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		<title>Aging And Angelman Syndrome &#8212; Is There A Link?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a link between aging of the brain and the neural defect that underlies Angelman Syndrome?  A new study suggests the answer is yes.   A surprising result that may help the development of new treatments to improve outcomes for children with Angelman Syndrome and encourage healthy aging. Angelman syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=measuringthemind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7222027&amp;post=93&amp;subd=measuringthemind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fantastic Voyage here we come &#8212; Nanoscale imaging of the living brain.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again neuroscientists and physicists have teamed up to take brain imaging to a new level &#8212; Supraresolution imaging.  This has the making of a great SciFi movie &#8212; A team of researchers at Harvard University, led by Dr Bernardo Sabatini, combine laser imaging techniques, two-photon laser scanning microscopy (2PLSM) and continuous wave stimulated emission [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=measuringthemind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7222027&amp;post=81&amp;subd=measuringthemind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neuroscientists have discovered a clue to what is hidden behind the smiling face of a child with Angelman Syndrome.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children with Angelman Syndrome develop normally until about 1 year of age and then their intellectual development stops. They fail to develop language and other cognitive skills, are severely mentally handicapped, but have a happy disposition, laughing, smiling and enjoying social interaction. What could be behind this syndrome? A new study of Angelman Syndrome shows [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=measuringthemind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7222027&amp;post=75&amp;subd=measuringthemind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is your brain on art!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 01:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought about what&#8217;s going on in your brain when you look at a painting that you like a lot? While Neuroscientist Dr. Edward Vessel has and he&#8217;s done brain imaging experiments to figure it out. What happens in your brain when you have a pleasurable experience &#8212; for example, when you see [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=measuringthemind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7222027&amp;post=65&amp;subd=measuringthemind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neuroscientists decode brain activity important for navigation and spatial memory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you wondered where did I leave my keys?  Activity in your hippocampus and medial temporal lobes encodes the answer. A new study using high resolution brain imaging has shown that the encoding of memories involves the precise pattern of activity of a very large number of neurons in the human hippocampus.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=measuringthemind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7222027&amp;post=59&amp;subd=measuringthemind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mirror neurons reflect more than understanding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog entry is about one of the most interesting discoveries of the 90&#8242;s in Neuroscience &#8212; Mirror Neurons &#8212; and a recent research paper that adds to their intrigue.  Mirror neurons are found in the premotor cortex, and what has made them so interesting is that they fire both when the individual performs a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=measuringthemind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7222027&amp;post=51&amp;subd=measuringthemind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neural Stem Cells in the Aged Brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the last 20 years neuroscientists have shown that new neurons are generated in the brain throughout the lifespan. This finding opened a new area of research aimed at understanding if adult neural stem cells can be used in therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. A challenge with this approach is that there are fewer neural stem [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=measuringthemind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7222027&amp;post=42&amp;subd=measuringthemind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New study shows recovery of vision after stroke</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of neuroscientists at the University of Rochester have shown that intensive training can promote recovery after a stoke.  What's new is that the patients recovered vision after a stroke had damaged their visual cortex.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=measuringthemind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7222027&amp;post=13&amp;subd=measuringthemind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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