Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for the Biology of Memory at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have discovered a mechanism that the brain uses to filter out distracting thoughts to focus on a single bit of information. Their results are reported in 19. November issue of Nature.
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2009-11-20
American-Norwegian study finds link between preeclampsia and reduced thyroid function
Women who experience preeclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy, may have an increased risk for reduced thyroid functioning later in life, report a team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health, NTNU and other institutions. Some of the material for the study is from The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study.
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2009-11-20
A handheld ultrasound this years invention?
The handheld ultrasound developed and tested by GE Vingmed together with MI Lab and the Department of circulation and medical imaging at NTNU, is chosen as one of the 50 best inventions of 2009.
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2009-11-06
Hard training - reduced fertility
Are you a female athlete – or just someone who likes challenging workouts -- who also wants to get pregnant? It may make sense to ease off a bit as you try to get pregnant. New research based on data from the Health Survey of Nord-Trøndelag shows that the body may not have enough energy to support both hard workouts and getting pregnant.
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2009-10-15
New pan-European Palliative Care Research Centre established
A first-ever pan-European centre devoted to improving patient palliative care and end-of-life care was officially launched Thursday, October 15, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), with the opening of the European Palliative Care Research Centre.
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2009-08-28
Teetotalers more likely to be depressed
When it comes to alcohol consumption and depression, a new study by a team of Norwegian and British researchers shows that heavy drinkers – but also teetotalers -- have higher levels of depression and anxiety than those who drink moderately.
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2009-08-25
Once-weekly fish intake in infancy reduces eczema risk
Infants who consume fish at least once a week have a significantly reduced risk for developing eczema, but not asthma, by the age of 2 years, researchers from the Faculty of Medicine/NTNU reports. However, maternal fish intake during pregnancy did not appear to influence the prevalence of infant eczema or asthma.
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2009-08-17
Headaches? Blame the coffee
As any coffee drinker will tell you, coffee is a wonder liquid that clears away morning cobwebs, makes you functional and even energetic, and is available virtually everywhere. But so perfect a substance is not without its drawbacks, researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have found.
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Teenagers who drink heavily are also more likely than their peers to have behavioral problems or symptoms of depression and anxiety, a new study based on HUNT data finds.
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2009-07-14
New Approach To Screening For Serious Kidney Disease
The combination of two common medical tests can improve a doctor’s ability to predict which patients will develop serious kidney disease, a research team led by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) reports in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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2009-05-15
A new European Palliative Care Research Center hosted in Trondheim
- In most European countries, we are trying to establish evidence based guidelines for patient care in all therapeutic areas. Palliative care is no exception to this, evidence is needed to improve palliative care across Europe, says Prof. Dr. Stein Kaasa from NTNU, Chair of the EAPC Research Network. Recently the Norwegian Cancer Society has decided to contribute with a grant of 15 million Norwegian Kroner - that corresponds to 1.7 million euro - to the establishment of the European Palliative Care Research Center.
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2009-04-15
Professor Ingrid Gribbestad appointed Chair-Elect of international cancer committee
Professor Ingrid Gribbestad from the Department of circulation and medical imaging has been appointed Chair-Elect in the Governing Committee for MR of Cancer study group in ISMRM (International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine). Professor Gribbestad is the head of the MR Cancer Group at the Faculty of Medicine.
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2009-03-31
Confidence in interval training
Øyvind Ellingsen, professor of cellular cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and consultant physician, Department of Cardiology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, received an invitation to present results in a session on groundbreaking research from Circulation at the American Heart Association meeting in New Orleans, La, in November 2008. He explains why he is 95% confident that interval training can improve heart function in chronic heart failure.
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Poor long-term glycemic control in patients with diabetes substantially increases the risk for dying from ischemic heart disease (IHD), show results from the Norwegian HUNT study, MedWire News reports.
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2008-12-19
New cell type found -responds to borders
Solstad et.al from The Kavli Institute reports in this weeks issue of Science a new cell type found in entorhinal cortex. The cell, termed border cell, responds to edges, borders and obstacles.
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2008-10-22
A little exercise gives longer life
Exercising once a week can help prolong life expectancy for people with heart disease according to a new study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.
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2008-10-16
Viruses and ‘young cuckoos’ lead the way in the brain
Harmless viruses and genetic 'young cuckoos' are going to reveal the answers as to how the brain establishes where we are. The understanding of our sense of locality will be the first higher brain function that we understand at a molecular level.
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2008-09-23
Mosers receive Fernstrom Award
Professors Edvard and May-Britt Moser receive the 2008 Fernstrom Award for their ‘groundbreaking research on the mechanisms of the brain that determine our spatial position’.
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2008-09-23
Successful Kavli Week
'It was like a week of red carpet events. We've all felt like stars.' Last week turned out to be a huge success in many ways, director Edvard Moser at Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, tells. 'The Kavli price ceremony in Oslo was a worthy tribute to some of the greatest researchers in this field, and the lectures were all presenting important pieces of neuroscience research and discoveries.'
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2008-09-11
Omega 3 fatty acids imrpove suvival in older people
A prospective study from the Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, showed positive benefits for the fatty acids in relation to mortality in older people. In the study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Morten Lindberg from NTNU and co-workers recruited 254 frail, elderly patients and measured dietary intakes of omega-3 fatty acids.
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2008-08-21
Ayumu Tashiro wins ERC grant
A researcher from the Kavli Institute at The Faculty of Medicine, Ayumu Tashiro, receives an ERC grant of 927.315 euro over 5 years.
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2008-08-06
The Lancet: IVF risk not associated with procedure
Dr Liv Bente Romundstad from the Department of Public Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and colleagues has published an article in The Lancet on assisted fertilisation (AF). They conclude that the risk associated with AF single births could be due to causes of infertility rather than the AF procedure itself.
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2008-07-28
Interval training curbs metabolic syndrome
Findings from a pilot study at the Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, suggests that hard excercise is more efficient than continuous moderate exercise for patients with metabolic syndrome.
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2008-07-11
Conference on Systems Biology and disease
NTNU and The Radium Hospital/University of Oslo are proud to invite professor Arnold Levine and his research group to the conference in Trondheim 18-19. August. Professor Arnold Levine discovered the tumor suppressor gene P53 and has contributed vastly to our understanding of development of malignancy. The conference addresses the complexity of cancer using a systems biology approach.
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2008-07-08
Decline in mortality from coronary heart disease
A study from The Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, at the Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, found a reduction in mortality rates from coronary heart disease in the last two decades. The study is based on data from the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT).
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2008-07-04
Science article 4 July; Finite Scale of Spatial Representation in the Hippocampus
- Is the ventral hippocampus involved in spatial processing? This has been a debated question in hippocampus reseach for many years. In this issue of Science, Kirsten Kjelstrup, Trygve Solstad and colleagues at the Kavli Institute provide evidence for place cells in the ventral hippocampus.
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2008-06-04
Nobel prize winner visits the Kavli Institute
At the age of 80, James D Watson continues to be curious. Armed with questions, he visited Trondheim and the Kavli Institute the first days of June. Clearly impressed by our work done on spatial representation and memory, he revealed to the journalist from Adresseavisen that he had wanted to come here because he had heard that this was one of the best labs in the world.
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2008-05-23
Fred Kavli receives honorary doctorate
Fred Kavli was awarded an honorary doctorate, Doctor Honoris Causa, by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, on 23 May 2008, in recognition of his outstanding work to the benefit and advancement of science and research.
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2008-05-21
New paper in Nature
Kavli and CBM researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at NTNU demonstrate theta phase precession in grid cells in layer II of the medial entorhinal cortex in the publication Nature 15 May.
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