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neuroscience

How brains go from digital to analogue

24 June 2008

Electrical communication in the brain works not only like a digital computer, but also like analogue tape. How this occurs has been unravelled by researchers at The Australian National University’s John Curtin School of Medical Research.

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Brains learn better at night

14 August 2007

If you think that the idea of a morning person or an evening person is nonsense, then postgraduate student Martin Sale and his colleagues from the University of Adelaide have news for you.

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Brain waves reveal disease and colour blindness

10 August 2006

A young Sydney researcher hopes to develop a way to diagnose and monitor diseases by analysing how the brain responds to colour.

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A cure for brain injury: close at hand?

19 August 2003

Scientists have discovered the ability of a protein which helps the brain heal itself.
This has established a promising direction for research, ultimately leading to possible clinical treatments for brain-related injuries including strokes, car accidents and spinal damage.

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