Tag: neurobiology

Research gives hope to producing better therapies for this debilitating condition Dublin, Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 - Researchers from Trinity ...

Pitt bioengineers create ultrasmall, light-activated electrode for neural stimulation

Takashi D. Y. Kozai's lab examines the use of the photoelectric effect on untethered implanted devices to mitigate damage done ...

Development of Pharmaceutical Agent For The Treatment of Diabetes & Obesity

This book is Edited by: Atta-ur-Rahman, published on: January 18, 2019 The scope of the eBook series covers a range ...

Looking behind a rare brain disease for clues to treat more common mental disorders

Researchers use genetic manipulation techniques to highlight how the function of a protein can lead to neurodevelopmental delaysCredit: Katsuhiko Tabuchi, ...

New study shows hidden genes may underlie autism severity

CU Anschutz researchers link a complex unexamined gene family with autism severity AURORA, Colo. (Feb. 15, 2019) - Scientists at ...

Antidepressant could stop deadly sepsis, study suggests

Previous FDA approval could fast-track new treatmentCredit: Dan Addison | University Communications An antidepressant drug used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder ...

Improved RNA data visualization method gets to the bigger picture faster

Like going from a pinhole camera to a Polaroid, a significant mathematical update to the formula for a popular bioinformatics ...

Uncovering a 'smoking gun' of biological aging clocks

A newly discovered ribosomal DNA (rDNA) clock can be used to accurately determine an individual's chronological and biological age, according ...

Statins could protect against motor neurone disease

High cholesterol has been found to be a possible risk factor for the development of motor neurone disease (MND), according ...

'Lack of cleaning' in brain cells is central to Alzheimer's disease

Scientists around the world are still struggling to understand Alzheimer's better in order to be able to treat and potentially ...

Brain pathways of aversion identified

What happens in the brain when we feel discomfort? Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden are now one step closer ...

The language of conversation impacts on the 'synchronization' of our brains

Experts from the Basque research centre BCBL have shown for the first time that the way in which the activity ...

Social threat learning influences our decisions

Learning what is dangerous by watching a video or being told (known as social learning) has just as strong an ...

Breaks in the blood-brain barrier can cause brains to get old before their time

Study affirms self-reported sleep duration as a useful health measure in children

Results show agreement between sleep measures reported by children and their parentsCredit: (American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Journal of Clinical ...

Controlling and visualizing receptor signals in neural cells with light

This new tool is a true two-in-one solution. In future, it might help to study a number of diseases.Credit: RUB, ...

Scientists discover how neuroactive steroids dampen inflammatory signaling in cells

The research, published in Scientific Reports, shows how new compounds could target specific brain cell receptors to treat a wide ...

New method uses fluorescence to identify disease-causing forms of proteins

Credit: Zhang Lab, Penn State A new method uses fluorescence to detect potentially disease-causing forms of proteins as they unravel ...

Exercise gives older men a better brain boost

Men have stronger positive correlation between fitness and brain function, study finds Rockville, Md. (February 13, 2019)--New research suggests that ...

Brain clock ticks differently in autism