As my students know from our study of circadian rhythms, phase delays (such as today’s change from Daylight Saving Time) produce less disruption than phase advances (such as the Spring forward change in Daylight Saving Time). This week, we can expect statistically fewer cardiac arrests and traffic accidents (which we Read more…
One of the more surprising things (to many students) we talk about in the context of the peripheral nervous system’s ability to reconnect is the transplanting of cadaver parts. In my news today was an interesting interview with a woman who has gone through a complete face transplant procedure. (You Read more…
Once in awhile, I actually do something that does not involve neuroscience. Amazing! Last Friday, my husband and I were getting our 2000 Expedition (we don’t buy cars too often) serviced, and we were chatting with the nice Mullahey Ford people about electric cars. We have already signed up with Read more…
Here’s what I am reading today: smarter than a chicken “Benjamin Blencowe, a professor in the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Centre and Banbury Chair in Medical Research, and his team have uncovered how a small change in a protein called PTBP1 can spur the creation of neurons — cells that Read more…