Neuroscience
Stroke-like brain damage is reduced in mice injected with omega-3s
New York, NY, August 22, 2016–Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) found that omega-3 fatty acids reduced brain damage...
Dartmouth-led research on how attention works in the brain receives NSF award
Peter Ulric Tse, professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at DartmouthA collaborative research project on the neural basis of attention,...
Tunneling nanotubes between neurons enable the spread of Parkinson’s disease via lysosomes
Credit: Institut PasteurScientists from the Institut Pasteur have demonstrated the role of lysosomal vesicles in transporting α-synuclein aggregates, responsible for...
Revolutionary method to map brains at single-neuron resolution successfully demonstrated
Cold Spring Harbor, NY – Neuroscientists today publish in Neuron details of a revolutionary new way of mapping the brain...
Refining optogenetic methods to map synaptic connections in the brain
A fundamental question in neuroscience is how neuronal networks and circuits give rise to brain function, as disruptions in these...
Study confirms long-term effects of ‘chemobrain’ in mice
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer have long complained of lingering cognitive impairments after treatment. These effects...
Cell therapy promotes axon remyelination in a mouse model
Demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and leukodystrophy, are characterized by damage to the protective myelin sheath that surrounds the...
Babies’ spatial reasoning predicts later math skills
Babies’ spatial reasoning predicts later math skills Credit: Photo by Emory UniversitySpatial reasoning measured in infancy predicts how children do...
Study suggests ways to block hypertension in those with sleep apnea
Nanduri Prabhakar, PhD, director of the Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology of Oxygen Sensing at the...
Max Planck Florida’s Sunposium 2017 Neural Circuits Conference
Once again, several of the world’s most esteemed neuroscience researchers will gather in Palm Beach County to speak at the...
Faculty at MIT and beyond respond forcefully to an article critical of Suzanne Corkin
On August 7, 2016, the New York Times Magazine published “The Brain That Couldn’t Remember,” an article adapted from the...
Scientific serendipity yields new neuron type in mouse retina
In the retina of mice, a new type of neuron that falls outside century-old classifications has been discovered. Neurons are...
Study finds brain connections key to reading
A new study from MIT reveals that a brain region dedicated to reading has connections for that skill even before...
Replicating the connection between muscles and nerves
MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic device that replicates the neuromuscular junction — the vital connection where nerve meets muscle....