32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...on and control of therapeutic genes in human adult neural stem cells that can be transplanted to treat incurable ocular diseases. Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, N.J.) Advanced Vision-Radar Threat Detection (AVRT): A Pre-Crash Detection and Active Safety SystemCombine vision and radar sensor technolo...Putting physiology into the Nobel Prize: 2004 marks 100th anniversary of Pavlov's award
...prehensive, it had to deal with aspects of central neural integration that in this century have been claimed...on salivation and digestion, Pavlov emphasized the neural control of the salivary glands as the "prototype of a general scheme of an innervation mechanism." A...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...uantum computing, nanoscience, bioinformatics, and neural networks--as well as for developments in the more traditional fields of 20th-century physics, such as particle and condensed matter physics and astrophysics." The final presentation of the conference will address the questions that participants...Where in the brain decisions are made
...strategy as humans--presumably reflecting the same neural processes. The researchers had the monkeys play th...tary decision making," wrote the researchers. "The neural data presented here suggest that the neurons of area LIP encode the relative subjective desirability...Coke versus Pepsi: It's all in the head
... affect taste perception, there had been no direct neural probes to test the effect, wrote the researchers. Findings about the effects of such cultural information on the brain have important medical implications, they wrote. "There is literally a growing crisis in obesity, type II diabetes, and all their s...Flies have morning and evening clocks
...pportunity for understanding general principles of neural structure and function. "The circadian neurons are one of the few circuits in neurobiology where we have a chance to understand at multiple levels how different sets of neurons communicate with each other -- including understanding the wiring rules, ...Research into the sense of touch in worms wins Eppendorf/Science Prize
...mple's laboratory working on mechanisms regulating neural stem cell self-renewal and cell fate choices, including interactions between neural stem cells and endothelial niche cells.......vans. "Given the known roles of this FGF family in neural development and maintenance, it's not a huge leap ...w compromising the system could lead to changes in neural circuitry and contribute to mood disorders." "The bottom line is, the FGF system is less active in ...New Jersey Institute of Technology environmentalist receives Fulbright Chair award
... engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and eLearning. ...Using fruitflies to examine alcohol tolerance
...e are simply way stations on a single continuum of neural adaptation, or three different sets of brain adaptations of alcohol. In the end, the goal is to move beyond our current understanding, that is, that some humans possess a genetically influenced tendency to develop alcoholism and others do not. The ...Mouse study: 'Critical' Down syndrome region isn't
...using the mouse models to study the involvement of neural crest cells, precursors to structures affected in Down syndrome, including the face, heart and the nerves that serve the intestines....UF scientist: 'Brain' in a dish acts as autopilot, living computer
...nteract, scientists hope to understand what causes neural disorders such as epilepsy and to determine noninv...uters. "If we can extract the rules of how these neural networks are doing computations like pattern recognition, we can apply that to create novel computin...Latest buzz in research: Intoxicated honey bees may clue scientists into drunken human behavior
... We may be able to examine how ethanol affects the neural basis of aggression in this insect, and in turn learn how it affects humans." Mustard and Wright conducted this research with Ohio State colleagues Brian Smith, a professor of entomology, and Ian Maze, an undergraduate student studying microbiology.......ic regions of the cortex that provide clues to the neural makeup of autistic behaviors. Cell...used magnetoencephalography ( MEG ) to explore the neural correlates of sound sensitivity and language deficits in autistic children. Many children with autis...Early life stress harms mental function and immune system in later years
...ce- hunting, for example-to bring about changes in neural function than do juvenile owls." In other work, Michael Meaney of McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Center, in Montreal, Canada, describes how variations in maternal care can result in sustained alterations in gene expressio...Stimulating nerve cells with laser precision
...in a tortuous position. Currently, once the proper neural region is selected, surgeons pinpoint the individual nerves by a process of elimination, striking nerves with an electric probe while the patient is awake to ensure that the right nerve has been located. But electrical probes create a halo of ...Genetically endowed worm may substitute for rodents in some toxicology testing
...l also evaluate how chemicals affect a roundworm's neural systems at various stages of life. Freedman foresees several advantages if researchers use nematodes instead of the rats and mice that are now the laboratory standards for such work, especially during the expensive initial stages that typicall...UCSD biologists discover chemical important in guiding visual system development
... Scientists have long recognized that spontaneous neural activity is needed for the normal development of t...s caused by their disruption. "The waves of neural activity in the developing visual system have a remarkably stereotyped temporal pattern," said Felle...Sick kids researchers unmask the potential of stem cells found in adult skin
... similar to a type of embryonic stem cell called a neural crest stem cell, and like neural crest stem cells, are endogenous and multipotent in nature. These neural crest stem cells generate t...Tropical birds sensitive to environmental cues that can be impacted by global warming
...ysiological cue regulating seasonal changes in the neural song-control system. Seasonal changes in the song-control system have been demonstrated by other scientists in all northern latitude species that have been investigated. But no one had researched whether seasonal changes occurred in the brains of bir...