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Innere Uhr gibt den Kraftwerken der Zellen den Rhythmus vor: Auch der Energiestoffwechsel innerhalb von Zellen folgt dem Rhythmus der inneren Uhr. Wie genau das funktioniert, zeigt eine Studie der Universität Basel, die erstmals die Wechselbeziehung zwischen dem zirkadianische Rhythmus und dem mitochondrialen Netzwerk beleuchtet. original article

Gaming for Science In the scope of the Cognitive Science Metrics Online Survey (COSMOS) project, the Departments for Molecular and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Basel (in close collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland) have developed four gamified psychometric tests: A reaction time test, a go/no-go paradigm, a working memory and a short-term memory task.    The games are now available online.    https://cosmos.psycho.unibas.ch/    

A peripheral epigenetic signature of immune system genes is linked to neocortical thickness and memory. Nature Communications (2017), doi: 10.1038/ncomms15193 more...

Exome sequencing of healthy phenotypic extremes links TROVE2 to emotional memory and PTSD. Nature Human Behaviour 1, Article number: 0081 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0081 original article more...

Stress, glucocorticoids and memory: implications for treating fear-related disorders. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2016. more...