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HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Corinna Wu	Mouse Cam Tracking techniques offer a long-term view into the mouse brain.
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams	Forgetting Fear A compound given at just the right time may make mice forget to be afraid.
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HHMI Bulletin May 2011 R. John Davenport	Wired for Smell Circuits of excitation and inhibition help the brain interpret odors.
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011	Let's Get Small Tim Harris develops tools neuroscientists can use to measure the brain's activity, to give them a quantitative view inside the elaborate structure of the brain.
HHMI Bulletin Spring 2013 Nicole Kresge	Use It or Lose It HHMI investigator Catherine Dulac of Harvard University has uncovered a small molecule that plays a big role in the process of tuning olfactory neurons to the environment.
Chemistry World February 24, 2011 Carl Saxton	Mapping brain networks US scientists have created a model of the ring-shaped networks of neurons in the brain, which could help researchers to understand small changes within diseased brain cells.
HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Sarah Goforth	Scratching the Surface There's nothing funny about an itch that drives you mad.
Chemistry World September 1, 2011 Josh Howgego	Small molecules open gates to the brain New tools have been developed which make it possible to chemically shut down nerve cells in the brain at will and study the effects on behavior. The tools - modified ion channels - mean the causal relationship between individual nerves and behavior can be directly studied.
Chemistry World April 5, 2007 Victoria Gill	Target for Memory-Enhancing Pills Identified Researchers have taken a step towards developing a pill that could improve memory by pinpointing and testing a potential target enzyme in the brain.
HHMI Bulletin Winter 2013 John Carey	Sydney Brenner: Model of Success At the famously innovative Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, Sydney Brenner made his mark. Today, Brenner spends part of his year at Janelia, as a senior resident fellow.
HHMI Bulletin Spring 2013 Nicole Kresge	Itching to Be Discovered When the receptor for capsaicin -- the chemical that gives heat to chili peppers -- is added to itch-sensing neurons, exposure to the normally painful capsaicin causes itchiness.
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Janelle Weaver	Scientists Identify a Gene That Drives Fruit Fly's Thirst Kristin Scott, an HHMI early career scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, has uncovered a gene, called pickpocket 28 (ppk28), that regulates fruit flies' ability to detect water and how much time they spend drinking.
HHMI Bulletin Winter 2013 Rabiya Tuma	Sister Act As a systems neuroscientist, Yang Dan integrates functional studies in animals with computer programs, computational tools, and statistics.
HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Ivan Arnato	Light Moves Light is becoming the tool of choice for researchers who want to precisely manipulate neurons and other cells.
Nutra Solutions January 1, 2005	Magnesium for Memory An MIT researcher says a study with rats indicates that magnesium makes the mature brain open for growth and change.
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 Prachi Patel	Laser Probes for Brain Experiments Laser-activated probes stimulate brain cells better, say scientists
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HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012 Nora Taranto	Wiring the Brain with CSF Research by HHMI investigator Bernardo Sabatini suggests that self-reinforcing loops of neural activity may drive the development of synapses in the basal ganglia, a region of the brain that uses sensory and social context to direct movement.
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Virginia Hughes	Glimpsing Inside a Moving Fruit Fly's Brain Vivek Jayaraman wants to capture, in real time, how the fly's brain responds to a changing environment. Ultimately, he hopes to uncover very basic patterns -- "algorithms" -- of fly brain activity that hold true in more complex brains including, presumably, ours.
HHMI Bulletin Winter 2013 Nicole Kresge	Melody-Modifying Mice New research by HHMI investigator Erich Jarvis shows that a mouse can alter the pitch and sequence of its ultrasonic serenade to match those of its rivals, which may increase its chances of winning the affection of nearby females.
Chemistry World March 2, 2009 James Urquhart	Shining a light on neural activity US researchers have developed a new way to activate brain neurons that could lead to less invasive methods of restoring function in damaged nerves and brain tissue.
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2008 Patrick Clinton	Salute to the Murines What can we say about modern medicine? The answer, of course, is that it's brilliant at curing the ailments of mice.
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Brian Vastag	Hope Floats With a new arsenal of robust models of ALS, drug development may move to the fast track.
