Neurotypical humans readily optimize performance in 'reversal learning' games, but while mice learn the winning strategy, they refuse to commit to it, a new study shows. The research provides a mathematical way to track the rodents' more mixed tactics.
Read more …Study decodes surprising approach mice take in learning
Researchers have discovered a new way to target and kill cancer cells in hard-to-treat brain tumours using electrically charged molecules to trigger self-destruction, that could be developed into a spray treatment used during surgery.
Read more …New research signals a quantum leap for brain tumor treatment
Although a simple molecule, nitric oxide is an important signal substance that helps to reduce blood pressure by relaxing the blood vessels. But how it goes about doing this has long been unclear. Researchers now present an entirely novel principle that challenges the Nobel Prize-winning hypothesis that the substance signals in its gaseous form.
Read more …Researchers present novel principle for nitric oxide-mediated signalling in blood vessels