Biologists create “atlas” of gene expression in neurons, documenting diversity of brain cells
Using gene sequencing and machine learning, NYU researchers discover new types of neurons, find that gene expression is more diverse ...
Tag: neurobiology
Pinning down how the brain predicts the consequences of choices
Credit: Thomas Akam & Rui Costa Predicting the outcomes of actions in order to make good decisions is a critical ...
Delirium could be an early marker of COVID-19
UOC researchers have reviewed the scientific studies published on how the coronavirus affects the central nervous systemCredit: Kat Jayne / ...
New multiscale view of the human brain
Credit: M. Zhenga et al. /PNAS The architecture of the brain supports cognitive and behavioural functions and it is extremely ...
New method shows great potential for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Uppsala University In Alzheimer's disease, a protein (peptide) forms clumps in the brain and causes sufferers to lose their ...
Earwax sampling could measure stress hormone
Credit: Trears A novel method to sample earwax could be a cheap and effective way to measure the hormone cortisol, ...
Brain effects of repetitive low-level occupational blast exposure
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 3, 2020--Military and law enforcement personnel with extensive occupational blast ...
AI helps detect brain aneurysms on CT angiography
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - A powerful type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning ...
New Danish AI tool provides much-needed help to protein scientists across the world
Credit: Shunliang Wu Using artificial intelligence, UCPH researchers have solved a problem that until now has been the stumbling block ...
Novel technique spotlights neuronal uptake of amyloid beta in Alzheimer’s disease
Study finds a short section of the amyloid beta protein is recognized by the cellular prion protein, which mediates its ...
New insight into how brain neurons influence choices
Effort could aid study of addiction, eating disorders, other neuropsychiatric conditions that involve faulty decision-makingCredit: Mike Worful When you are ...
The protein dress of a neuron
New method marks proteins and reveals the receptors in which neurons are dressedCredit: MPI of Neurobiology/ Kuhl Where in a ...
Mathematical modeling of processes in neurons to assist the treatment of epilepsy and depression
Mathematical modeling of electro-mechanical processes in neurons to assist the treatment of epilepsy and chronic depression by focused ultrasoundCredit: Peter ...
Molecular interactions regulating trans-synaptic signalling and synapse formation
DGIST scientists are learning more about the molecular processes involved in the formation of well-communicating nerve fibres.Credit: dgist Scientists at ...
Monkey see others, monkey do: How the brain allows actions based on social cues
Researchers at NIPS in Japan show that information flow between two regions in the front of the brain makes it ...
A malformation illustrates the incredible plasticity of the brain
People born without a corpus callosum do not have a bridge between the two cerebral hemispheres. Neuroscientists from UNIGE have ...
Children with asymptomatic brain bleeds as newborns show normal brain development at age 2
Study finds that neurodevelopmental scores and gray matter volumes at age two years did not differ between children who had ...
New research shows SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins disrupt the blood-brain barrier
First study to show SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins disrupt the blood-brain barrier, potentially raising risk of neurological damage in COVID-19 patientsCredit: ...
Brainstem neurons control both behaviour and misbehaviour
Credit: Samir Sadik-Ogli A recent study at the University of Helsinki reveals how gene control mechanisms define the identity of ...
The need for speed and science: Virgin Hyperloop to benefit from WVU’s expertise on brain impacts
Credit: Greg Ellis/WVU Before the first Virgin Hyperloop ride takes off, the brains behind pioneering neuroscience research at West Virginia ...
