Tag: neurobiology

Dublin, 4 March 2019 - FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases, based at RCSI (Royal ...

Sensory stimuli improves brain damage in mouse models of preterm birth

Credit: UAB A research conducted by the INc-UAB shows that the same perinatal brain injury caused by hypoxia and ischemia ...

Young people at risk of addiction have differences in key brain region

Young adults at risk of developing problems with addiction show key differences in an important region of the brain, according ...

Small ‘microdoses’ of psychedelic drugs could treat depression and anxiety

Lava lamps, tambourines and, of course, psychedelic drugs were hallmarks of the 1960s. Psychedelic drugs can make people euphoric, though ...

Sleep apnea may be linked to higher levels of Alzheimer’s biomarker in brain

March 3, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS - People who are witnessed by a bed partner to have stopped breathing during sleep may have higher accumulations ...

Traumatic brain injury and kids: New treatment guidelines issued

Third edition seeks to improve mortality rates for severe pediatric TBI; Includes algorithm aimed at bridging treatment, research gaps Each ...

Detailed new primate brain atlas could lead to disease insights

Credit: CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- The ability to comprehensively map the architecture of connections between neurons in primate ...

The sneaky way estrogen drives brain metastasis in non-estrogen-dependent breast cancers

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Triple-negative breast cancers are more likely than other breast cancer types to metastasize and ...

Major genetic study confirms that many genes contribute to risk for Tourette’s syndrome

Collaborative investigation reveals genetic spectrum of tic disorders, with more risk variants leading to more severe symptoms A meta-analysis of ...

In singing mice, scientists find clue to our own rapid conversations

Credit: Bret Pasch Studying the songs of mice from the cloud forests of Costa Rica, researchers from New York University ...

Data sharing uncovers five new risk genes for Alzheimer’s disease

NIH-funded project includes largest sample to date for Alzheimer's gene associationCredit: Image courtesy of Kunkle et al and Nature Genetics. ...

Open-source software tracks neural activity in real time

The tool, called CaImAn, replaces the process of manually tracking the location and activity of neuronsCredit: Giovannucci et al./eLife 2019 ...

Nanotechnology makes it possible for mice to see in infrared

Credit: Ma et al./Cell Mice with vision enhanced by nanotechnology were able to see infrared light as well as visible ...

Bungee jumping for science

Researchers measure readiness potential outside a laboratory for the first timeCredit: Soekadar/Charité Immediately before a person decides to launch themselves ...

Study: Pesticide exposure contributes to faster ALS progression

While exact causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remain unknown, new research showspesticides and other environmental pollutants advance the progression ...

Researchers identify how metabolites target brain-homing immune cells to treat MS

The discovery could lead to novel, more specific, and more effective MS therapies and a better understanding of how the ...

Study reveals the structure of the 2nd human cannabinoid receptor

Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office A Chinese research team joined forces with Russian and U.S. biologists to obtain the crystal structure ...

Smoking and alcohol: Double trouble for the brain?

Along with many other harmful health consequences, smoking tobacco causes chemical changes, oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain. Excessive ...

C-Path, FARA launch Friedreich’s Ataxia Clinical Database for Development of Treatments

TUCSON, Ariz. and DOWNINGTOWN, Penn., February 27, 2019 -- Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Data Collaboration Center (DCC) and the Friedreich's ...

Researchers ‘bait’ pathological proteins underlying many neurodegenerative disorders