• Pearson acquires Cogmed working memory training

    Updated: 2010-06-30 17:51:38
    Karolinska Development to divest portfolio company (press release) “Today, Karolinska Development has divested Cogmed, one of Karolinska Development’s portfolio companies, to Pearson where it will become part of Pearson’s Clinical Assessment business.” Why does it make all the sense in the world for a large publisher with heavy educational and clinical operations to acquire a computerized cognitive [...]

  • Collagen Cross-link Assay

    Updated: 2010-06-30 12:38:54
    Hi, I am trying to measure the degree of collagen crosslink in a 3 D tissue construct we created in the lab. I have done some research, and many of the publication pointed to the uses of radioactive-labeled proline. However, our lab does not have a license on using any radioactive materials. Does anyone have recommendation on assays we can run to determine the collagen crosslink or know any place we can send the samples to for measurement?Thank you,JHu

  • The Future of Regenerative Medicine

    Updated: 2010-06-30 12:09:38
    Bioengineering, and more specifically, tissue engineering, gives a new perspective to personalized medicine. The use of cells and therapies has become a strong practice to get the body to heal itself, as it already happens with blood transfusions, bone marrow transplants, and autologous chondrocyte implantation to re-grow cartilage. These procedures have prepared the road for over 2000 clinical trials linked to cell therapies, like stem cells for ischemic heart regions, n...

  • The Future of Regenerative Medicine

    Updated: 2010-06-30 12:09:38
    Bioengineering, and more specifically, tissue engineering, gives a new perspective to personalized medicine. The use of cells and therapies has become a strong practice to get the body to heal itself, as it already happens with blood transfusions, bone marrow transplants, and autologous chondrocyte implantation to re-grow cartilage. These procedures have prepared the road for over 2000 clinical trials linked to cell therapies, like stem cells for ischemic heart regions, n...

  • STABILITY

    Updated: 2010-06-30 10:27:30
    1.)how to calibration to formed walk in type stability chamber 2.)How to calculate HPLC area

  • Binge drinking and the adolescent brain.

    Updated: 2010-06-29 16:14:00
    : . skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • New Report Finds A Brain Health Revolution in the Making, Driven by Digital Technology and Neuroplasticity Research

    Updated: 2010-06-28 12:26:58
    In spite of the recent economic downturn, revenues for digital technologies to assess, enhance and treat cognition, or digital brain health and fitness tools, grew 35% in 2009. “The convergence of demographic and policy trends with cognitive neuroscience discoveries and technological innovation is giving birth to a nascent marketplace that can fundamentally transform what brain [...]

  • New Report Finds A Brain Health Revolution in the Making, Driven by Digital Technology and Neuroplasticity Research

    Updated: 2010-06-28 11:26:58
    , Home Home Page 2010 Report Market Intelligence Executive Summary Table of Contents List of Figures In-Depth Vendor Profiles List of Clients 2010 Awards Brain Fitness Innovation Winners Podium Top 10 Finalists Judging Panel Press kit release How-To Guide all about Cognitive and Brain Health Debunking 10 Brain Myths 1. Brain Fitness Fundamentals 2. The 4 Pillars of Brain Maintenance 3. Brain Training vs . Mental Activity 4. Making Informed Decisions 5. Brain Fitness Through Life 6. Ready for the Future 7. Opening the Debate Glossary : Brain Cognitive Terms Neuroscience Interview Series Top 10 Brain Fitness Books Directory : Web Sites and Articles Teasers Brain Games Top 50 Brain Teasers Top 15 Puzzles Teasers Riddles Latest Games for the Brain Book Consumer Guide Description Table of

  • The Non-Coding Genome

    Updated: 2010-06-28 06:21:31
    This symposium will provide an interdisciplinary discussion of the roles of non-coding RNAs with the aim of enhancing our understanding of gene regulation and function. Topics will include recent discoveries in the fields of prokaryotic and eukaryotic long and short non-coding RNAs. The functional roles of non-coding RNAs in a wide variety of cell processes will be discussed.

  • Chemical Biology 2010

    Updated: 2010-06-28 06:15:09
    Chemical Biology is a quickly growing highly interdisciplinary field, which was born out of the biologist's and chemist's common interest in chemical strategies to investigate biological questions, and has emerged to become an important and central discipline by itself. Researchers in Chemical Biology find themselves at home in both classical disciplines and make use of experimental tools that both have to offer.The conference Chemical Biology 2008 was held at EMBL Heidelberg for the first t...

  • Structure and Function of Neural Circuits

    Updated: 2010-06-28 06:13:05
    Understanding the complexity and functional composition of cellular and synaptic networks in the nervous system is a major challenge in neurobiology. Genes and molecules impact directly the assembly, function, and plasticity of specific neural circuits, and recent studies in different model systems start to elucidate the functionality of neuronal connectomes as an higher organisational entity required for the generation of complex behaviours.The goal of this Symposium is to highlight recent ...

