Migrating to Twitter

I am stopping my blog posting and will migrate to Twitter via @BS_Wong

I will also move all the earlier content to twitter in the coming months and they will be grouped via the following hashtag. Due to word limit, old blog content will be truncated when necessary.

#LSM4213
#GSN6880
#Teach
#Res

A new raising start in AD research?

http://www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/trem2-variant-doubles-risk-als

Will TREM2 be as important as ApoE4 in AD pathology?

A role for the neglected inter-neurons - preventing fear

A beautiful start to deciphering the function of interneurons.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26249509

Dog can also go under PET for research

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26276660

Really "personal" medicine

Will you agree to such "personal" medical monitoring?

http://www.nature.com/news/medicine-gets-up-close-and-personal-1.14702

handy experiment kits for neuroscience students

very neat kit for neuroscience - low cost and fascinating. maybe we should introduce this to NUS.

http://blog.backyardbrains.com/2014/02/backyard-brains-runs-a-3-day-workshop-for-high-school-teachers-backyard-brains-tiene-un-gran-taller-para-docentes-de-colegio/

Scarcity and Plentiful - A neurobehavioral perspective

Discussed the following papers during Neuroethics Lecture 3. Examining the neurobehavioral during scarcity and plentiful.

Help to cure cancer by playing game

research does not need to confine in the lab. crowd-sourcing help to accelerate research. good initiative from cancer research uk.

play this space game in your iphone, ipad and android.

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/support-us/genes-in-space

Experimental Design - Preclinical

Time to design preclinical experiment as clinical research.

http://www.alzforum.org/news/community-news/national-institutes-health-tackles-irreproducibility-problem

GSN6880 Neuroethics - cognitive enhancement drugs

two readings from Dr. Christopher Chen for his upcoming lecture.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2013/may/31/is-modafinil-safe-in-long-term
http://www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/eat-sleep-work-repeat/14/01/2014

Time to Learn a new skill

At least the language I am interested is in the popular list.

http://lifehacker.com/five-best-programming-languages-for-first-time-learners-1494256243

Alzheimer disease and Vascular dementia in Singapore

Local documentary on AD and VaD.
http://video.xin.msn.com/watch/video/episode-35/2egjdwcn7

Challenging social problems in developed Asian countries

in most developed Asian countries, there are increasing concerns about low birth rate and fast ageing population. however, what is less reported but potentially societal problem is one-child family. this can be due to legal constraint or personal choice. one study published early this year examining the behaviour of "single" child in China received lots of attention in Western countries but relatively unheard of in Asian countries.

In this study, Cameron and colleagues reported that this single child is "less trusting, less trustworthy, more risk-averse, less competitive, more pessimistic, and less conscientious individuals". These are the future electorate and "leaders" of the our society. Should their parents be concerned? should the government be concerned?

Insulin drug trial on Alzheimer's patient.

Why are all these trials happening in Europe / America? While our subjects wait here for years?

Retinal Diagnostic for Alzheimer's disease

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24924488

Does ApoE affect sleep quality in AD?

ApoE - AD.
Sleep deprivate - AD
ApoE - Sleep deprive - AD ???

Brain Stimulation Turns Paralyzed Rats into Walkers, Swimmer

Interesting experiments. Can work in human?

Gene dosage and manic-behavior

Duplication of a single gene causes mice to have seizures and display manic-like behaviour. But valproate, an anticonvulsant and mood-stabilizing drug commonly used to treat bipolar disorder and epilepsy can reversed the symptoms. This suggests valproate can also help some people with hyperactivity who do not respond to common treatments.

Brain boosting drug - Ritalin

Ritalin is most often prescribed to suffers of ADHD. But a handful of students in Singapore are also using it as a "brain booster" to give them an edge over their competitors.

Read the report in today (21 Oct 2013) Straits Times.

Ketamine lifts Depression.

Is ketamine acting as antidepressant?