
A latest survey shows that our attitude towards food has cost us a fortune as no one really cares about the food wasted. Deep in Arizona, one lone, but dedicated university researcher spent part of his lifetime organizing his students to count food // in, count food out and measure the waste at every stage along the food chain. His findings have been salutary. Of the food we begin with, b...Leisurely Pursuits Tune The Brain
A new study has revealed that leisurely pursuits of people appear to tune the brain of people, while also keeping Alzheimer's disease at bay. //The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons’ neuropsychologist Yaakov Stern led the research study. As many as 1,800 older adults were studied over a period of seven years during the course of the research. The more leisurely p...A brush with the U.S. Regulators can cost a fortune
The Food and Drug Administration held a meeting with Boston Scientific to talk about the repairs in the quality control problems. A similar meeting was held in 2001 with Schering-Plough // about problems with its manufacture of asthma inhalers. But the company failed to make any amendments. This provoked the FDA to withhold approval of Clarinex, a blockbuster allergy drug. <br...Visual Signs Attuned To Reading Rather Than Writing
Mark A. Changizi and coauthors, Qiang Zhang, Hao Ye, and Shinsuke Shimojo, from the California Institute of Technology have hypothesized that human visual signs are "cross-culturally selected to reflect common contours in natural scenes" that the eye has already mapped. // "[We] analyzed one hundred writing systems, Chinese characters, and non-linguistic visual signs, and found that the...Waiting list in British healthcare causing them to shell out a fortune!
Due to long and endless waiting lists for patients in Britain, they are forced into taking treatment elsewhere and that causes them a fortune //. For example citing an arthritis case of an Ulster man, who had to pay thousands of pounds so that he can be cured fast, could have done free if by NHS. But the waiting list was too long to wait for. He had to spend £3,500 on two drugs - Hum...