OpenLearn - The Open University. 9.66J Computational Cognitive Science, Fall 2004. Nature Publishing Group : science journals, jobs, and information. Spektrum der Wissenschaft. Wissenschaft-online. Science news and science jobs from New Scientist. Mind & Brain News, Articles, Information. What doesn't kill the brain makes it stronger. Johns Hopkins scientists say that a newly discovered "survival protein" protects the brain against the effects of stroke in rodent brain tissue by interfering with a particular kind of cell death that's also implicated in complications from diabetes and heart attack.
Reporting in the May 22 advance online edition of Nature Medicine, the Johns Hopkins team says it exploited the fact that when brain tissue is subjected to a stressful but not lethal insult a defense response occurs that protects cells from subsequent insult. The scientists dissected this preconditioning pathway to identify the most critical molecular players, of which a newly identified protein protector -- called Iduna -- is one. MindPapers: Contents. Search tips There are two kinds of search you can perform on MindPapers: All fields.