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Pavlov’s rats? Rodents trained to link rewards to visual cues

Pavlov’s rats? Rodents trained to link rewards to visual cues

Jan. 23, 2013 — In experiments on rats outfitted with tiny goggles, scientists say they have learned that the brain’s initial vision processing center not only relays visual stimuli, but also can “learn” time intervals and create specifically timed expectations of future rewards

Pavlov’s rats? Rodents trained to link rewards to visual cues

Pavlov’s rats? Rodents trained to link rewards to visual cues

Jan. 23, 2013 — In experiments on rats outfitted with tiny goggles, scientists say they have learned that the brain’s initial vision processing center not only relays visual stimuli, but also can “learn” time intervals and create specifically timed expectations of future rewards

Pavlov’s rats? Rodents trained to link rewards to visual cues

Pavlov’s rats? Rodents trained to link rewards to visual cues

Jan. 23, 2013 — In experiments on rats outfitted with tiny goggles, scientists say they have learned that the brain’s initial vision processing center not only relays visual stimuli, but also can “learn” time intervals and create specifically timed expectations of future rewards.

Pavlov’s rats? Rodents trained to link rewards to visual cues

Pavlov’s rats? Rodents trained to link rewards to visual cues

Jan. 23, 2013 — In experiments on rats outfitted with tiny goggles, scientists say they have learned that the brain’s initial vision processing center not only relays visual stimuli, but also can “learn” time intervals and create specifically timed expectations of future rewards.

DNA prefers to dive head first into nanopores

DNA prefers to dive head first into nanopores

Jan. 8, 2013 — If you want to understand a novel, it helps to start from the beginning rather than trying to pick up the plot from somewhere in the middle

DNA prefers to dive head first into nanopores

DNA prefers to dive head first into nanopores

Jan. 8, 2013 — If you want to understand a novel, it helps to start from the beginning rather than trying to pick up the plot from somewhere in the middle. The same goes for analyzing a strand of DNA.

Under the weather, literally: More rainfall and bigger storms may lead to more stomach upsets

Under the weather, literally: More rainfall and bigger storms may lead to more stomach upsets

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New hope for lowering cholesterol

New hope for lowering cholesterol

ScienceDaily (Mar. 1, 2011) — A promising new way to inhibit cholesterol production in the body has been discovered, one that may yield treatments as effective as existing medications but with fewer side-effects. In a new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism , a team of researchers from the UNSW School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences — led by Associate Professor Andrew Brown — report that an enzyme — squalene mono-oxygenase (SM) — plays a previously unrecognized role as a key checkpoint in cholesterol production

Prenatal intervention reduces learning deficit in mice

Prenatal intervention reduces learning deficit in mice

ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2012) — Mice with a condition that serves as a laboratory model for Down syndrome perform better on memory and learning tasks as adults if they were treated before birth with neuroprotective peptides, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health.

Implantable silk optics multi-task in body: Dissolvable micro-mirrors enhance imaging, administer heat, deliver and monitor drugs

Implantable silk optics multi-task in body: Dissolvable micro-mirrors enhance imaging, administer heat, deliver and monitor drugs

ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2012) — Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have demonstrated silk-based implantable optics that offer significant improvement in tissue imaging while simultaneously enabling photo thermal therapy, administering drugs and monitoring drug delivery.