Williams syndrome nytimes article
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/magazine/08sociability-t.html People with Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder, have “trouble with space and numbers” but “a love of company and conversation...
View ArticleNYTimes article on light-triggered stimulation
“It sounds like a science-fiction version of stupid pet tricks: by toggling a light switch, neuroscientists can set fruit flies a-leaping and mice a-twirling and stop worms in their squiggling tracks....
View ArticleIf dopamine fails, try glutamate
Happy Labor Day (US)! Topping the NYT most popular articles list right now is an interesting article about a new schizophrenia treatment that targets certain glutamate receptors unlike previous...
View ArticleNeurotubes music videos
Heesoo Kim sent me a note that The NeuroTubes have released a set of neuroanatomy music videos. All of them are wacky and neat… here’s a clip of Proud to Be a Neural Tube (which achieves the impressive...
View ArticleSome reversible brain and behavioral changes from chronic stress
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1171203 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/science/18angier.html: To rattle the rats to the point where their stress response remained demonstrably hyperactive, the...
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