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 ...
Tag: neurobiology
£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
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Beneath the amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that ...
NUS scientists harness machine learning to uncover new insights into the human brain
Study uses non-invasive neuroimaging data to reveal cellular properties of different brain regions, providing a new avenue to examine neurological ...
Neuroimaging shows social exclusion spurs extremism in those vulnerable to radicalisation
A study led by researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute ...
How drugs can minimize the side effects of chemotherapy
Researchers at the University of Zurich have determined the three-dimensional structure of the receptor that causes nausea and vomiting as ...
IDIBELL researchers identify a new leukodystrophy in children and its potential cure
The gene that causes the disease is called DEGS1 and its defect may be counteracted with fingolimod, a drug currently ...
Press room registration is open for 2019 AAN Annual Meeting
MINNEAPOLIS - Registration is now open for journalists planning to attend the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of ...
Integral Molecular awarded NIH grant to discover neuroimmune drug targets in Alzheimer's
SBIR for target discoveryCredit: Integral Molecular, Inc. PHILADELPHIA--Integral Molecular, the industry leader in membrane protein technologies, was awarded a Small ...
Mice sleeping fitfully provide clues to insomnia
Genetically engineered mice mimic common sleep problems Mice that sleep fitfully could help researchers unravel the mystery of insomnia. Researchers ...