Paper Of The Week Archives

Paper of the week: Focussing on the importance of APP in the retina

17th February 2012 - The goal of this study was to determine the functional importance of APP in retinal signal processing and visual acuity.

Paper of the week: Zinc oxide nanoparticles reverse symptoms of depression

10th February 2012 - This study investigated neural and behavioral effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles in rats that had been experimentally rendered 'depressed'. Findings indicated synaptic enhancement and a reversal of depressive symptoms.

Paper of the week: Genetic tampering to alleviate pulmonary artery hypertension

3rd February 2012 - This paper investigated novel biochemical signaling pathways involved in pulmonary arterial hypertension and measured the effects of genetic manipulation of these pathways on right ventricular systolic pressure in mice.

Paper of the week: Stress reduction with 15 min daily office-based yoga

27th January 2012 - This study explored the potential for yoga and meditation to reduce the physiological effects of stress in an office environment.

Paper of the week: Reward and aversion shape learning differently

20th January 2012 - This study asked whether or not learning to associate cues with rewarding outcomes would be the same as learning to associate cues with aversive outcomes. The results revealed a profound discovery on how perceptual learning is shaped by emotion.

Paper of the week: The cocktail party problem, how crickets solve it

13th January 2012 - This paper investigated the effects of spatial release from masking in tropical crickets, in an effort to determine how the cocktail party problem is solved in the loud natural habitat of tropical rainforests.

Paper of the week: Improving risk assessment in preterm babies

6th January 2012 - The goal of this study was to determine whether spectral measures derived from heart rate variability, blood pressure variability, and cerebral blood oxygenation provided additional prognostic value in preterm babies at risk of brain hemorrhage.

Paper of the week: Improving clinical outcomes following brain injury

30th December 2011 - This article, published in the prestigious Lancet Neurology journal, provides evidence that in patients with brain injury, a pathological type of neural activity recorded using ECoG is associated with a greater risk of unfavorable clinical outcomes.

Paper of the week: Listening to music can make your muscles bigger

23rd December 2011 - This study compared the effects of two mental focus strategies on muscle activity during weight lifting. One strategy involved listening to muscle, while the other involved focusing on muscle activity during exercise.

Paper of the week: Acute stress responses to simulated and real-world driving

16th December 2011 - This study investigated physiological responses during simulated driving that mimicked normal on-road conditions, and compared the effects to real-world driving.