Posts Tagged ‘learning’

Nicotine facilitates learning and memory

Posted on: October 19th, 2012 by

Discovery of Gatekeeper Nerve Cells Explains the Effect of Nicotine on Learning and Memory

Neuroscience News

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“It is known that nicotine improves cognitive processes including learning and memory, but this is the first time that an identified nerve cell population is linked to the effects of nicotine”, says Professor Klas Kullander at Scilifelab and Uppsala University.

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Bees can reverse the effects of aging

Posted on: July 16th, 2012 by

A team from Arizona State and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences found that bees who have left the nest and no longer nurse the young begin aging very quickly. When persuading these bees to nurse again their ability to learn new things improved; perhaps due to increased plasticity?

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