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Neuroscience isn't exactly rocket science; it's more like brain surgery. A little of everything here, as I am easily distracted.
Noah Gray
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- May 2, 2010
- 07:01 PM
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Boozing Treeshrews: Heavyweight drinkers in small packages (from Anne-Marie Hodge's blog)
by Noah Gray in Nothing's Shocking
Although political and moral stances on alcohol use have gone back and forth over the decades, anthropological studies suggest that low-level alcohol ingestion has been an important factor in primate evolution. Alcohol is associated with ripe, nutrient-rich fruits, in addition to functioning as an appetite stimulant to quickly take advantage of ephemeral food resources (Dudley 2002). As highly mobile herbivores, primates could have benefited these alcohol-producing plants through poll........ Read more »
Wiens, F., Zitzmann, A., Lachance, M., Yegles, M., Pragst, F., Wurst, F., von Holst, D., Guan, S., & Spanagel, R. (2008) Chronic intake of fermented floral nectar by wild treeshrews. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(30), 10426-10431. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801628105
- April 28, 2010
- 08:20 PM
- 53 views
Saving face: Salamanders show why it's important to know thy enemies (from Anne-Marie Hodge's blog)
by Noah Gray in Nothing's Shocking
In the past I have focused on reviewing newly published literature, but I have decided to periodically take a look back at some “classic” zoology papers. Defining “classic” is difficult, I am using the slightly arbitrary criteria that the paper has been cited over 100 times, in addition to the very arbitrary and slightly self-centered criteria that the paper was published before the year of my birth, 1986. So, without further adieu, I bring you discussion of a ........ Read more »
Jaeger, R. (1981) Dear Enemy Recognition and the Costs of Aggression between Salamanders. The American Naturalist, 117(6), 962. DOI: 10.1086/283780
- March 27, 2009
- 02:59 AM
- 304 views
Research highlights from Dr. Obvious: Depressed kids have experienced more depressing events
by Noah Gray in Nothing's Shocking
Interview with Dr. Obvious to discuss the ground-breaking finding that kids who experience more depressing events are more depressed.... Read more »
Mayer, L., Lopez-Duran, N., Kovacs, M., George, C., Baji, I., Kapornai, K., Kiss, E., & Vetró, �. (2009) Stressful life events in a clinical sample of depressed children in Hungary. Journal of Affective Disorders, 115(1-2), 207-214. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.08.018
- March 18, 2009
- 06:34 PM
- 475 views
Biochemists rejoice as they receive optogenetic control of signaling pathways
by Noah Gray in Nothing's Shocking
The Deisseroth lab (Stanford) has created chimeric molecules combining parts from rhodopsin and adrenergic receptors. The result? Light-activated signaling molecules, giving biochemists control over signaling.... Read more »
Airan, R., Thompson, K., Fenno, L., Bernstein, H., & Deisseroth, K. (2009) Temporally precise in vivo control of intracellular signalling. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature07926
- February 22, 2009
- 03:46 AM
- 365 views
Research highlights from Dr. Obvious: Tracking the citation advantage of open-access publication in the developing world
by Noah Gray in Nothing's Shocking
Interview with Dr. Obvious regarding his latest work tracking the citation advantage of Open-Access publications in the developing world.... Read more »
Evans, J., & Reimer, J. (2009) Open Access and Global Participation in Science. Science, 323(5917), 1025-1025. DOI: 10.1126/science.1154562
- November 13, 2008
- 10:56 PM
- 309 views
The laboratory isn't a safe place for experiments anymore
by Noah Gray in Nothing's Shocking
Detailing the recent finding that experiment-modulating chemicals can leach out of the labware...... Read more »
McDonald, G., Hudson, A., Dunn, S., You, H., Baker, G., Whittal, R., Martin, J., Jha, A., Edmondson, D., & Holt, A. (2008) Bioactive Contaminants Leach from Disposable Laboratory Plasticware. Science, 322(5903), 917-917. DOI: 10.1126/science.1162395
- October 30, 2008
- 05:40 PM
- 300 views
Using the Google PageRank algorithm as an alternative citation metric
by Noah Gray in Nothing's Shocking
The Journal of Neuroscience ran a series of pieces examining alternative metrics. Here, the Google pagerank is assessed.... Read more »
Maslov, S., & Redner, S. (2008) Promise and Pitfalls of Extending Google's PageRank Algorithm to Citation Networks. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(44), 11103-11105. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0002-08.2008
- October 1, 2008
- 10:13 PM
- 282 views
Neuro Tech Update: Imaging calcium just got a lot easier
by Noah Gray in Nothing's Shocking
Perusing the latest technological adventures in functional Ca2 imaging in vivo.... Read more »
Wallace, D., zum Alten Borgloh, S., Astori, S., Yang, Y., Bausen, M., Kügler, S., Palmer, A., Tsien, R., Sprengel, R., Kerr, J.... (2008) Single-spike detection in vitro and in vivo with a genetic Ca2 sensor. Nature Methods, 5(9), 797-804. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1242
Mank, M., Santos, A., Direnberger, S., Mrsic-Flogel, T., Hofer, S., Stein, V., Hendel, T., Reiff, D., Levelt, C., Borst, A.... (2008) A genetically encoded calcium indicator for chronic in vivo two-photon imaging. Nature Methods, 5(9), 805-811. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1243
- August 27, 2008
- 04:01 AM
- 411 views
What does mirror self-recognition really mean?
by Noah Gray in Nothing's Shocking
Examination of the latest corvid research describing mirror self-recognition for these birds.... Read more »
Prior, H., Schwarz, A., & Güntürkün, O. (2008) Mirror-Induced Behavior in the Magpie (Pica pica): Evidence of Self-Recognition. PLoS Biology, 6(8). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060202
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