Posts Tagged ‘brain’

March 9 2010

Nicotine builds up slowly in the brain

Oct. 16: A new report found that smoking bans really do save nonsmokers’ lives. A panel of experts discusses whether it’s time to outlaw smoking. (Other)Nicotine builds up gradually in smokers’ brains rather than spiking after each puff, according to a study that might help point to new ways to help people quit smoking.






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March 5 2010

Karl Rove: I wasn’t George Bush’s brain

March 5: TODAY’s Matt Lauer previews his exclusive interview with Republican strategist Karl Rove, whose new memoir revisits controversial issues from the George W. Bush era, including the war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. (Today Show)The Republican strategist who became synonymous with a bare-knuckled brand of politics said Friday that the former president’s critics underestimated his intelligence: “To suggest that I was his brain is derogatory about him.”






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January 29 2010

Scientists Decode Brain Cancer Cell Line (HealthDay)

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) — The first complete genomic
sequencing of a brain cancer cell line has been performed by U.S.
scientists.



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January 20 2010

Why Antidepressants Don't Work for Half of Patients (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – Only half of depressed individuals who take antidepressants actually
get a mood lift. And now scientists think they know why: A study in
mice found receptors on certain brain cells essentially block the
effects of these medicines.



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December 8 2009

Lab mice show brain's role in learning, memory

Li Zuo, a neurobiologist at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered how learning and memory imprint their effects on the brain – spurred by inspiration from her father, her 3-year-old son and a family friend who suffered a stroke….



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