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...politician who seems to deeply care about his job and the welfare of his constituents [July 27]. As a property owner in Newark, I have seen quality-of-life changes such as clearing out abandoned buildings and creating and improving parks. Such developments, although small, are the nucleus of positive change for the residents of Newark. Your comment that Booker might be "just Obama-lite," however, is degrading. As your article demonstrates, Booker has proved his ability to lead a large and troubled city. He stands on his own. Abe Rappaport, TOTOWA...
...results suggest that as girls progress from early puberty to late adolescence, certain regions of their brains become more active when they face a potential social interaction. Specifically, when an older girl anticipates meeting someone new - someone she believes will be interested in her - her nucleus accumbens (which is associated with reward and motivation), hypothalamus (associated with hormone secretion), hippocampus (associated with social learning) and insula (associated with subjective feelings) all become more active. By contrast, boys in the same situation show no such increase in activity in these areas. In fact, the activity in their insula actually declines. (Read...
...have a pretty tough schedule, so it’s going to be fun,” McNally said. “I think we can do some really good things with what we learned, with a strong nucleus coming back and some good freshmen...
...Worse, the drug does not do its work indiscriminately. Modafinil binds to the same site on dopamine transporters as cocaine does, and one of the areas where dopamine levels then begin to climb is the nucleus accumbens - a spot researchers have come to recognize as a sort of addiction central for recreational meds. "The nucleus accumbens," Volkow and Fowler wrote, is a "brain region critical for the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse...
...their work at the opening reception for the exhibition.” “This push for the arts… is about validating the arts at Harvard as an important part of what the University produces. The Mass Hall exhibit affirms that by putting art in the nucleus of the University,” says Timothy J. Reckart ’09, whose stop-motion animated film “Token Hunchback” in Mass Hall encourages viewers to think about the “ethical status of entertainment careers built on the display of disability...