Tag: neurobiology

Researchers decipher one of the body's brain regeneration mechanismsCredit: Copyright: Staroßom/Charité Diseases such as multiple sclerosis are characterized by damage ...

All too human

The price we pay for our advanced brains may be a greater tendency to disordersCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Prof. ...

New skin test detects prion infection before symptoms appear

Proof-of-concept study demonstrates test's preclinical utilityCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Prions can infect both humans and animals, ...

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists link concussions to epilepsy development

Altered astrocytes may be the root of epilepsy developmentCredit: Oleksii Shandra/Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research ...

Faulty molecular master switch may contribute to AMD

NIH researchers discover that TGF-beta signaling governs immune cell function in the eyeCredit: Credit: Wenxin Ma, M.D., Ph.D., and Wai ...

Researchers for the first time identify neurons in the human visual cortex that respond to faces

Credit: Dr. Vadim Axelrod Imagine a world where everyone has the same face. That would be a very different world ...

How our brains distinguish between self-touch and touch by others

Credit: Thor Balkhed/Linköping University Our brains seem to reduce sensory perception from an area of our skin when we touch ...

Youthful cognitive ability strongly predicts mental capacity later in life

Education, job complexity and intellectual activities play only minor roles Early adult general cognitive ability (GCA) -- the diverse set ...

Implantable device curbs seizures and improves cognition in epileptic rats

Approach reduces seizures by 93 percent in three monthsCredit: Giovanna Paolone A protein-secreting device implanted into the hippocampus of epileptic ...

How concussions may lead to epilepsy

New animal model could improve understanding of post-traumatic epilepsyCredit: Alexys Harrington Researchers have identified a cellular response to repeated concussions ...

Unexpected link found between feeding and memory brain areas

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The search for a mechanism that could explain how the protein complex NCOR1/2 regulates memory ...

Blood test detects Alzheimer's damage before symptoms

Test also may identify neurodegeneration in other brain diseases, injuries A simple blood test reliably detects signs of brain damage ...

Mouse studies show 'inhibition' theory of autism wrong

Hyperexcitability of neurons not due to lowered inhibition because brain compensates A detailed study of four mouse models of autism ...

FSU research sheds light on spinal cord injuries