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Getting the Message Across

Getting the Message Across

08.05.2006
Space & Physics, Brain & Behavior
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has identified some basic principles of communication    
Triple Code

Triple Code

01.05.2006
Brain & Behavior
The simple twitch of a rat's whisker encodes three different kinds of signal
(l-r) Oleg Butovsky, Noga Ron, Prof. Michal Schwartz and Yaniv Ziv. Mental immunity

Time to Remember

01.05.2006
Brain & Behavior, Immunology
Immune cells may have some surprising functions helping us learn and remember
Triple Code

Triple Code

30.01.2006
Brain & Behavior
Three different types of code come into play when rats sense with their whiskers  
Weizmann Institute Scientists Suggest that Immune Cells Help to Maintain Cognition and Brain Cell Renewal

Weizmann Institute Scientists Suggest that Immune Cells Help to Maintain Cognition and Brain Cell Renewal

16.01.2006
Brain & Behavior, Immunology
New findings that may have implications in delaying and slowing down cognitive deterioration in old age    
Uplifting encounter. Prof. Dov Sagi and Prof. Tamar Flash

Brain Teaser

01.11.2005
Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science, Robotics and Machine Learning, Computer Vision
When Computer Science Encounters Neurobiology: Prof. Tamar Flash and  Prof. Dov Sagi are joining forces to better understand how...
Prof. Tamar Flash. Calculated move

Like Human, Like Octopus

01.10.2005
Brain & Behavior, Mathematics
An octopus arm may trade freedom for efficiency
In the Loop

In the Loop

17.05.2005
Brain & Behavior
A Weizmann Institute study finds that signals travel from a rat’s whiskers to its brain along three separate pathways  
Dr. Abraham Zangen. Rewarding research

A Beautiful Magnetic Mind

01.05.2005
Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
The brain’s “reward centers” yield insights into treating addiction and depression
Dr. Jonathan Kipnis and Prof. Michal Schwartz. The immune connection

Unlikely Brain Boosters

01.10.2004
Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A new study shows that a healthy immune system is key to a healthy brain

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