Researchers develop new method for studying 'mental time travel'
Neuroscientists at Princeton University have developed a new way of tracking people's mental state as they think back to previous events -- a process that has been described as "mental time travel." The findings, detailed in the Dec. 23 issue of Science, will aid efforts to learn more about how people mine the recesses of memory and could have a wide-ranging impact in the field of neurosci...Powerful new tool for studying brain development
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have given investigators around the world free access to a powerful tool for studying brain development. The Internet-based tool, called the mouse Brain Gene Expression Map (BGEM), is one of the largest gene expression maps of an organ ever developed, according to the St. Jude researchers. They say the map will likely help scientists discover th...Disappearing nest egg: Researcher studying declining numbers of macaws
One of the most colorful birds in the world may have a less-than-colorful future. Macaws, the largest members of the parrot family, have seen their numbers decline in recent decades, and that trend is continuing today. Dr. Don Brightsmith, a bird specialist at Texas A&M University's Schubot Exotic Bird Center, part of the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, is s...Researchers make progress in studying genetic traits of India-born populations
Despite the fact that the people of India constitute more than one-sixth of the world's entire population, they have been underrepresented in studies related to genetic diseases. And with the growth of modernization, complex genetic diseases associated with urban and western lifestyles have risen to near-epidemic proportions, making genetic cataloging and association studies of particular importa...Sandia researchers take new approach to studying how cells respond to pathogens
A Sandia National Laboratories research team led by Anup Singh is taking a new approach to studying how immune cells respond to pathogens in the first few minutes and hours of exposure. Called the Microscale Immune Studies Laboratory (MISL) Grand Challenge, the work is in its second of...Antibodies for Studying NMDA Receptor Protein Expression and Synapse-Specific Immunolabeling
Danny Q. Hoang Michael Browning Xinping Yang PeterPingerelli Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. Stratagene introduces affinity purified antibodies for NMDA receptorsubunits that are useful for studying expression of the NR2A, NR2B and NR2Csubunit proteins...Optimizing Transfection Conditions for Studying Signal Transduction Pathways
Optimizing Transfection Conditions for Studying Signal TransductionPathways in vivo reporting systems Stratagene Stratagenes PathDetect <font face="S...Enzyme Immunoassay for Studying Intracellular Levels of cAMP
Sensitive, nonradioactive cyclic-AMP detection kit and adenylate cyclase(AC) toxin Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. American Qualex Stratagenes EIA cAMP Kit is a highly sensitive and specificantibody-based assay kit for no...New Reporter Plasmids for Studying Interferon-Stimulated Signal Transduction Pathways
Stratagene cis-reportingsystems now includes the GAS and ISRE reporting systems, to better study theactivation of signal transduction pathways stimulated by int...New Fusion Trans-Activator Plasmids for Studying Signal Transduction Pathways
Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. The PathDetect in vivo signal transduction pathway reporting systemsare designed for assessing the in vivo activation of signal transductionpathways. The PathDetect trans-reporting systems include a unique fusion trans-activ...Studying The Effectiveness Of Cough Syrups
Giving your child an over-the-counter cough syrup may not be any more effective than giving them nothing at all, say researchers according to a new study.// Researchers studied 100 children with upper respiratory infections. Thirty-three of the children received dextromethorphan -- a common ingredient found in over-the-counter cough medicines. Another 33 children received diphenhydramin...Studying brain anatomy without surgery
Scientists at the University of Illinois developed a non-invasive diagnostic tool that can study changes occuring at the surface of the brain dur to the brain activity.This technique is based uopn near-infrared spectroscopy and is simpler to use and less expensive thatn other methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and postition emission tonography. According to Enrico G...Early Lung cancer detected by studying Cheek Cells
Dr. Bojana Turic and colleagues have found a new cheek cell analysis which detects early lung cancer. The research team has found a simple, inexpensive and early screening method for detecting lung cancer in patients // with high risk for cancer using buccal mucosa or cells scraped from the inner part of the cheek which may contain information that separates patients with lung cancer from high-ri...Studying the psycho neurobiology of aging
New Orleans – The manner with which an individual responds to stress may be more relevant to aging rather than the chronological age, say leading researchers in the fields of neurobiology and psychoneuroendocrinology. // Healthy aging is all about handling stress well and having a very healthy lifestyle. From a review of studies on how stress hormones affect the brain, psychologist Bru...