- Description
- Aishling is a second year undergraduate studying Biomedical Science at St Anne's.
About Author: Aishling Cooke
Posts by Aishling Cooke
-
![A paper published this week in Neuron provides intriguing evidence that sensory deprivation in adulthood can change neural circuits. This surprising finding builds on our […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Temporary Blindness in Adult Mice Can Improve Auditory Processing")
Temporary Blindness in Adult Mice Can Improve Auditory Processing
Posted on February 7, 2014 | No CommentsA paper published this week in Neuron provides intriguing evidence that sensory deprivation in adulthood can change neural circuits. This surprising finding builds on our […] -
Hints at what intensive musical training might do to the brain
Posted on November 18, 2013 | No CommentsThe Society for Neuroscience’s annual conference was held last week in San Diego and three abstracts were presented on the measurable effects of musical training […] -
The Dynamic Decision-Making of Ants
Posted on November 10, 2013 | No CommentsTakao Sasaki and Stephen Pratt at Arizona State University reported this week in Biology Letters that ants making decisions can continuously update their strategy or […] -
Genetic variation of cytokines could effect recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury
Posted on October 20, 2013 | No CommentsResearch led by Ryan Waters at the Wessex Neurological Centre published last week in The Journal of Neurotrauma reports a significant effect of a single nucleotide […] -
![A paper published this week online in The Journal of Biological Chemistry has proposed a link between the pathophysiological protein accumulation seen in sporadic tauopathies […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/false-memory-115x115.png "A link between acquired brain injury and Alzheimer’s Disease?")
A link between acquired brain injury and Alzheimer’s Disease?
Posted on June 2, 2013 | No CommentsA paper published this week online in The Journal of Biological Chemistry has proposed a link between the pathophysiological protein accumulation seen in sporadic tauopathies […] -
Could cinnamon prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?
Posted on May 29, 2013 | No CommentsResearch published this month by researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara attributes protective effects to the common household spice, cinnamon. The paper, in […] -
Are the effects seen in neuroscience experiments valid?
Posted on May 17, 2013 | 1 CommentA review published in Nature Reviews: Neuroscience on the 1st of this month highlighted the problem of small sample size, calling into question the validity […] -
Mental illness patterns probed
Posted on March 4, 2013 | No CommentsSymptoms of mental illness may appear in a diagnosable pattern long before individuals reach adulthood. A report in 2005 by Kessler et al. at Harvard […] -
Additional Factor in Alzheimer’s Pathology
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No CommentsA recent paper has proposed white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) as a factor underpinning the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. Traditionally, amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are […] -
A not so ‘primitive’ reflex?
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsA study published this month in The Journal of Neuroscience questions the assumption that the Vestibular Ocular Reflex (VOR) is a primitive reflex, with its […] -
![Published in the January edition of Nature, a new study performed in mice has suggested that there are specialized sensory receptors for pleasant sensations, just […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News-image-01-300x1691-115x115.jpg "Skin receptors for pleasurable touch?")
Skin receptors for pleasurable touch?
Posted on February 3, 2013 | 1 CommentPublished in the January edition of Nature, a new study performed in mice has suggested that there are specialized sensory receptors for pleasant sensations, just […] -
![A paper published this month in ‘Schizophrenia Research’ claims to have pinpointed the gestational pathway, which, when disrupted, causes the development of schizophrenia later in […]](/wp-content/themes/arras/arras/images/thumbnail.png "A developmental pathway responsible for schizophrenia?")
A developmental pathway responsible for schizophrenia?
Posted on January 27, 2013 | No CommentsA paper published this month in ‘Schizophrenia Research’ claims to have pinpointed the gestational pathway, which, when disrupted, causes the development of schizophrenia later in […] -
New robot in neuromodulatory programming
Posted on January 19, 2013 | No CommentsA preliminary feasibility study has suggested that ‘remote-presence’ robots could be used to give brain and spine neuromodulation patients remote access to experts. The study, […]