  • Transcription and Chromatin

    Updated: 2010-06-28 06:11:04
    http://www.embl.de/training/courses_conferences/conference/2010/TRM10-01/index.html

  • Upcoming Event: A Perfect Mind (London, 03 July 2010)

    Updated: 2010-06-27 00:54:00
    Coming to The See Further Fest (Celebrating 350 years of The Royal Society):"A Perfect MInd". (Source: BrainBlog)

  • Linkage 6/25: Cell Phone Cancer Debunked Again

    Updated: 2010-06-25 15:32:44
    Editor’s note: I will be on vacation next week, and so will the blog. A tanner ScienceLife will return on July 6th. People often worry that the latest ubiquitous technology is changing or harming them, and the link between cell phones and cancer is a treasured old superstition at this point. But chalk up another strike [...]

  • What is Brain Fitness? How to Enhance Brain Fitness?

    Updated: 2010-06-25 15:31:12
    We define Brain Fitness as having the brain-based cognitive, emotional and self-regulation capacities required to succeed in one’s environment. Not everyone is exposed to the same mental demands nor do we all have the same starting points. This means we need to stop looking for ‘magic pills’ and invest more resources in developing toolkits and [...]

  • What is Brain Fitness? How to Enhance Brain Fitness?

    Updated: 2010-06-25 14:31:12
    Home Home Page 2010 Report Market Intelligence Executive Summary Table of Contents List of Figures In-Depth Vendor Profiles List of Clients 2010 Awards Brain Fitness Innovation Winners Podium Top 10 Finalists Judging Panel Press kit release How-To Guide all about Cognitive and Brain Health Debunking 10 Brain Myths 1. Brain Fitness Fundamentals 2. The 4 Pillars of Brain Maintenance 3. Brain Training vs . Mental Activity 4. Making Informed Decisions 5. Brain Fitness Through Life 6. Ready for the Future 7. Opening the Debate Glossary : Brain Cognitive Terms Neuroscience Interview Series Top 10 Brain Fitness Books Directory : Web Sites and Articles Teasers Brain Games Top 50 Brain Teasers Top 15 Puzzles Teasers Riddles Latest Games for the Brain Book Consumer Guide Description Table of

  • Antipsychotic drug shrinks the brain

    Updated: 2010-06-24 11:15:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • To Manage Brain Fitness Through Life, We Need to Put Puzzle Pieces Together

    Updated: 2010-06-21 01:02:08
    The main value of the independent NIH panel mentioned in the previous article comes from the recommendations it makes for research, industry and government to fill the gaps in the scientific evidence in years to come. … In fact, having access to objective, automated assessments to help consumers better monitor their cognitive health and take proactive, informed [...]

  • Associating a nerve growth factor with positive affect - depression therapy?

    Updated: 2010-06-18 11:25:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • Is that my Mobile ringing? Rapid brain processing

    Updated: 2010-06-18 11:10:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • Cancer Survivors Day 2010

    Updated: 2010-06-17 16:56:38
    With all the talk of tomorrow’s better cancer treatments, it’s important occasionally to remember that millions of people have been treated with successfully with today’s - and yesterday’s - medicine. For someone newly diagnosed with cancer, it’s inspiring to hear the stories of those who have fought the disease and survived, a helpful dose of [...]

  • What the recent NIH Expert Panel on Alzheimer’s Prevention Means – and Doesn’t Mean

    Updated: 2010-06-17 12:05:39
    In late April 2010, an independent expert panel organized by the NIH released a thoughtful report on the state of the science for prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease and cognitive decline*. The report summarizes the panel’s review of the scientific literature by saying: “Firm conclusions cannot be drawn about the association of modifiable risk factors with [...]

  • What the recent NIH Expert Panel on Alzheimer’s Prevention Means – and Doesn’t Mean

    Updated: 2010-06-17 11:05:39
    Home Home Page 2010 Report Market Intelligence Executive Summary Table of Contents List of Figures In-Depth Vendor Profiles List of Clients 2010 Awards Brain Fitness Innovation Winners Podium Top 10 Finalists Judging Panel Press kit release How-To Guide all about Cognitive and Brain Health Debunking 10 Brain Myths 1. Brain Fitness Fundamentals 2. The 4 Pillars of Brain Maintenance 3. Brain Training vs . Mental Activity 4. Making Informed Decisions 5. Brain Fitness Through Life 6. Ready for the Future 7. Opening the Debate Glossary : Brain Cognitive Terms Neuroscience Interview Series Top 10 Brain Fitness Books Directory : Web Sites and Articles Teasers Brain Games Top 50 Brain Teasers Top 15 Puzzles Teasers Riddles Latest Games for the Brain Book Consumer Guide Description Table of

