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Research team at the UPR-School of Medicine discovers how the brain responds to frustration

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San Juan - It has happened to us more than once that we find ourselves in a hurry and the elevator we are waiting for takes too long to arrive. Immediately, we proceed to press the up or down key repeatedly, until we give up and decide to take the stairs. From a research perspective, the explanation for this fenomena of frustation was unknown until today. Guided by Drs. Fabricio Do Monte and Gregory Quirk, a team of neuroscientists in the School of Medicine at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR-RCM), discovered how the brain reacts to a frustrating event.

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Taller gratis de Neurobiología: Neurons in Action / Backyard Brains Workshop en U Central del Caribe, Bayamón

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Neurons in Action / Backyard Brains Workshop 

WHERE: Universidad Central del Caribe
WHEN: August 10-14, 2015
TIME: 9 AM - 3 PM, daily
COST: FREE (Limited to 30 participants) 

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Exploring the Brain Frontiers to Define the Order of Beauty

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Currently Dr. Celia Andreu-Sánchez is associate professor at the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Publicity of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. In addition, she is one of the principal investigators at Neuro-Com Research Group where she analyzes the advantages of neuroscience for the art of communication and perception. Dr. Andreu-Sánchez is also researcher at División de Neurociencias of the Pablo de Olavide University in Sevilla. In this interview Dr. Andreu-Sánchez deepens on some concepts that drives our manner to appreciate and evaluate beauty, and certain implications upon design and architecture.

Scientists at the Medical Sciences Campus study the basis of fear

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A study recently published in Neuron by scientists in Dr. Gregory Quirk's laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico investigated the role of the prefrontal cortex in the integration and regulation of of fear.

 

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Taking science outside the research lab

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Los estudiantes de ciencias biomédicas del Recinto de Ciencias Médicas (RCM) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR), buscan despertar en la comunidad escolar el interés por el estudio de las ciencias como una carrera profesional.  Para cimplir ese objetivo, realizan actividades con estudiantes que asisten a las escuelas elementales, intermedias y superiores del País. 

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Searching for a job!

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Hi there! 

Unfortunately I have no more funding to finish my graduate studies, so I have to search for a job so I can save what I need to finish my PhD. I’m wondering if anyone can help me in this search and contact me if there’s any opportunity for me that you know.

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Sea cucumbers and regeneration

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Sea cucumber, Holothuria glaberrima.

Sea cucumbers are echinoderms commonly found in the coasts of Puerto Rico. Although they are called ìcucumbersî due to their morphology, they are not really plants, but animals. In Asia they are considered a delicacy, but in Puerto Rico they are not used as food. Instead, they are used by researchers to understand one of the biggest mysteries in biology: the process of regeneration. Certain organisms, like echinoderms, have regenerative capacities, and can grow new organs from scratch even as adults. Other organisms, such as mammals, have very limited regenerative capacities.

Development of the Neuronal Circuit

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Did you know that in average humans have approximately 100 billion neurons in the brain? Neurons are cells of the nervous system that respond to electric stimulus and process and transmit information. If you though that neurons only reside in the brain, you are wrong because they are found also in the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves. The complex area of science that study neurons, their development and pathology is neuroscience.

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