Daily Archives: November 8, 2016
How the brain consolidates memory during deep sleep
We spend a third of our lives sleeping. During sleep, our brains are decoupled from sensory input. Nevertheless, brain activity remains high and varies by sleep stages. Sleep is broadly classified into non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep (consists
Mesorectum: functional lymphatic anatomy
Today total excision of the mesorectum is considered an essential step in surgery of rectal cancer. Knowledge of its lymphatic apparatus confirms the value of this procedure and explains some characteristics of rectal cancer pathology. The mesorectum
Mapping red nucleus connections in humans by using dMRI and tractography
Human brain is an enormous and complex network. Central to current scenario on brain networks is the concept of the connectome, which likely describes patterns at multiple levels of scale, for instance, by encompassing connections between the
Glioblastoma (GBM): another tool to make a hit
Cancer is a multifactorial disease caused by the accumulation of “mistakes” in the production of proteins involved in the control of important cellular processes. These processes, such as cell division, cell growth and programmed cell death (i.e.
