Tag: neurobiology

Credit: © Asuncion Carmona / CENBG / CNRS Using X-ray fluorescence at synchrotrons DESY and ESRF, researchers in the Centre ...

Leuven experts push the boundaries of 3D microscopy

Two newly developed methods will help researchers to study the 3D structure of complex surfaces and of individual neurons better ...

Born to run: just not on cocaine

Credit: Florida Atlantic University's Brain Institute Cocaine is a highly addictive psychostimulant that induces complex molecular, cellular and behavioral responses. ...

High pesticide exposure among farmers linked to poor sense of smell later

EAST LANSING, Mich. - A Michigan State University study is the first to show an association between unusually high pesticide ...

UCI study identifies a new way by which the human brain marks time

Novel findings may further understanding of age-related dementia Irvine, Calif., Jan. 15, 2019 -- With a little help from HBO's ...

Harvard research reveals potential therapeutic target for ALS

Discovery opens doors to improving diagnostics and developing new therapy for majority of ALS patients Research led by stem cell ...

Pioneering surgery restores movement to children paralyzed by acute flaccid myelitis

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery An innovative and complex surgery involving nerve transfers is restoring hope and transforming lives torn ...

Research confirms nerve cells made from skin cells are a valid lab model for studying disease

Salk and Stanford team shows that induced neuronal cells derived from fibroblasts are similar to neurons in the brain, on ...

Advances in the study of drugs to combat cognitive impairment in schizophrenia

The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is proposing improvements with respect to the pharmacological study of cognitive function enhancers in ...

Herpes viruses and tumors evolved to learn how to manipulate the same ancient RNA

Findings could have implications for drugs and insight into diseases like Alzheimer's (New York, NY - January 14, 2019) -- ...

Defective glial cells can push neurons toward Parkinson's disease

New study suggests an important role for glial cells in Parkinson's disease and offers potential new therapeutic targets.Credit: IDIBELL A ...

Gene-editing tool CRISPR repurposed to develop better antibiotics

MADISON, Wis. -- A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher and his collaborators at the University of California, San Francisco have repurposed ...

Gene therapy could eliminate drug side effect in Parkinson's patients

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan State University researcher has received a $2.8 million federal grant ...

Millions on prescription sleeping pills would sleep through a fire alarm

Japanese scientists have shown that a new class of sleeping pill preserves the ability to wake in response to a ...

£1.5 million for clinical research brings new hope in the fight against brain tumours

£1.5 million from Barts Charity has been awarded to brain tumour researchers at Queen Mary University of London to extend ...

Scope advance reveals first look through all cortical layers of awake brain

Credit: Murat Yildirim et. al. Just like doctors seek to scan deeper into the body with sonograms, CT and MRI, ...

Researchers answer decades-old question about protein found in Alzheimer's brain plaques

Alzheimer's-affected brains are riddled with so-called amyloid plaques: protein aggregates consisting mainly of amyloid-β. However, this amyloid-β is a fragment ...

New role for brain's support cells in controlling circadian rhythms

Credit: Marco Brancaccio Astrocytes, 'caretaker' cells that surround and support neurons in the brain, play a much more important role ...

Sleep Research Society announces 2019 award recipients

Awards showcase accomplishments in scientific research and education DARIEN, IL - The Sleep Research Society (SRS) has selected four outstanding ...

Temple receives $100,000 from Stop Alzheimer's Now to conduct groundbreaking study