Neuroscience News
A collection of the latest news relevant to the neuroscience community, specially selected from news@nature.com and journals from the Nature family.
May 2008
Hunger hormone helps memory
Standfirst
Blocking a hunger-inducing hormone to help obesity might have unwanted effects.
Nature News
(6 May 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.802
One sense at a time
Standfirst
Unlike adults, children don't integrate different types of sensory information.
Nature News
(1 May 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.796
Biologists initiate plan to map human proteome
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Project aims to characterize all human proteins.
Nature News
(23 April 2008); doi:10.1038/452920a
Nerve cancer mutations found
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Results suggest new therapies for a childhood cancer.
Nature News
(17 April 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.761
Antidepressant may treat lazy eye
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Fluoxetine helps rats rewire their brain's visual centre.
Nature News
(17 April 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.766
Brain makes decisions before you even know it
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Brain activity predicts decisions before they are consciously made.
Nature News
(11 April 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.751