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Medieval childs brain found preserved in France
Washington, March 16 - ANI: In a new study, an international team of researchers has identified intact neurons and cerebral cells in a mummified medieval brain of a child in France. Found inside the skull of a 13th century A.D. 18-month-old child from.......

Published : Tuesday 16 Mar 2010 14:03 | Read More

New magnesium supplement staves off memory loss
Magnesium, a key nutrient for a good memory, may be even more critical than previously thought for the development of neurons (nerve cell) of children and healthy brain cells in adults, says a new study........

Published : Tuesday 23 Feb 2010 14:03 | Read More

Glial cells can protect or kill neurons in retina
Washington, Feb 2 - ANI: Scientists from University of Montreal and McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute have discovered that glial cells, which normally protect neurons in the retina can also kill them, resulting in vision loss and blindne.......

Published : Tuesday 02 Feb 2010 16:40 | Read More

Scientists shed new light on walking after spinal cord injury
London, Jan 23 - ANI: Karolinska Institutet researchers have created a genetically modified mouse in which certain neurons can be activated by blue light, a development that is of potential significance to the recovery of walking after spinal cord injury........

Published : Saturday 23 Jan 2010 14:03 | Read More

Transplanted stem cells form proper brain connections in newborn mice
Washington, Jan 20 - ANI: In a new study, U.S. scientists found that transplanted neurons grown from embryonic stem cells were able to form proper brain connections in new born mice. Researchers from Stanford Medical School say their study was t.......

Published : Wednesday 20 Jan 2010 13:57 | Read More

New study provides vital clues to cause of mental retardation
Washington, Jan 17 - ANI: A new study conducted on mice has shed light on the cause of mental retardation. Rockefeller University researchers suggest that developing neurons dont just need the right genes to guide them as they grow, they need ac.......

Published : Sunday 17 Jan 2010 10:55 | Read More

Key to developing auditory neurons discovered
Washington, Jan 16 - ANI: Scientists from University of California, San Diego have made a novel advancement that would open new avenues for developing drugs that treat congenital and acquired hearing impairment. Loss of spiral ganglion neurons o.......

Published : Saturday 16 Jan 2010 15:15 | Read More

Maternal behaviour creates new neurons
Washington, Dec 18 - ANI: A new study on adult, virgin rats has shown that maternal behaviour itself can trigger the development of new neurons in the brain independent of whether the female was pregnant or has nursed. .......

Published : Friday 18 Dec 2009 15:44 | Read More

Fruit fly neuron can rebuild itself following injury
Washington, Dec 7 - ANI: New studies in fruit flies by researchers at Penn State University (PSU) have shown that the specialized nerve cells called neurons have the ability to reprogram themselves after injury. .......

Published : Monday 07 Dec 2009 14:04 | Read More

Circadian clock genes control appetite, consumption in fruit flies
Washington, Dec 7 - ANI: A Delhi University alumni has discovered that fruit flies' appetite and consumption are controlled by two rival sets of circadian clocks, one in neurons and the other in the fly fat body, which is analogous to the liver. .......

Published : Monday 07 Dec 2009 12:13 | Read More

New neurons cause declivity of instant fear memories

Owing to the colossal endeavors of a group of eminent researchers, it has come to the knowledge that new neurons sprouted in the hippocampus (a brain region related to learning and memory) bring about the declivity of instant fear memories in that brain r.......

Published : Saturday 14 Nov 2009 1:18 | Read More

New neurons erase old memories to make new ones
Washington, Nov 13 - ANI: Newborn neurons in the brain make room for new memories by moving out the old ones, concludes a new mice study........

Published : Friday 13 Nov 2009 14:05 | Read More

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