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The genetics of colored sequence synesthesia: Evidence of linkage to chromosome 16q and genetic heterogeneity for the condition
Synesthesia is a perceptual condition in which normal sensory stimulation can trigger anomalous sensory experiences. For example, synesthetes may experience colors in response to sounds, tastes in …
Received 19 November 2009 17:56 UTC; Posted 20 November 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Neuroscience
Spherulites of Aβ42 in vitro and in Alzheimer’s disease
Several amyloid-forming proteins and peptides, including insulin1, β-lactoglobulin2 and albumin3, form spherulites in vitro under non-physiological solution conditions. These micrometer-...
Received 18 November 2009 09:45 UTC; Posted 18 November 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience
Magnetoencephalography May Allow the Electromagnetic 'Biopsy' of Central Nervous System Neoplastic Tissue
Developing a non-invasive method for definitively diagnosing intracranial neoplasms would reduce the risks involved with diagnosis and improve the treatment of such tumors. We used magnetoencephalo…
Received 13 November 2009 00:00 UTC; Posted 13 November 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience
The cultural epigenetics of psychopathology: The missing heritability of complex diseases found?
We extend a cognitive paradigm for gene expression to the epigenetic epidemiology of mental disorders, recognizing the fundamental role that culture plays in human biology as another heritage mecha…
Received 11 November 2009 17:52 UTC; Posted 11 November 2009
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Neuroscience
Cortical activity modulation of language processing by dynamic optimization of task complexity and functional restrictions
Language, regarded as a hierarchical cognitive code activated by functional operational modes of the brain by most neuropsychologists, is characterized by increased cognitive load in successively h…
Received 04 November 2009 08:56 UTC; Posted 04 November 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience
Accurate telemonitoring of Parkinson’s disease progression by non-invasive speech tests
Tracking Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptom progression often uses the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), which requires the patient’s presence in clinic, and time-consuming physical e…
Received 29 October 2009 12:52 UTC; Posted 29 October 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience, Bioinformatics
The Role of Neuregulin 1 in Schizophrenia: A Bioinformatics Approach
Context: Notwithstanding the great number of studies on the etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia, both issues remain far from being fully understood. Schizophrenia seems to be related to…
Received 27 October 2009 21:54 UTC; Posted 28 October 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Neuroscience, Bioinformatics
Genes of the serotonergic and dopaminergic pathways and their interaction affect the expression of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD).
Although there is evidence for the involvement of genes of serotonergic and dopaminergic systems in the manifestation of the Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD), genetic assoc…
Received 23 October 2009 20:37 UTC; Posted 26 October 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Neuroscience
Roman roads: The hierarchical endosymbiosis of cognitive modules
Serial endosymbiosis theory provides a unifying paradigm for examining the interaction of cognitive modules at vastly different scales of biological, social, and cultural organization. A trivial bu…
Received 22 October 2009 16:47 UTC; Posted 02 November 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Neuroscience, Earth & Environment, Evolutionary Biology
Endogenous Viral Etiology of Prion Diseases
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, are a group of incurable neurodegenerative disorders, including Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, “mad cow” disease …
Received 21 October 2009 18:35 UTC; Posted 23 October 2009
Posted to: Microbiology, Neuroscience, Evolutionary Biology
