New research on mitochondrial function can play significant part in serious disease
Credit: Karolinska Institutet. Disorders of the cells' energy supply can cause a number of serious diseases, but also seem to ...
Tag: neurobiology
Prion diseases: new clues in the structure of prion proteins
Carbohydrates of the prion glycoproteins responsible for a group of neurodegenerative diseases were sequenced for the first time thanks to ...
Researchers explore ‘face blindness’ in children
Credit: University of Stirling Researchers have launched a new study into a little-known phenomenon which prevents people from recognising members ...
Deep brain stimulation prevents epileptic seizures in mouse model
Experimental approach reveals new avenues for treating people with drug-resistant epilepsyCredit: Image source: Medical Center - University of Freiburg / ...
Henry Ford Health System first in U.S. to offer next generation deep brain stimulation
Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT (Feb. 18, 2021) - The Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Center at Henry Ford ...
First-in-human clinical trial to assess gene therapy for Alzheimer’s disease
UC San Diego researchers will inject harmless virus carrying a restorative gene into participants' brains, where earlier animal studies suggest ...
Study: Preschoolers with higher cardiorespiratory fitness do better on cognitive tests
Study in 4-6 year olds finds fitness-cognition linkCredit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers report that 4-6-year-old ...
COVID-19 associated with leukoencephalopathy on brain MRI
COVID-19-related disseminated leukoencephalopathy represents an important differential consideration in patients with neurologic manifestations of coronavirus diseaseCredit: American Roentgen Ray Society ...
Improving stroke treatment with a modified therapeutic molecule
A research team from INRS has improved the protective effect of a molecule against ischemic strokeCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) A ...
Spanish scientists uncover early links between cardiovascular risk and brain metabolism
The report, published in JACC, is important because it suggests that very early intervention in modifiable cardiovascular risk factors could ...
Star-shaped brain cells may be linked to stuttering
UC Riverside-led study examined the effects of the medication risperidone on brain metabolism in stutteringCredit: UCR School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, ...
The effects of antidepressant drugs evaluated through the analysis of patients’ tweet
Scientists have identified behavioural and linguistic changes in tweets in Spanish published by users suffering from depression and who are ...
UTEP professor’s study may lead to solutions for overeating
Credit: UTEP Communications. EL PASO, Texas - Science is a step closer to a new response to obesity, thanks in ...
New insight into protein structures that could treat Huntington’s disease
Credit: Sylvia Germes In Huntington's disease, a faulty protein aggregates in brain cells and eventually kills them. Such protein aggregates ...
How comparable different stress tests are
Stress can be triggered and investigated in different ways; but do they also lead to the same result?Credit: RUB, Marquard ...
Changing the connection between the hemispheres affects speech perception
Credit: Basil Preisig When we listen to speech sounds, the information that enters our left and right ear is not ...
Researchers find parallels in spread of brain cancer in mammals, zebrafish
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists say zebrafish suitable models for human glioblastoma researchCredit: Robyn Umans/Virginia Tech Scientists at ...
Lemurs show there’s no single formula for lasting love
Brain imaging reveals that not all monogamous mammals are 'wired for love' in the same wayCredit: David Haring, Duke Lemur ...
Researchers find delirium in hospitalized patients linked to mortality, disability
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Delirium, a form of acute brain dysfunction, is widespread in critically ill patients in lower ...
Insights into the role of DNA repair and Huntington’s disease gene mutation open new avenues for drug discovery
A special issue of the Journal of Huntington's Disease focusing on recent genetic advances in the disease synthesizes the latest ...