Faulty practices threaten condor program
...ty, since they pose a risk of passing on their bad behaviors to birds released in the future." The study strongly urges that future releases be limited to parent-reared birds, especially ones that are raised free of all contact with humans in field enclosures that do not resemble human structures. Short-t...Brain contains cocaine-like chemical
...at a naturally occurring neurotransmitter produces behaviors associated with cocaine and methamphetamine. The finding suggests a role for the brain chemical, called CART (Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript) peptide, in modulating or mediating the actions of drugs and a perhaps potential new avenue f...Alleviating and managing pain in animals is focus of new guidebook
...rr or growl and hide. Responses vary, but certain behaviors tell when an animal is in pain. Managing and alleviating pain is the focus of a new guidebook written by small animal specialists at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. "This book is targeted toward advancing pain recognition ...One-two punch knocks out fly genes
...nactive, version of a particular gene that affects behaviors or other features, such as coat color. The method enables researchers to see what happens when the gene is missing. But Dr. Golic's technique can go either way--his method can also be used to fix faulty genes, or "knock them in," by replacing a ...Scientists on scent of better coyote management
...mong 28 coyotes -- half male, half female -- whose behaviors were monitored and recorded. Among the animals studied, female coyotes were the first to respond to the chemicals, the researchers say. This suggests a possible target for delivering birth control drugs to female coyotes to prevent births, says study...Chemical receptor key to fetal development
...nal wisdom is that the brainstem coordinates lower behaviors like breathing and other vital functions, while the forebrain handles intelligence," Dr. Poon explained. "The discovery in the brainstem of activity associated with learning supports my argument that there's also a lot of intelligence going on beneat......ople and to the large range of emotions and social behaviors that humans typically exhibit. This atypical set of formative experiences occurs when the brain is still quite malleable. "Thus, it is possible that what we have observed with MRI in a predominantly young adult sample is the outcome of having autism ...Strict diets required for chronic disease management may increase risk of unhealthy eating behaviors
...ng disturbances are unhealthy eating attitudes and behaviors that are not severe enough to qualify as full-blown eating disorders. Previous studies noted that eating disorders occur more frequently in women with diabetes, but this study, which focused on women with phenylketonuria (PKU) as well as on women...Drosophila genome sequence completed
..., muscles, memories and other kinds of complicated behaviors like circadian rhythms. The take-home message is that the higher complexity in animals like flies and humans comes without needing a lot of new parts. You can build them with the same parts listwith more of the same parts organized togetherin much th...Searching for biochemical markers in children of alcoholics
... influence of genetic and environmental factors on behaviors such as alcoholism, including adoption, twin, and ...he disease model being used to forgive destructive behaviors such as driving while intoxicated or harming others while in an alcohol-induced rage. "Yes, these p...Professor says college athletic departments must pay more attention to eating disorders
...ertain sports engage in such potentially dangerous behaviors as not eating enough and inducing vomiting after meals, she said. Some women runners, for example, have a life-threatening inability to see how skinny they really are. On the other hand, some male wrestlers, who throw up to avoid exceeding weight lim...Brain neurochemicals, not gender, tell a female to act like a female
...ween an animal's gonadal sex and the regulation of behaviors typical of a sex," said Goodson, a postdoctoral fe...he neurochemicals credited with sex-related social behaviors are isotocin and vasotocin in fish and are essentially the equivalents of oxytocin and vasopressin, ...It's not such 'a wonderful life' living next door to a liquor store
...e they do," said Scribner. "Yet people's drinking behaviors appear to be defined by the norms of the neighborhood where they live. They drink based on how much their friends and the people around them drink. They adopt the norms of the neighborhood they live in." Hacker agrees. "This study sends a warning ...Nicotine may have another side effect: heavy drinking
...s have begun to investigate its effects on smoking behaviors in both members of the general population as wellas in individuals who have alcohol problems. O'Malley herself is currently studying the effects of naltrexone, inconjunction with the nicotine 'patch,' on smoking cessation. "Studies of treatments for...Cooperation, not competition, to usher in new era of federally funded cancer research
...tics but different biologies, or different genetic behaviors and similar biological behaviors. Extensive work needs to be done to find out." The recommendations to NCI would come from several working groups, headed by Dr. Doug Hanahan of the University of California San Francisco and Robert Horvitz of MIT, i...Younger people are at greater risk for alcohol problems
...se disorders, depression, and multiple health-risk behaviors that include violence and suicide plans. Why doe...er words, anti-social behavior involves a range of behaviors that tend to get people into trouble; early-onset alcoholism facilitates anti-social behavior in tho...Zebrafish's powerful heart gene could lead to transplant therapy
...ed no training to exhibit severaleasily recognized behaviors in response to visual cues in their waterysurroundings. Stainier and colleagues, meanwhile, recently reported other findings in thezebrafish embryo that reveal basic mechanisms of development and could lead toan understanding of some birth defects. ...Study points to chromosome site of autism gene
... communication deficits and ritualistic-repetitive behaviors that are detectable in early childhood and continue throughout life. "For a long time autism was not viewed as being a genetic disorder," says Dr. Joseph Piven, formerly of Iowa University, now UNC-CH professor of psychiatry and new director of the u...... take a good look at strange features and puzzling behaviors on the frozen continent. These include giant ice streams, some dynamic and some placid, and snow dunes that stay in place despite fierce winds. It all affects global climate. Solar Moss Discovered Tuesday morning. Moss discovered on the Sun! Well, ......of cultural evolution, the transmission of learned behaviors from generation to generation," said Pbo. This finding presumably gives a boost to researchers who believe that chimpanzee culture operates in a similar fashion to human culture. The study has implications for considering human genomic diversity as w...