Gene controlling circadian rhythms may be involved in onset of bipolar disorder
...f the brain and is released by naturally rewarding experiences such as food, sex and the use of certain drugs. This also resulted in the mice going back to normal behaviors. "While the Clock gene is expressed throughout the brain, it's really only been studied in one particular brain region, which is the one...Experience affects new neuron survival in adult brain; study sheds light on learning, memory
...ow these new neurons store information about these experiences may explain how they can affect learning and memory in adults. A team of researchers headed by Fred Gage, PhD, of the Salk Institute, found that experience enhances the survival of new neurons in a brain area called the dentate gyrus, and that mor...Researchers figure out what makes a simple biological clock tick
...izzying array of biochemical processes. A traveler experiences jet lag when his or her internal clock becomes out of synch with the environment. Seasonal Affective Disorder, some types of depression, sleep disorders and problems adjusting to changes in work cycles all can occur when an individual's biological cl...Ewwwww! UCLA anthropologist studies evolution's disgusting side
...een shown to be the most interested in sex and new experiences when they are the most fertile, their disgust reactions toward unusual forms of sexual behavior during ovulation dont make sense except when considered in the context of reproductive fitness," Fessler said. "These are sexual activities that either w...Penn study finds ICD devices offer heart patients life-saving benefits
... When analyzed against a control population, their experiences are comparable to average Americans of the same age. Driving, lifting heavy objects and sexual activity were the most common lifestyle concerns voiced by ICD patients during the quality of life survey, suggesting that physicians should routinely a...Study pries into ovarian cancer's deadly secrets
...l cancer. By the time a woman with ovarian cancer experiences symptoms, tumors are typically large and often metastatic. Standard therapy for ovarian cancer now usually involves surgery to remove the tumor, followed by chemotherapy, which is initially effective but not curative. The disease frequently comes b...Sleep enforces the temporal sequence in memory
...ess relies on the brain replaying recently encoded experiences during the night. The same research group now prov...they were experienced, probably by a replay of the experiences in "forward" direction. Students were asked to learn triplets of words presented one after the ot...UCLA/Toronto researchers unlock key to memory storage in brain
...ure. What we recall helps us learn from our past experiences and better shape our lives." ...How is the digitization of information impacting across the health service?
...lth service. The main body of research focused on experiences and perceptions of digital libraries (sources of non-personal health information). The second part of the research looked at the introduction of new technologies in particular healthcare contexts including patient information, patient booking and pat...Wanting ahead -- Birds plan for future desires
... had been argued that only humans can draw on past experiences to plan for the future, whereas animals were considered stuck in time. However, it has become clear that some animals can indeed plan for future needs. Surprisingly, the most convincing examples of future planning are not derived from our closest rel...Smallpox outbreak: How long would it take for vaccines to protect people? Would it work?
...niversity. "After successful vaccination, the body experiences a quicker fighting response to the infection, which lessens or completely avoids the symptoms of illness." Unlike some other diseases, getting vaccinated following exposure to smallpox could provide protective effects. For example, for the flu vacc...Delayed treatment of childhood-onset bipolar disorder results in negative outcome in adults
...r, also called manic-depressive disorder, a person experiences mood changes that fluctuate between periods of abnormally high energy and extreme depression. Bipolar disorder is estimated to affect approximately 1-3% of adults, but also can affect children and adolescents. Untreated, this disorder is associated...Enhanced MR-guided focused ultrasound guidelines demonstrate improved efficacy and durability
...hree women treated surgically for uterine fibroids experiences an adverse event. "These new data suggest that uterine fibroids impose a substantial clinical burden on women, and a tremendous economic burden on employers. MRgFUS holds the promise of lessening this burden by offering women a non-invasive treatm...'Might have been' key in evaluating behavior
...lity of his or her actions above and beyond simple experiences that have occurred in the immediately proximal time." Using techniques honed in previous experiments that studied trust, Montague and his colleagues used an investment game to test the effects of these "what if" thoughts on decisions in 54 subject...Researchers develop way to calculate speed of bacterial sex
... out to build a better model that incorporated the experiences of bacteria in nature, such as wait times associated with conjugations, bacterial cell motion and transport in ground water, and the colonization of soil surfaces by bacterial cells. Using a previously established conceptual framework of conjugatio...2007 National Soybean Rust Symposium to be held in Louisville, KY
...rtance. New this year will be a session devoted to experiences and perceptions of producers and crop consultants," he said....Experts to address farmers' role in managing climate change
...t Congressional district of Kansas, will offer his experiences with soil carbon management, and highlight opportunities for farmers to participate in carbon trading. Dr. Brent Sohngen, an agricultural economist at Ohio State University, will weigh the economic feasibility of adopting policies to encourage impr......tinct memories for similar but distinct places and experiences that afflicts some elderly individuals....Undergraduate research shows leaderless honeybee organizing
...lotte Honors College program that fosters research experiences for undergraduates. Using an ingeniously designed experiment, Pierce and his co-authors were able to document details of bee social behavior that fundamentally confirm the hypothesis that major colony activities are initiated by the cumulative gr...Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan
...ivil war broke out in the region in 1983. Based on experiences in other war-torn regions such as Mozambique and Angola, where wildlife vanished as a result of those conflicts, scientists believed that the wildlife of Southern Sudan had also disappeared. Recently, though, reports from within Southern Sudan indic...