Monday, May 4, 2009

Neuroscientists Discover Long-Term Potentiation In The Olfactory Bulb

Neuroscientists Discover Long-Term Potentiation In The Olfactory Bulb
Ben W. Strowbridge, Ph.D, associate professor of Neuroscience and Physiology/Biophysics, and Yuan Gao, a Ph.D. student in the neurosciences program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, are the first to discover a form of synaptic memory in the olfactory bulb, the part of the brain that processes the sense of smell.

Tick Bite Link To Meat Allergy, Medical Journal Of Australia

Tick Bite Link To Meat Allergy, Medical Journal Of Australia
A Sydney allergy practice has found an 'overwhelming majority' of a group of patients who developed a rare allergy to red meat had previously had an adverse reaction to tick bites. Clinical Immunologists, Drs Sheryl van Nunen and Suran Fernando and colleagues, of Royal North Shore Hospital, found that 24 of 25 patients who presented with a history of allergic reaction to red meat also reported large local reactions to tick bites.