Targacept's pill is more refined, he says, because it binds with a subtype of neuronal nicotinic receptor situated mostly in parts ofthe brain that process sensory information and aid in learning and short-term memory.
In order to see if this works in healthy adults, Yale is in theprocessof beginning clinical trials of Guanfacine for elderly adults to see if it can be used to improve working memory.
Most recently, a team from Stanford took the helm of Sequoia to run computational fluid dynamics simulations -- a process that requires a finely tuned balance of computation, memory and communication components -- in order to better understand engine noise from supersonic jets.