May 24, 2013
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Immune cell activation in multiple sclerosis: New indicator molecules visualize activation of auto-aggressive T cells

Biological processes are generally based on events at the molecular and cellular level. To understand what happens in the course of infections, diseases or normal bodily functions, scientists would need to examine individual cells and their activity di… Continue reading

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April 22, 2013
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Gone, but not forgotten: Scientists recall EP, perhaps the world’s second-most famous amnesiac

Neuroscientists have described for the first time, in exhaustive detail, the underlying neurobiology of an amnesiac who suffered from profound memory loss after damage to key portions of his brain. Continue reading

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April 3, 2013
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Accused of complicity in Alzheimer’s, amyloid proteins may be getting a bad rap

Amyloids — clumps of misfolded proteins found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders — are the quintessential bad boys of neurobiology. But now a pair of recent research studies sets a solid course towa… Continue reading

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January 20, 2013
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One form of neuron turned into another in brain

A new finding by stem cell biologists turns one of the basics of neurobiology on its head — demonstrating that it is possible to turn one type of already differentiated neuron into another within the brain. Continue reading

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August 16, 2012
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Psychopaths get a break from biology: Judges reduce sentences if genetics, neurobiology are blamed

A survey of judges in 19 states found that if a convicted criminal is a psychopath, judges consider it an aggravating factor in sentencing, but if judges also hear biological explanations for the disorder, they reduce the sentence by about a year on av… Continue reading

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