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Duke Researchers Find Rapid Maturation of Neurons at Birth
At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.
Nov. 17, 2009
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New Initiative Strives to Keep North Carolinians’ Memories Healthy
A new model for conducting prevention research in Alzheimer’s disease is being launched by Duke University Medical Center assisted by the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
Nov. 4, 2009
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Study May Explain How A Well-Known Epilepsy and Pain Drug Works
A Duke University Medical Center researcher who spent years looking for the signals that prompt the brain to form new connections between neurons has found one that may explain precisely how a well-known drug for epilepsy and pain actually works.
Oct. 12, 2009
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Alzheimer's Gene Alters Brain Function in Young Adults
The gene most closely linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease affects brain activity in young adults -- much earlier in life than previously reported -- according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center and The Pennsylvania State University.
Sept. 10, 2009
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Monkey Brains Signal the Desire to Explore
Sticking with what you know often comes at the price of learning about more favorable alternatives.
Sept. 8, 2009
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Newer Anti-Clotting Medication Found to Be More Effective
A large head-to-head study of two anti-clotting medications for heart patients has found that the investigational compound ticagrelor (Brilinta) was more effective at reducing cardiovascular death than the current standard of care, clopidogrel (Plavix), according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Aug. 30, 2009
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Duke, UNC Scientists Create Entirely New Way to Study Brain Function
Scientists at Duke University and the University of North Carolina have devised a chemical technique that promises to allow neuroscientists to discover the function of any population of neurons in an animal brain, and provide clues to treating and preventing brain disease.
July 15, 2009
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Genetic Discovery May Determine Alzheimer's Disease Risk and Age of Disease Onset
A newly identified gene appears to be highly predictive of not only the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, but also the approximate age at which the disease will begin to manifest itself, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
July 12, 2009
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Tumor Suppressor Gene in Flies May Provide Insights for Human Brain Tumors
In the fruit fly's developing brain, stem cells called neuroblasts normally divide to create one self-renewing neuroblast and one cell that has a different fate. But neuroblast growth can sometimes spin out of control and become a brain tumor.
June 22, 2009
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Brain Activation Can Predict the Strategies People Use to Make Risky Decisions
Watching people's brains in real time as they handle a set of decision-making problems can reveal how different each person's strategy can be, according to neuroscientists at the Duke University Medical Center.
May 27, 2009
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Published: Sept. 6, 2007
Updated: Sept. 6, 2007
URL: http://www.dukehealth.org/HealthLibrary/TopicCenters/Neuroscience
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