...ted mental retardation that stems from a rare mutation in a single gene, FMR1, on the X chromosome. Like those with autism, people with the syndrome often have trouble interacting with others, maintaining...
...mission tomography (PET), which detect temporal differences on the order of seconds or minutes,. Like those methods, MEG can pinpoint the region of activity, but is much more sensitive to changes over sh...
...al copies. “When you throw in these extra maternals, it’s almost like there’s too many partners in the dance,” says lead investigator Janine LaSalle, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Uni...
why we use specific weight animal like mice (20-25 g) , some time only rats and some time animal with specific sex (like male or female) i...
...got us thinking whether we need to start looking at other types of genetic elements, things like microRNAs,” said Linda Brzustowicz, professor of genetics at Rutgers University. MicroRNAs have wide-rangi...
... really starting to apply the lessons in the hippocampus to other brain areas like the amygdala,” she says. For all reports from the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, click here. ...
...eaving the others more or less unaltered. That challenge remains today. The brain is like an orchestra, Deisseroth says, and each sub-region a different type of musical instrument. “Basically we have no ...
...“This is one of the problems of trying to pool data in a clinical lab like ours,” Shaffer says. “If the form that comes in with the sample just says 'heart defect' on it, then we'd never know if the child...
...nts go over details of how the room will be arranged, what the scanner noise sounds like, and what pajamas the children will wear. “One of the keys to our success is really individualizing [the room] for...
...a six week old newborn daughter who is avoiding eye contact. Her temperment is very unsettled and unlike the other girls as babies. I just have an all around bad feeling about the way she is progressing s...
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