Tag: neurobiology

Credit: Furukawa Lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- The ideal drug is one that only affects the exact cells and ...

Enhanced NMR reveals chemical structures in a fraction of the time

Technique could yield insights into complex proteins involved in Alzheimer's and other diseases MIT researchers have developed a way to ...

Researchers identify specific cognitive deficits in individuals with spinal cord injury

Similarities in cognitive findings between persons with spinal cord injury and older healthy individuals could indicate accelerated aging of the ...

Charité leads on three new EU-funded projects

More than €10 million in funding awarded to Charité Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have successfully convinced the EU ...

How gut bacteria affect the treatment of Parkinson's disease

Credit: S. El Aidy, University of Groningen Patients with Parkinson's disease are treated with levodopa, which is converted into dopamine, ...

Researchers discover synaptic logic for connections between two brain hemispheres

Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have developed a new ...

Nerve growth factor: Early studies and recent clinical trials

This article by Dr. Luigi Aloe et al. is published in Current Neuropharmacology, Volume 16 , Issue 10 , 2018 ...

Long periods of undisturbed sleep during pregnancy may be associated with stillbirth

Researchers explore how maternal sleep habits, including lengthy periods of sleep without waking more than once in the night, may ...

Bioethicists call for oversight of consumer 'neurotechnologies' with unproven benefits

Penn bioethicist proposes a working group to study and monitor poorly regulated products, predicted to top $3 billion by 2020 ...

Researchers identify brain cells likely involved in memories of eating that influence next meal

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Brain cells involved in memory play an important role after a meal in reducing future eating ...

Gene therapy blocks peripheral nerve damage in mice

Lays groundwork for developing treatments for peripheral neuropathy, other nerve diseasesCredit: Stefanie Geisler Nerve axons serve as the wiring of ...

New findings reveal surprising role of the cerebellum in reward and social behaviors

NIH-funded study sheds new light on brain circuits related to affective and social dysfunction A new study in rodents has ...

Wired for obesity

Scientists are piecing together how genes involved in neural development can affect body weightCredit: Dr. Sebastien Bouret, CHLA Leading a ...

Brain vital signs capture undetected impairments in ice hockey players with concussions

New concussion study shows existing tests may not be detecting brain function changes in young ice hockey playersCredit: Health and ...

The cytoskeleton of neurons has been found to be involved in Alzheimer's disease

A researcher at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has participated in the study into the impairment of the dynamics ...

Scientists from TU Dresden search for new methods to cure neurodegenerative diseases

Credit: CRTD Most neurons in the human brain are generated from neural stem cells during embryonic development. After birth, a ...

Epigenetics contribute to male and female differences in fear memory

A study in Biological Psychiatry investigates sex-specific epigenetic regulation of fear memory Philadelphia, January 17, 201 In a mouse model ...

Sea slug study illuminates how mitochondria move

Massive energy needed for nerve cells to keep 'talking'Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - Jan. 16, 2019 ...

Combatting brain infections in special issue of Viral Immunology

January 16, 2019

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 16, 2019--A special issue of Viral Immunology, a peer-reviewed journal ...

Neurofeedback helps to control learning success