AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health
NIH BRAIN Initiative scientists used machine learning to redesign a bacterial 'Venus flytrap' protein that can monitor brain serotonin levels ...
Tag: neurobiology
Maternal Immune Activation Induces Sustained Changes in Fetal Microglia Motility
-Demonstrates link to developmental disorders and schizophrenia-Credit: Department of Anatomy and Molecular Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine ...
Scientists discover how our brains track where we and others go
NIH-funded study suggests our brains may be more in tune with each other than we thinkCredit: Courtesy of Suthana lab, ...
The brain’s protein factories at work
Detailed structure of ribosomes in nerve cells revealedCredit: Image: M.L. Kraushar/Charité Protein synthesis is a finely tuned process in the ...
Researchers explore why some MS patients experience seizures
UC Riverside study examines molecular pathways that may instigate seizures in some multiple sclerosis patientsCredit: Tiwari-Woodruff lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...
Scientists uncover mechanisms that wire the brain’s cerebral cortex
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists describe 'molecular brakes' of the brainCredit: Virginia Tech A research team led by ...
Scientists discover a new type of brain cell that could help detect distance
Credit: Dr. Steven Poulter and Dr. Colin Lever The existence of GPS-like brain cells, which can store maps of the ...
Sex-specific Alzheimer’s treatment could benefit males over females
University of Ottawa research in mice highlights sex-specific difference that could prevent certain treatments from working in females, signaling caution ...
Researchers illuminate neurotransmitter transport using X-ray crystallography and molecular simulations
Credit: Depositphotos Scientists from the MIPT Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have joined forces with ...
Study sheds new light on how the brain distinguishes speech from noise
Researchers provide the first physiological evidence that a foundational center of the brain influences how sound is processed, identify a ...
American Roentgen Ray Society awards 2021 scholarships to Tatiana Kelil, Camilo Jaimes
Kelil to pursue personalized breast cancer risk assessment using imaging biomarkers and machine learning; Jaimes to investigate fetal diffusion tensor ...
How does the brain project manage its learning?
A new paper in Science co-authored by Dr. Richard Naud sheds light on the role of the perirhinal cortexCredit: University ...
How can you declutter your mind? New study offers clues
Brain imaging offers insight on how we purge thoughts to make room for new onesCredit: CU Boulder "Let it go." ...
A weather station for epileptic seizure
The unpredictability of epileptic seizures is a severe handicap for patients. Scientists have devised a technique that can predict seizure ...
Machine intelligence accelerates research into mapping brains
Researchers fine-tune algorithms to improve brain mapping by MRICredit: (Left) Junichi Hata and Hideyuki Okano, from the RIKEN Center for ...
Research strongly suggests COVID-19 virus enters the brain
A study published in Nature Neuroscience shows how spike protein crosses the blood-brain barrierCredit: Alice Gray More and more evidence ...
Healthcare workers have increased insomnia, risk of severe mental health problems: COVID-19 study
Credit: University of Ottawa Researchers at the University of Ottawa have found the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
NIH researchers discover brain area crucial for recognizing visual events
Credit: Richard Krauzlis, Ph.D., National Eye Institute Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) report that a brain region in ...
Computational model reveals how the brain manages short-term memories
Salk scientists show how "working memories" might be stored by neurons that can maintain information longer than averageCredit: L: Salk ...
Resuscitating eyes to speed up clinical research for vision impairment
The group will develop artificial blood to provide cells with oxygen and nutrients, kick-starting the activity of nerve cells and ...
