• Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher to wed soon
• Katie Holmes not worried by media attention
• How do babies recognize their mom's scent?
• Courtney Cox helps 'Friends' co-stars deal with break-ups
• McGregor fondly recalls his loss of virginity

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher to wed soon (Go To Top)

     Washington: Rumours have been doing the rounds as to why the last A-list Hollywood couple to be married, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, haven't tied the knot as yet. Few friends are attributing Demi's anxiety over their age differences as the real reason for her resistance. "Demi's anxiety about her and Ashton's difference in age might be the real reason the couple haven't tied the knot. Demi's doubts and second thoughts don't seem like typical pre-marital butterflies. They're the result of serious long-term planning", The Star quoted few insiders as saying. Moore and Kutcher seem to be madly in love with each other. Demi is reportedly more worried about the future. "Demi's madly in love with him and has never been happie. She probably doesn't want that happiness to end someday over their age difference. Demi isn't so worried about the present. She's more worried about the future, when she's 52 and Ashton's 37. I bet she's afraid that as she ages, Ashton will start comparing her to women his own age - and younger - and she may not be able to stand the test of time", another source close to the couple said.

Katie Holmes not worried by media attention (Go To Top)

      London: Actress Katie Holmes has confessed that she would maintain her down to her earth attitude and stay sane after the heavy media scrutiny that she has been put under after she started dating Hollywood hunk Tom Cruise. The 26-year-old beauty has also admitted that she relies on her family to tell her when she is acting 'Hollywood like' "My family always keep me in check. They've very supportive of my career. I call my parents when I get stressed out. They put it all in perspective for me. I go back to Toledo six or seven times a year. I had a very happy childhood. I grew up naive and sheltered, but I liked that", Femalefirst quoted her as saying.

How do babies recognize their mom's scent? (Go To Top)

     Washington: For newborn mammals, including humans, identifying Mom by her odour can be critical to maternal bonding and survival. However, researchers have not understood how this odour identification develops. Now, Kevin Franks and Jeffry Isaacson of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report in the July 7, 2005, issue of Neuron that this process develops in basically the same way that newborns' developing visual systems learn to recognize the world. That is, during a critical early period, the infant's olfactory circuitry wires itself as a result of experiencing Mom's odor. In their initial experiments with rat brains, the researchers identified two receptors, called AMPA receptors and NMDA receptors, as the key components of the olfactory circuitry that undergoes such early olfactory adaptation. Such receptors are proteins embedded in the "receiving stations" of neurons and are activated by chemical signals called neurotransmitters--in this case, the neurotransmitter glutamate. Alterations in the relative numbers of such receptors "tune" neurons to be more or less likely to be triggered by neurotransmitters. Thus, such changes in networks of neurons can lay down the preferred neural pathways that constitute learning. The researchers found in studies of rat brain tissue that as newborn rats aged, the fraction of NMDA receptors tended to go down in a brain olfactory processing region called the lateral olfactory tract. This reduction tended to activate connections among neurons in the region. To explore whether sensory experience affected this process, the researchers plugged one nostril of newborn rats--thus depriving one side of the rat brain of olfactory input. This technique enabled them to compare, in the same animal's brain, changes in olfactory development with and without odor input. The researchers found that during a critical period of a few weeks after birth, the olfactory-deprived side of the animals' brains showed a decrease in NMDA receptor activity compared to the spared side. This relative reduction of NMDA receptor activity caused the neurons to become more active, since AMPA receptors convert neurons to those that are more functional and less "silent." The researchers also found evidence that the changes in the olfactory neurons during this critical period tended to render the animals' early olfactory experience more salient, reducing the significance of odors experienced later in development.

Courtney Cox helps 'Friends' co-stars deal with break-ups (Go To Top)

      Washington: 'Friends' star Courtney Cox has truly shown that she is always there for her buddies and co-stars, whenever they need her. Jennifer Aniston, sought refuge in Courtney and her husband David Arquette's Malibu home after her divorce from Brad Pitt and now another 'Friend's' star Matthew Perry has turned to Courteny after his breakup with girlfriend Rachel Dunn. "Courteney and David are a great pair, and they are more than happy to help lift the spirits of any of their pals - and Matthew is certainly one of them,"a source was quoted by the Star magazine, as saying. "Matthew hasn't had the easiest adjustment since Friends went off the air, and he's been down in the dumps as far as his love life. He told Courteney now that he's 35, he wonders if it's ever going to happen for him," he added.

McGregor fondly recalls his loss of virginity (Go To Top)

      Washington: Losing his virginity as a teenager is something Ewan McGregor has fond memories of, because it wasn't the disaster he feared it would be. According to contact music, McGregor met and fell for a woman almost 10 years his senior during a night out with pals and he was thrilled when his one-night stand turned out to be a sex expert. "I assumed it was going to be fumbling and around and stuff. But the next thing I knew, she had taken control of the situation. She was a good teacher. "I'm sure she must now have a twinkle in her eye if she's up in Scotland somewhere," he was quoted as saying.

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