Early baby insight points to frail cardiovascular control

New study shows lower heart rate and blood pressure variability in pre-term babies, pointing to autonomic maturation deficits as a possible risk factor for SIDS.

An 'out of the box' solution to rodent NIBP

This study demonstrates a reliable and novel protocol for obtaining SBP and HR from freely moving rats using the tail-cuff method, suitable for deducing both small and substantial changes in blood pressure.

Scent, semantics and cinnamon scrolls

Understanding the connection between brain circuits involved in smell and memory has practical importance, but only if the response patterns are understood. Cinnamon scrolls anyone?

Getting to grips with cutting-edge wound closure technology

The aim of this study was to test the performance of a novel shape-memory alloy surgical clip, designed to be delivered by injection though a fine gauge needle.

Can we learn new information during sleep?

Researchers discover that simple associative learning is possible during sleep in humans.

Bigger muscles from smaller weights? No problemo

Findings of this study suggest that there is greater flexibility in hypertrophy-specific repetition load ranges than commonly advocated.

Run like hell and get the agony over with – just don’t break a leg!

Gandolini et al (2012) investigated whether changing running technique or wearing sports shoes might lower the forces exerted on feet and legs during foot-strike.

Of mice and men - sympathetic recordings in awake and behaving mice

In biomedical research human diseases are commonly modeled in rodents such as mice. Their small size, however, poses technical challenges for physiological recordings. This study proposes a new method for recording RSNA in awake unrestrained mice.

Nature-lovers are smarter, calmer

If you regularly take time to enjoy the outdoors then chances are you’ll benefit in a number of ways both mentally and physically. This study explores some of the mechanisms responsible for this in a controlled environment.

Five-day CRAW-FLY educator workshop at Cornell University a stunning success

Learn about the 2012 Craw-Fly workshop and techniques covered in the course.

Towards a better anus – how bioengineering can help incontinence

Internal anal sphincter muscle tissue was engineered from human smooth muscle cells with a view to investigating viable replacement sphincter tissue for patients with incontinence.

A bug's life – how ants maintain constant energy expenditure over hilly terrain

Holt N., Askew G. (2012). Locomotion on a slope in leaf-cutter ants: metabolic energy use, behavioral adaptations and the implications for route selection on hilly terrain. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 215: 2545-2550 Details Customer study highlights Ants – more often associated with...

Drugs that make you smarter

Cognitive enhancing drugs offer symptomatic relief from mental fatigue and cognitive decline in early-stage brain diseases. This study shows the how a novel cognitive enhancing drug, ST101, exerts its effects on the brain at cellular and molecular levels.