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Experiments in rats show some bad memories can be forgotten
It is believed that exaggerated response to bad memories is similar for all negative memories. A team of Indian scientists, namely, Mohammed Mostafizur Rahman, Ashutosh Shukla and Sumantra Chattarji from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inSTEM) have shown that exaggerated response and difficulty to get rid of bad memories could depend on whether the bad memory was formed before or after a stressful event.
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Nutrients of neuroscience
Sumantra Chattarji, professor of neurobiology at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, says, “Even a month of social interactions, playtime, exercise, and sensory stimulation can make a two-month-old rat a better learner.” Other studies by Chattarji and his team of researchers have found that if these young rats are stressed for ten days, they lose those connections in the hippocampus.
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Looks can be deceiving: The topsy-turvy case of Hemidactylus triedrus, the termite hill geckos
A team of researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, Fergusson College, Pune and Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Gujarat, have unravelled the taxonomy of Hemidactylus triedrus, a gekkonid lizard belonging to the g
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Researchers discover 2 new cicada species from the Western Ghats
"A team of researchers, including Kiran Marathe and Krushnamegh Kunte from National Centre for Biological Sciences, and Allen F Sanborn from Department of Biology, Barry University, Florida, have collaborated to describe two new species of cicadas as well as sorted out the taxonomic problem related to the cicada genus Rustia."
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Researchers find new cicada insect species in Verlem
A new cicada insect species, named ‘Rustia minuta’ recently discovered in the Western Ghats by Kiran Marath of NCBS, and colle
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Traditional knowledge of a northeast community holds answers to the misunderstood practice of shifting cultivation
- A recent study documents a relatively r
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Mixed farm-forest landscapes too support bird biodiversity: study
A new study has found that mixed agriculture-forest landscapes near protected areas can also be used to promote conservation of bird biodiversity. The study was conducted by Biang La Nam Syiem, a student of the postgraduate programme in wildlife biology and conservation, jointly conducted by the National Centre for Biological Sciences and Wildlife Conservation Society India Programme. Syiem, along with Dr. Divya Vasudev and Dr. Varun R. Goswami of WCS, has published a report on the study in journal PLOS ONE.
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Agri lands surrounding protected areas support guilds of wintering bird community: Study
The paper, titled "In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings: Woodlands in an agricultural matrix maintain functionality of a wintering bird community", explores the potential of an agricultural landscape in Meghalaya to support a wintering bird community.
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Researchers solve case of geckos’ mistaken identity
A team of researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru (NCBS), Fergusson College, Pune, and Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, have described two new species of geckos and cleared a taxonomic mix-up that lasted for over 200 years.