Brain & Behavior

Prof. Gad Galili.

A Plant's Brainy Balancing Act

01.05.2002

Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

Plants can't think, but a gene that affects crop nutritional values has a counterpart in the human brain

Optic nerve fiber (orange) on background of neural network.

Battling Glaucoma

01.01.2002

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

One in every hundred adults in the Western world suffers from chronic glaucoma, a disease that causes blindness. Prof. Michal Schwartz, ...

Prof. Amiram Grinvald

In the Eye of the Beholder

01.01.2002

Brain & Behavior

What happens in our brains while listening to music or deciphering dual optical illusions, like the one illustrated above? Prof. Amiram Grinvald and...

Dr. Elior Peles with Guy (10), Rom (9), and Ely (5)

Takeoffs and Landings

01.11.2001

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Dr. Elior Peles of the Weizmann Institute's Molecular Cell Biology Department has discovered a group of proteins that mediate the interactions...

Ph.D. student Diego Berman (left) and Prof. Yadin dudai.

Brain Drain, Brain Gain

01.10.2001

Brain & Behavior

A new study may enable control over the way in which we gain new memories while updating old ones

Brittlestars Use Crystal Lenses To Spot Approaching Predator

Brittlestars Use Crystal Lenses To Spot Approaching Predator

23.08.2001

Lasers & Optics, Brain & Behavior, Materials Science, Structural Biology

Brittlestars of the species Ophiocoma wendtii form crystal lenses in their skeletons that allow them to spot approaching predators, according to a...

Vaccination Following Spinal Cord Injury: Innovative Approach Limits Paralysis

Vaccination Following Spinal Cord Injury: Innovative Approach Limits Paralysis

15.08.2001

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists propose an innovative approach for preventing complete paralysis after partial spinal cord injury. The approach...

Prof. Sara Fuchs and graduate student Tal Ilani

It's in the Blood

01.05.2001

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Blood tests may be used to diagnose schizophrenia, suggest Institute scientists

Prof. Avraham Ben-Nun.

Like a Forest Fire

01.05.2001

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer

Genetically engineered "draw-fire" proteins may lead to a new treatment for autoimmune diseases

Prof. Michal Schwartz

Working with the Enemy

01.05.2001

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer

Institute scientists halt progressive eyesight loss in animals afflicted with a glaucoma-like disease

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