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Category Archives: Neuroscience
Feeling your pain
Tom Finger on molecular signaling between neurons and microglia.
We met Tom Finger from the University of Colorado Medical School at the SfN meeting in November last year. Continue reading
How to overhaul peer review and scientific publishing
Many are quick to criticize the peer review process, but are there any viable alternatives?
Anyone who doubts the inefficiencies and flaws of the current peer-review system would do well to read a review article published in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience (Dec 2011) and evaluated for F1000 by Gary Aston-Jones and David Moorman. Continue reading
Waiter! – there’s a Drosophila melanogaster in my beer!
The molecular basis of the yearning for yeasty concoctions.
There’s a reason that fruit flies are called fruit flies, and not “beer flies”. Continue reading
Stuart Tobet, SFN 2011
How the developing blood-brain barrier is important in protecting against future disease.
We met Stuart Tobet, member of our 'Neural Homeostasis' Section, at the Society of Neuroscience (SfN) meeting in November. Continue reading
Exercising the human brain
Happy New Year from all of us at F1000! Below is a guest post by editorial assistant Daniel Aggio on the benefits of exercise for memory.
Many of us have New Year's resolutions that include getting fit(ter) this year, but did you know that your gym membership could improve your memory? Chris Gomez from the University of Chicago, a Faculty Member in our Neuronal Signalling Mechanisms section, has highlighted as ‘must read’ a study that confirms earlier studies in animals that exercising improves spatial memory. Continue reading
Taste isn’t just for taste buds
Why taste receptors can be found not just on the tongue, but also in the nasal cavity, the stomach and the intestines.
Tom Finger and Sue Kinnamon are Faculty Members in the Sensory Systems Section. Continue reading
Beat the Christmas stress: exercise!
A closer look at the mechanism by which physical activity reduces anxiety.
With Christmas on its way, exercise may be the last thing on your mind, but if the thought of getting all the Christmas shopping done or preparing Christmas lunch for the whole family is making you anxious, there could be one simple remedy: physical activity. Continue reading
Memory deficits in psychiatric disorders: Karl Peter Giese at SfN 2011
Karl-Peter Giese tells us about his recent discoveries that could explain memory and learning deficits in diseases such as autism.
We spoke to Karl-Peter Giese, Neuroscience Faculty Member, at SfN last month, and here, he explains what he's currently working on. Continue reading
Hooligan detection: how much do you see?
New research looking at the gaze patterns of security experts suggests that they "see more" than normal observers.
Here in London, we have seen our fair share of hooligans (sorry – 'rioters') in recent times. Continue reading
Tracy Bale at SfN 2011
Why do some neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric diseases such as autism affect more boys than girls? Tracy Bale explains.
At the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting last week, Tracy Bale, Section Head in 'Neural homeostasis', talked to us about her research on how stress dysregulation underlies neuropsychiatric disease. Continue reading