Deleting a certain gene in mice can make them smarter by unlocking a mysterious region of the brain considered to be relatively inflexible, scientists have found. Mice with a disabled RGS14 gene are able to remember objects they'd explored and learn to navigate mazes better than regular mice, suggesting that RGS14's presence limits some forms of learning and memory.
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September 18, 2010
Gene limits learning and memory in mice
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July 19, 2010
The Neurosciences And Music — IV Learning And Memory
The Mariani Foundation for Paediatric Neurology announces "The Neurosciences and Music - IV: Learning and Memory", to be held in Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) from 9th to 12th June 2011...
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July 8, 2010
In Monkey Model, Fetal X-Ray Exposure Interferes With Memory In Adulthood
Learning and memory impairments are important contributors to the disability associated with schizophrenia. These functional impairments emerge long before the onset of other symptoms associated with schizophrenia, suggesting that they are a consequence of a disturbance in brain development...
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July 5, 2010
Fetal X-ray exposure interferes with memory in adulthood, monkey study finds
Learning and memory impairments are important contributors to the disability associated with schizophrenia. These functional impairments emerge long before the onset of other symptoms associated with schizophrenia, suggesting that they are a consequence of a disturbance in brain development. In order to investigate the impact of early life disturbances in brain development upon learning and memor
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December 27, 2009
Intrinsic plasticity: the 'other' learning mechanism
A quote from Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel in the December 11 issue of Science reminded me of a short article by David Glanzman covering a remarkable paper on pan-neuronal (aka 'intrinsic') plasticity and its involvement in learning and memory. Here is the quote:Q: Synaptic plasticity is a central concept in your work on memory. You've been working with Aplysia since 1962. What else do you think we
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October 22, 2009
Nanowire Biocompatibility In The Brain: So Far So Good
The biological safety of nanotechnology, in other words, how the body reacts to nanoparticles, is a hot topic. Researchers have managed for the first time to carry out successful experiments involving the injection of so-called 'nanowires.' In the future it is expected that it will be possible to insert nanoscale electrodes to study learning and memory functions and to treat patients suffering fr
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September 16, 2009
Direct Evidence Of Role Of Sleep In Memory Formation Is Uncovered
A research team has pinpointed for the first time the mechanism that takes place during sleep that causes learning and memory formation to occur. The team has determined that short transient brain events, called "sharp wave ripples," are responsible for consolidating memory and transferring the learned information from the hippocampus to the neocortex, where long-term memories are stored.
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August 4, 2009
Why We Learn More From Our Successes Than Our Failures–MIT Study Sheds Light On The Brain’s Ability To Change In Response To Learning
If you've ever felt doomed to repeat your mistakes, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory may have explained why: brain cells may only learn from experience when we do something right and not when we fail. In the July 30 issue of the journal Neuron, Earl K.
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July 23, 2009
Short Stressful Events May Improve Working Memory
Experiencing chronic stress day after day can produce wear and tear on the body physically and mentally, and can have a detrimental effect on learning and emotion. However, acute stress -- a short stressful incident -- may enhance learning and memory.
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June 25, 2009
Sleep Helps Build Long-Term Memories - Picower Institute Study Strengthens Link Between Sleep, Memory Formation
Experts have long suspected that part of the process of turning fleeting short-term memories into lasting long-term memories occurs during sleep. Now, researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics of MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown that mice prevented from "replaying" their waking experiences while asleep do not remember them as well as mice who are ab
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