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EUGENE, Ore. — University of Oregon scientists have looked into the brains of living mice to see in real time the processing of sensory information...

Credit: MPI-CBG Prions are self-propagating protein aggregates that can be transmitted between cells. The aggregates are associated with human diseases. Indeed, pathological prions cause mad...

Credit: USC Schaeffer Center Common anti-cholesterol drugs show promise for reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a University of Southern California-led study of Medicare data...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Neuroscientist Rebecca Spencer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a five-year, $2.64 million grant from the National...

Credit: Dr. Kaoru Sekiyama Which parts of a person's face do you look at when you listen them speak? Lip movements affect the perception of...

Credit: Tohoku University Osaka – Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, with up to 10 million people affected worldwide. PD is...

With millions of motorists set to hit the road for the bank holiday weekend, drivers have been urged to close windows and turn off fans...

Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine BALTIMORE – Nov. 30, 2017. A research team led by Mohit N. Gilotra, MD, assistant professor of orthopaedics...

Credit: L.A. Cicero When we are in a deep slumber our brain's activity ebbs and flows in big, obvious waves, like watching a tide of...

IMAGE: The project coordinator, Assistant Professor Mirko Rossi is in the back. In front, from the left are Docent Janne Lunden, Ph.D. Ann-Katrin Llarena, Professor...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — If two clinicians observe the same patient with blepharospasm — uncontrollable muscle contractions around the eye — they'll often...

PHILADELPHIA – Researchers are getting closer to learning how to turn white fat cells into brown fat cells, in a process called "beiging," to bring...

Credit: Robert Judson and Fabio Rossi Researchers have discovered a new technique that overcomes one of the major challenges of stem cell therapy. A drug,...

Credit: Tontonoz lab/UCLA New UCLA research could help explain the link between a high-cholesterol diet and an elevated risk for colon cancer. In a study...

Credit: Samah Jassam New model may help science overcome the brain's fortress-like barrier Scientists have helped provide a way to better understand how to enable...