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Alzheimer's Researchers Tackle Waste Disposal The memory of mice with Alzheimer's-like symptoms is improved by inoculating the mice with an enzyme involved in protein degradation, report US researchers. The work could lead to new therapies for patients with Alzheimer's disease. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011 Jennifer Michalowski |
Memory Cells at the Ready Special neurons give rodents a leg up when facing unfamiliar territory. |
HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Madeline Drexler |
Mark Bear: Charting New Waters Bear has applied his discoveries in brain plasticity to understanding fragile X syndrome, an inherited form of mental impairment. |
HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Nicole Kresge |
Protein Precision in the Brain with CSF Two causes of autism arise from opposite cellular mechanisms. Too much or too little protein production at the synapse between neurons can cause autism and intellectual disability. |
Scientific American October 2, 2005 Diane Martindale |
One Face, One Neuron A recent study indicates that our brains employ far fewer cells to interpret a given image than previously believed, and the findings could help neuroscientists determine how memories are formed and stored. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Versace & Chandler |
MoNETA: A Mind Made from Memristors DARPA's new memristor-based approach to Artificial Intelligence consists of a chip that mimics how neurons process information |