  • Ncdeu

    Updated: 2010-06-16 08:49:00
    NCDEU is an annual conference that presents advances in treatment and in clinical trials for a number of psychiatric conditions. It is a relatively small conference with a nicely organized agenda of workshopa, presentations, and poster sessions. The website for the conference can be found here, which includes the program. (Source: BrainBlog)

  • Building a Cognitive Reserve May Help Delay Multiple Sclerosis symptoms

    Updated: 2010-06-15 18:17:48
    Intellectual Enrichment Helped Preserve Memory and Learning in Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Study Says (WebMD) “A small study of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients shows that maintaining an intellectually active lifestyle can help preserve learning and memory, even among patients with a high degree of brain damage.” “Although there’s no indication that being mentally engaged protects against brain damage [...]

  • Using Neurocriminology to Predict Violence

    Updated: 2010-06-15 16:39:31
    The Neuroethics of Neurocriminology: New Challenges Is it possible to predict criminal violence with brain scans, and prevent it with biological interventions? Part of the excellent Neuroethics Learning Collaborative video series. (Source: Channel N)

  • Unconscious Buying

    Updated: 2010-06-11 13:16:54
    In a fascinating study just published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers have shown that we make buying decisions even when we aren’t paying attention to the products, and that fMRI observation of brain activity can predict these decisions. This new work builds on previous research by Stanford’s Knutson and CMU’s Loewenstein which showed [...] CommentsComments (Source: Neuromarketing)

  • Dana Foundation's What are your Favorite Books about the Brain?

    Updated: 2010-06-10 17:40:00
    Have some favs? Vote at the Dana website:http://danapress.typepad.com/weblog/2010/06/what-are-your-favorite-books-about-the-brain.htmlFun! (Source: BrainBlog)

  • June 22nd talk @ Fundacion Edad y Vida (Barcelona) on Health in the XXI century

    Updated: 2010-06-10 06:38:46
    Last November, talking with some Japanese colleagues at the World Economic Forum´s Council on the Aging Society, I discovered that it is common there to organize research-driven consortia/ learning labs among for-profit, non-profit and academic organizations interested in the development of “silver industries”, this is, where companies develop product and services specific to the needs [...]

  • The Internet will fry your brain. Sure.

    Updated: 2010-06-07 18:23:59
    The Boston Globe has a good article/ book review on the latest quasi-luddite attack on the Internet (an attack in the name of brain science no less, and with cool brain scans). The book in question: “The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains.” The Internet ate my brain (Boston Globe) - Nicholas Carr says [...]

  • The Internet will fry your brain. Sure.

    Updated: 2010-06-07 17:23:59
    . . Home Home Page 2010 Report Market Intelligence Executive Summary Table of Contents List of Figures In-Depth Vendor Profiles List of Clients 2010 Awards Brain Fitness Innovation Winners Podium Top 10 Finalists Judging Panel Press kit release How-To Guide all about Cognitive and Brain Health Debunking 10 Brain Myths 1. Brain Fitness Fundamentals 2. The 4 Pillars of Brain Maintenance 3. Brain Training vs . Mental Activity 4. Making Informed Decisions 5. Brain Fitness Through Life 6. Ready for the Future 7. Opening the Debate Glossary : Brain Cognitive Terms Neuroscience Interview Series Top 10 Brain Fitness Books Directory : Web Sites and Articles Teasers Brain Games Top 50 Brain Teasers Top 15 Puzzles Teasers Riddles Latest Games for the Brain Book Consumer Guide Description Table of

  • NIH Videocast: Network Neuroscience

    Updated: 2010-06-04 18:39:00
    From the 17th of May, 2010:Network Neuroscience - Connectivity and Dynamics of the Human Brainby Dr. Olaf SpornsView the presentation"Nervous systems are complex networks of interconnected neural elements that engage in spontaneous or evoked dynamics. Recent advances in the quantitative analysis and modeling of complex networks have provided new insights into the architecture of brain, structural and functional connectivity ¬ its small-world topology, efficient information flow, low wiring cost, modularity, and hubs. This talk provides an overview of this emerging field, with an emphasis on how complex network approaches can reveal structure/function relationships in the human brain." (Source: BrainBlog)

  • Can video games inspire altruism?

    Updated: 2010-06-03 18:05:30
    (Editor’s Note: we are pleased to bring you this article thanks to our collaboration with Greater Good Magazine). Gaming for Good Research suggests that games like Lemmings, where the goal is to help others, inspire real-life acts of altruism. - By Kyle Smith For years, video games have been linked to aggression and violence, with researchers and media reports suggesting [...]

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