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Increased Success A 'Virtual' Certainty For Rugby Players
Rugby players worldwide could benefit from a new virtual reality training program. "The advantages of this technology are that unlike playing a video game on a normal desktop computer, the rugby player or athlete is totally immersed in a realistic simulated environment," said the lead researcher. Scientists identify two molecules that affect brain plasticity in mice
Researchers have identified a set of molecular brakes that stabilize the developing brain's circuitry. Moreover, experimentally removing those brakes in mice enhanced the animals' performance in a test of visual learning, suggesting a long-term path to therapeutic application. Habit Leads To Learning, New VA/UCSD Study Shows
Humans have a "robust"capacity to learn and retain new information unconsciously, retaining so-called habit memory even when conscious or declarative learning is absent, memory experts at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the San Diego Veterans Affairs Health System report in the July 28, 2005 issue of Nature. Drugs Used To Fight Cancer-related Bone Problems Boost Odds Of Jaw- Or
Treatment with intravenous bisphosphonates -- drugs used to reduce harm done to bones by cancer or cancer therapy -- increases the risk of jaw or facial bone disease or infection, according to a large-scale comparative study. Researchers also determined that patients who had taken higher doses of the drugs over time were more likely to have experienced jaw and facial bone disease. Columbia Researcher Identifies Cellular Defect That May Contribute To
The causes of autism have long remained a mystery, but new research from Columbia University Medical Center has identified, for the first time, how a cellular defect may be involved in the often crippling neurological disorder. 1981 Hunger Strikes: America Reacts
This exhibit traces public opinion in the United States before and after the 1981 Northern Ireland hunger strikes. It features nearly 200 excerpts from media coverage about the events, a timeline using news headlines related to the strikes, brief biographies of the ten men who died in the strikes, images, and related resources. From the Archives of Irish America, New York University Division of Libraries. Emergency News: 2005 Hurricane Season
Information from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals about Hurricane Katrina. Includes a FAQ covering health precautions for cleanup workers, contacts for medical professionals who want to volunteer services, and questions about vaccines and immunization records. Also provides news about numbers and locations of deceased victims, water boil orders, facilities and services, and actions of the health department. The Medieval Science Page
This site features annotated links to "Internet resources worldwide which deal with aspects of medieval science, both in Western and other cultures."Topics include animals, astronomy, botany, mathematics, and other subjects. "This site was designed, and is intended, for collegiate-level (adult) viewers."From a medieval British literature professor and journal editor. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Deconstructs Brain's Complex Network
A team headed by scientists at Northwestern University, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), has shown how to visualize the human brain as a massive, interacting, complex network governed by a few underlying dynamic principles. Brain Scans Reveal How Gene May Boost Schizophrenia Risk
Increased activity in the front of the brain predicts increases in the neurotransmitter dopamine in the middle of the brain in subjects with a suspected schizophrenia-related version of a gene. Yet, the opposite is true for subjects with another version of the gene. A tiny variation in the gene that makes the enzyme that breaks down dopamine causes a complete flipflop in dopamine activity in the two brain areas.
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