worry about failure... an Asian perspective

A beautiful analysis. To succeed, you need to... http://www.techinasia.com/failure-face-asia-produce-startups-culture/

Behavioural insights

Almost all politicians are lawyers and sometime medical doctors. In Singapore, we have engineers as well. Do they understand how people behave? Do the civil services helping the government know how people behave?

Policies made by governments (not just Singapore) affect everyone. These tasks are often undertaken by economists and lawyers. They often do not know how people behave. Should we include behavioural psychologists and maybe behavioural neuroscientists in the process?

LSM4213 Lecture 4 mutations on ADAM10

ADAM10 - possibly alpha secretase.

Two rare mutations discovered that could encourage disease progression.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130924113454.htm

LSM4213 Lecture 4 - inhaling insulin

Can this be a new therapy for AD?
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/diabetics-may-be-about-to-breathe-easier-TGmiOR3NRdmQIjnrtotWgA.html

LSM4213 Lecture 4 - Abeta receptor discovered

Scientists reveal how beta-amyloid may cause Alzheimer's

LSM4213 Lecture 5 (Updated)

Readings:
Prions research http://www.brainfacts.org/about-neuroscience/animals-in-research/

Videos:
Compare the different between kuru, FFI, and CJD
Kuru http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw_tClcS6To
FFI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIeTVVAEFn8&feature=youtu.be
CJD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTAmIZGpjNs
CJD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS9jKVM7ZXo

Seminars:

Crystal structure of prion protein by Vivien Yee

http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=7563

Prion biology by Charles Weissmann

http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=2622

LSM4213 Lecture 3 Dyslexia

News on managing the reading of Dyslexic kids.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24144078

LSM4213 Lecture 4- PET imaging for Tau

A new report on PET imaging for human Tau.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24142691.

LSM4213 Lecture 4

Before you start, follow this short video,
http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/alzheimers-disease-video

An excellent site containing videos produced by HBO (yes, the movie channel HBO) on Alzheimer's disease.
http://www.hbo.com/alzheimers/

Some background information on Alzheimer's disease
http://www.alz.org/braintour/alzheimers_changes.asp
http://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-disorders/degenerative-disorders/

If you have time, the following are seminar podcasts,
Neuroimaging by Ronald Petersen http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=12328
AD and Stem Cells by Frank LeFerla http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=8259
Genetics of AD by John Hardy http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=10473
Tau by Gerard Schellenberg http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=9482
Memory loss in AD by Karen Hsiao Ashe http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=7052
AD therapy by Rudolph Tanzi http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=10088

LSM4213 Lecture 3 Readings

This brain facts page contain good readings and links to relevant journal articles on the neuroscience of language - focus of lecture 3.

Some YouTube videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5rvmczGANc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDfVsFxJXms

This will complement the slides, note and journal review article posted on IVLE.

LSM4213 Lecture 2 Readings

The following web page on brain development will provide a detailed understanding of the topics alongside the slides uploaded on IVLE. There is also a video seminar given by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore.

Remember, our Google+ session on  11 Sep 3pm.

LSM4213 Lecture 1 Readings and Podcasts

Readings:
what is healthy brain ageing?
Sirtuin Expression Delays Aging in Mice
Caloric Restriction in human.

Podcasts:
Anti-ageing medicines
Sirtuins role in Aging and diseases
ageing effects on memory
Caloric Restriction Studies in Human