TMny
05-29-2007, 09:02 PM
1st art describes smart 'DoogieMice' , deprived of a forgetting/inattention gene :
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/health/29mice.html
May 29, 2007 Turning Off Suspect Gene Makes Mice Smarter By REUTERS
CHICAGO, May 28 — Turning off a gene that has been associated with Alzheimer’s disease made mice smarter in the lab, researchers said Sunday.
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2nd art will be of interest to those acquainted with folks with brain-damage , or 'behavioral abnormalities' ... :
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/health/29book.html (book review)
The Brain That Changes Itself
Stories of Personal Triumph From the Frontiers of Brain Science. By Norman Doidge, M.D. 427 pages. Viking. $24.95
May 29, 2007 Books The Brain: Malleable, Capable, Vulnerable By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. [review notes some transformative cases , previously thought impossible].
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/health/29mice.html
May 29, 2007 Turning Off Suspect Gene Makes Mice Smarter By REUTERS
CHICAGO, May 28 — Turning off a gene that has been associated with Alzheimer’s disease made mice smarter in the lab, researchers said Sunday.
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2nd art will be of interest to those acquainted with folks with brain-damage , or 'behavioral abnormalities' ... :
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/health/29book.html (book review)
The Brain That Changes Itself
Stories of Personal Triumph From the Frontiers of Brain Science. By Norman Doidge, M.D. 427 pages. Viking. $24.95
May 29, 2007 Books The Brain: Malleable, Capable, Vulnerable By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. [review notes some transformative cases , previously thought impossible].