Technology Research News June 30, 2004	Nanotubes boost neuron growth The method is a step toward neuron-electronic interfaces that would allow for direct biological control of computers and prosthetic devices.
AskMen.com May 9, 2012 Dave Golokhov	The Benefits Of Yogurt Scientists were examining yogurt's role in fighting obesity but found it has an interesting side effect: The male mice tested in the study got sexier and slimmer.
Chemistry World August 1, 2012 Laura Howes	See, blind mice A new compound, developed by scientists at California University, Berkley, US, has allowed blind mice to see temporarily.
Teacher Magazine August 2000 Kirsten Olson Lanier	Food For Thought Good, thoughtful work in schools---work that occurs too infrequently in the classroom as evidenced by the weekly packets sent home to me as a parent---helps individuals hold on to both the snake and the mouse. At its best, it perhaps even offers a glimpse of the ecosystem in which these two creatures exist.
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011 Jennifer Michalowski	Memory Cells at the Ready Special neurons give rodents a leg up when facing unfamiliar territory.
Inc. May 2009 Leigh Buchanan	Charles Jacobs Goes Inside the Entrepreneur's Brain Leading corporate consultant, Charles Jacobs discusses how brain structure can impact business management.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010	DIADEM Contest Moves Neuromapping in the Right Direction In September, DIADEM -- short for Digital Reconstruction of Axonal and Dendritic Morphology -- came to a close, with a tournament-style conclusion between five final teams taking place at HHMI's Janelia Farm Research Campus.
Chemistry World March 23, 2007 John Bonner	Mice Get Full-Colour Vision Genetically engineered mice that see the world in full color, or at least in the same colors as humans see, have been created in a US lab. Most mammals lost the ability to distinguish colors during the age of the dinosaurs.
Chemistry World July 11, 2007 Victoria Gill	How to Make Worms Turn Researchers in the US have discovered an intriguing and fun dimension to the nervous system of nematode worms, enabling them to steer the tiny organisms 'like remote-controlled cars.'
The Motley Fool January 22, 2011 Wolfgang Gruener	Apple Envisions a Touchscreen for Your Mouse A patent application shows that Apple may have significant changes planned for the computer mouse.
PC Magazine August 31, 2005 Jim Louderback	Mouse Madness Can you get a quality optical mouse for less money? Several low cost (< $20) mice are put to the test.
Chemistry World September 12, 2012 Helen Bache	Stopping obesity in its tracks US researchers have discovered that giving conjugated linoleic acid to young mice can prevent the development of obesity by increasing their level of physical activity.
Entrepreneur August 2006 Amanda C. Kooser	Nice Mice You probably don't spend much time contemplating your computer mouse, but it may be time to re-evaluate. Some advances in mouse technology could make your computing life roll along more smoothly.
Chemistry World August 24, 2006 Jessica Ebert	Alzheimer's Researchers Tackle Waste Disposal The memory of mice with Alzheimer's-like symptoms is improved by inoculating the mice with an enzyme involved in protein degradation, report US researchers. The work could lead to new therapies for patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Scientific American October 2, 2005 Diane Martindale	One Face, One Neuron A recent study indicates that our brains employ far fewer cells to interpret a given image than previously believed, and the findings could help neuroscientists determine how memories are formed and stored.
PC World November 29, 2007 Stephen Manes	My New Mouse: It Plugs! It Plays! What a Surprise! It's kind of thrilling when the process of buying and installing a tech product goes without a hitch.
Technology Research News December 31, 2003	Colors expand neural net Researchers from the University of Tokyo have worked out a way to form an especially fast optical neural network by tapping the wave nature of lightwaves rather than just the amplitude, or strength of a signal.
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams	Releasing the Brakes on Cell Fate Converting one cell type directly into another is a kind of modern-day alchemy, an ultimate goal in biological research. But unlike turning base metals into gold, changing a cell's identity is feasible, new research shows.
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HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Nicole Kresge	Protein Precision in the Brain with CSF Two causes of autism arise from opposite cellular mechanisms. Too much or too little protein production at the synapse between neurons can cause autism and intellectual disability.
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Chemistry World August 24, 2006 Michael Gross	Biotronics Branches Out Harvard researchers have developed nanowire transistors that interface with individual neurons and, even better, with the individual neuronal extensions that reach out to contact other cells.