Brain circuit may permit scientists to eavesdrop on memory formation
...ers had studied the physiology of this very direct connection between the two areas, but no one had directly studied this pathway's importance in learning." For the experiments, Remondes perfected a technique to make precise electrical lesions of the TA projection in the brains of rats. In the first set of expe...U-M scientists see ubiquitin-modified proteins in living cells
...ate investigator. "Visualization gives us a direct connection to cellular processes that we could only study in test tubes or indirectly before." In a paper published online this week in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Kerppola and Deyu Fang, M.D., Ph.D., a U-M resea...NIH funds rare childhood disease to provide insights into the origins of adult cancer
...IJ. The new grant will also fund research into the connection between DBA, cancer and birth defects. Typically diagnosed in infancy, DBA is an inherited blood disorder that prevents the bone marrow from producing sufficient red blood cells, which carry oxygen to all tissues in the body. Those red blood cells ...'Broken' gene reveals evolution of salt retention and possible ties to hypertension
...xcess salt intake to high blood pressure, but that connection remains uncertain. After three decades of ecologic studies, intrapopulation studies and clinical trials of salt reduction, the controversy over the benefits of lowering salt intake "constitutes one of the longest running, most vitriolic, and surreal...Old riverbed keeps chemicals from entering Ohio River
...down? Krissek asked. Krissek has no connection to Barium and Chemicals, Inc. The company paid for the water monitoring equipment, and Svitana still does consulting work for the company during his breaks from the university. ...Genetic influences on taste perception of alcohol may influence alcohol intake
...se or are dependent on alcohol. "The diet-health connection is not all bad for nontasters," added Duffy. "Other work from our laboratory and others' show that PROP nontasters experience less negative, as in bitterness, and possibly more positive, as in sweetness, oral sensations from vegetables, and like and...Study in Royal Society journal on evidence for impact of global warming on bird populations
...or the price of a zero coupon bond which reveals a connection between Gaussian measures and Ricatti differential equations. Contact: Professor Matheus Grasselli, Dept of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONTARIO, L8S 4K1, CANADA...Study links ozone, mortality in urban areas
... (EPA), was conducted from 1987 to 2000 and drew a connection between short-term changes in ground-level ozone, a common outdoor pollutant, and mortality in 95 large urban areas, covering 40 percent of the U.S. population. "This is one of the largest ozone pollution studies ever conducted," said Michelle ......loads when human runners hit the ground." The connection between the pelvis and spine is stronger and larger relative to body size in humans than in their ancestors, providing more stability and shock absorption during running. Human buttocks "are huge," says Bramble. "Have you ever looked at an ape? T...Down Syndrome protein reduces tumor growth
... atherosclerosis in this patient population." This connection between overexpression of DSCR-1 and a reduced risk for solid tumors and inflammatory states such as atherosclerosis may eventually be used for therapeutic gain in non-Down syndrome patients. "The development of methods to overexpress DSCR-1 in the e...Scientists achieve self-assembly of spider silk fiber in insect cells
.... "The research enabled us to determine the close connection that exists between the sequence, structure and functions of the proteins," said Dr. Gat. "From a practical viewpoint, mass production of fibers, whose diameter is one-thousandth of a millimeter, is likely to be useful in the future for manufacture o...Stanford study links obesity to hormonal changes from lack of sleep
... increased appetite. While the hormone/sleep connection has been shown under highly controlled laboratory ... studies, Mignot and his team aimed to explore the connection in a general population sample. During the study, the researchers examined the sleep patterns ...Researchers compare chicken, human genomes
... and development, as well as for research into the connection between viruses and some types of cancer. Recent outbreaks of avian flu have accelerated agricultural researchers' interest in learning more about the chicken genome and how genetic variation may play a role in susceptibility of different strains to ...Birds, butterflies, bacteria same law of biology appears to apply
The connection between species richness and area occupied, recognized by biologists for more than a hundred years as a fundamental ecological relationship in plant and in animal communities, has been discerned for the first time at the microbial level. A pair of p...Chicken genome analysis will benefit human health and agriculture
... and development, as well as for research into the connection between viruses and some types of cancer. Dodgson, whose research is also funded by the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station at MSU, said the sequenced genome may someday allow poultry producers to know why certain chickens lay more eggs t...Children's Hospital Boston launches major genetic study of autism
...al, led by Dr. Michael Greenberg, will examine the connection between autism, a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and several genes known to regulate BDNF. BDNF regulates many aspects of brain development and function, including formation of synapses. Mutation of one gene that regulates B...Genetic defect confers risk of major depression, resistance to SSRI drug therapy
...confirm the findings and investigate in detail the connection between the mutant TPH2 and unipolar major depression, the researchers said. The team will also explore the presence of this and other functional mutations in the serotonin enzyme in people with a wide range of other serotonin-related conditions -- s...Alcohol vulnerability linked to action of insulin
... make a compelling case for studying the potential connection between brain insulin and drug addiction in humans, Heberlein says. Significantly for potential therapy against alcoholism, the increased alcohol sensitivity brought on by changes in brain insulin activity did not affect other behavior, sugges...Weizmann Insitute scientists show how proteins beat the evolutionary stakes
... a class of compounds called lactones that have no connection at all to the other two. To investigate what kind of evolutionary advantage promiscuity offers, the team created a speeded-up version of evolution in the lab. Mutations were introduced into the genes coding for various proteins in a completely rand...15-year study shows strong link between fast food, obesity and insulin resistance
...ic, comprehensive long-term study to show a strong connection between fast-food consumption, obesity, and risk for type 2 diabetes." "The CARDIA study factored in and monitored lifestyle factors including television viewing, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and smoking, but determined that increase in b...