Newborns have ear preferences, too
...nguage functions. It excels at dealing with rapid, repetitive sounds. And, generally speaking, the right side of the brain is the primary processor of tonal sounds. It excels at hearing pitch, or sound frequency, and interpreting music. There's an elegant, crossed-pathway of auditory neurons, or nerve cells, t...Millennia still mean early days for newly identified sex chromosome
...h the X chromosome due to the presence of numerous repetitive elements on the Y chromosome. Future comparative analysis of this vertebrate Y chromosome with other evolving sex chromosome systems in plants, insects, and other fish will provide insight into the general mechanisms that shape the evolution of sex c...Related productivity tools complement computed tomography in lung cancer detection
...es in a single seating most of which might appear repetitive and can lead to information overload and difficulty in detecting lesions. Under these circumstances, related productivity tools such as computer-aided detection (CAD) can help physicians locate and analyze images. CAD procedures benefits greatly fro......letes, musicians and workers at risk of developing repetitive stress injuries to improve performances without overloading the musculoskeletal system. Musculoskeletal dynamics "Integrating experimental and modeling approaches of studying human movement allows us to understand how the nervous system takes ad...Study by Tufts biologist provides window into progression of some degenerative diseases
...ells with a certain type of mutation (expansion of repetitive DNA) die prematurely," said Catherine Freudenreich...d by a highly unusual DNA mutation, one in which a repetitive DNA sequence expands from a small number of copies to a larger number. For example, 20 copies of a ...UGA named recipient of $5.6 million grant from NSF for corn improvement
...he research will revolve around centromeres, large repetitive DNA regions that, among other things, control the movement of chromosomes during cell division. Artificial chromosomes offer the potential to introduce many genes at once without the complications that go with inserting genes over many generations. W...Introduction of the 'Rett protein' in post-mitotic neurons rescues Rett Syndrome in mice
...sion, losing speech and motor skills. Most develop repetitive hand movements, irregular breathing patterns, seizures and extreme motor control problems. RTT leaves its victims profoundly disabled, requiring maximum assistance with every aspect of daily living. There is no cure. In late 1999 it was discovered ...Bim notes in the neuronal executioner's song
...after prolonged seizures as well as after brief or repetitive epileptic seizures. Previous work has indicated that loss of neurons in the hippocampus after seizures may be due to onset of programmed cell death. Members of the Bcl-2 family are known to activate a pathway ending in the release of several caspas...JCI table of contents, 2 April 2004
...after prolonged seizures as well as after brief or repetitive epileptic seizures. Previous work has indicated that loss of neurons in the hippocampus after seizures may be due to onset of programmed cell death. Members of the Bcl-2 family are known to activate a pathway ending in the release of several caspas...Surgeons explore new treatment for Tourette syndrome
... neurobehavioral disorder characterized by sudden, repetitive muscle movements (motor tics) and vocalizations (vocal tics). Though standard therapy with medication controlled his movements for much of his boyhood, his condition severely worsened with age. "I had to drink with a sippy cup; otherwise, I would s...Researchers identify a new form of disease gene associated with Rett syndrome
...d acquired. Most of the children develop seizures, repetitive hand movements, developmental delay, and motor-control problems, and they often have autistic tendencies. Rett syndrome is believed to affect 1 in 10,000 females. "Since the Rett syndrome genetic tests are used not only to confirm a diagnosis of Rett...Researchers confirm novel form of the Rett syndrome protein
...sion, losing speech and motor skills. Most develop repetitive hand movements, irregular breathing patterns, seizures and extreme motor control problems. RTT leaves its victims profoundly disabled, requiring maximum assistance with every aspect of daily living. There is no cure. The MECP2 gene, which is believe...Researchers discover novel form of the Rett Syndrome protein
...sion, losing speech and motor skills. Most develop repetitive hand movements, irregular breathing patterns, seizures and extreme motor control problems. RTT leaves its victims profoundly disabled, requiring maximum assistance with every aspect of daily living. There is no cure. "It is most intriguing that the ...'Male-targeting' bacterium's genome is deciphered
...lar bacteria. The wMel genome has accumulated more repetitive and so-called "junk" DNA (DNA for which a function cannot be identified) than any other intracellular bacteria. Calling the Wolbachia genome "a genetic dumping ground," Eisen an evolutionary biologist compared it to the human Y chromosome and the ...Sequencing project results in six-fold reduction of effective size of maize genome
...aize genome is made up of a large amount of highly repetitive DNA including many mobile DNA elements. Unlike Ara...n Genomics. It is based on the finding that highly repetitive DNA is modified (methylated) while genes are largely free of such modification. The well-established...Faulty DNA replication linked to neurological diseases
...ut there is one common feature: when the number of repetitive units is small, under 40, they are harmless. Over that threshold, the repeats multiply, expanding with each replication and causing rare, but very serious neurological disorders that worsen as the length of the repeats grows," Mirkin said. "Individua...JCI table of contents, 16 February 2004
...he University of California show that in a chronic repetitive allergen challenge mouse model, IL-5 gene deletion suppresses lung eosinophilia and tissue damage in parallel. These results echo observations made in humans. The data suggest that the eosinophil, despite its checkered history, does indeed make an im...Genetic screening recommended to detect new neurodegenerative disorder in men over age 50
...ocks -- cytosine, guanine, and guanine in the same repetitive order. The average person has 30 CGG repeats in the FMR1 gene. When an individual has 200 or more CGG repeats in the FMR1 gene, the individual makes little or no FMR1 protein and has fragile X syndrome. With 55 to 200 CGG repeats, an individual...Rice centromere, supposedly quiet genetic domain, surprises
...mere of rice chromosome 8 lacks the vast tracts of repetitive non-coding DNA common to most species. And that th...purged active genes to be replaced by the long and repetitive blocks of DNA that mark the centromeres of most organisms. In addition to Jiang and Buell, co author...Scientists discover way to streamline analysis of maize genome
...ately 80% consists of families of nearly identical repetitive sequences. The gene-containing sequences are conce...the composition of Simple Sequence Repeats short, repetitive segments of two, three or four DNA bases recovered from the two techniques, they were able to show ...