Tag: neurobiology

Credit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - Oct. 7, 2020 - N-acetylglucosamine, a simple sugar found in human breast ...

Cortex-wide variation of neuronal cellular energy levels depending on the sleep-wake states

Credit: TMIMS It is assumed that the brain has homeostatic mechanisms to prevent the depletion of cellular energy, required for ...

Study confirms genetic link in cerebral palsy

Credit: University of Adelaide An international research team including the University of Adelaide has found further evidence that rare gene ...

A hydrogel that could help repair damaged nerves

Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c05197 Injuries to peripheral nerves -- tissues that transmit bioelectrical signals from the ...

$5.5 million NIH grant supports new tests to diagnose dementias earlier and easier

October 6, 2020

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University seek to optimize emerging methods of diagnosing two common neurodegenerative diseases -- dementia with ...

NIH scientists reveal how the brain may fuel intense neural communication

Results suggest retrieval of cellular powerplants via an energy feedback loop sustains communicationCredit: Courtesy of Sheng lab NINDS/NIH. Our thoughts, ...

Study reveals risk factors for acute kidney injury after brain hemorrhage

Acute kidney injury linked to higher rate of death within three months of intracerebral hemorrhageCredit: Justin Kelley Patients who suffer ...

New tools improve care for cancers that spread to the brain

Credit: UVA Health Ambitious efforts at UVA Cancer Center to improve care delivered to patients with cancer that has spread ...

Statistical model improves analysis of skin conductance

Credit: Sandya Subramanian/MIT Picower Institute Electrodermal activity - the sweat-induced fluctuations of skin conductance made famous in TV dramatizations of ...

Penn Medicine researchers discover a rare genetic form of dementia

Credit: Edward Lee PHILADELPHIA -- A new, rare genetic form of dementia has been discovered by a team of Penn ...

Novel treatment method

East Carolina University associate professor receives patent for treating Restless Legs SyndromeCredit: Cliff Hollis/East Carolina University An East Carolina University ...

Why writing by hand makes kids smarter

Writing by hand creates much more activity in the sensorimotor parts of the brain, researchers found.Credit: NTNU/Microsoft Professor Audrey van ...

‘Social cells’ related to social behavior identified in the brain

UC Davis engineers lead $36m effort to improve recovery from spinal cord injuries

Credit: Karen Moxon/UC Davis Engineers at the University of California, Davis, will lead a consortium of universities, biomedical startups and ...

Poor cognitive performance predicts impairment in activities of daily living years later

In study of older Latino caregivers, poorer performance in single cognitive testing was associated with impairments in daily activities seven ...

Bacteria virus combo may be cause of neonatal brain infections in Uganda

Credit: Schiff Lab, Penn State A newly identified bacteria and a common virus may be the underlying cause of infection-induced ...

Urgent need for blood-based biomarkers to diagnosis concussion

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 30, 2020--There is an urgent need for objective markers for ...

Finding a cure for multiple sclerosis

Biomedical scientist Seema Tiwari-Woodruff has received funding to identify compounds that can repair damaged axonsCredit: Tiwari-Woodruff lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...

Molecules responsible for radio-resistant glioblastoma identified

Credit: Jin-Min Nam Scientists have identified key molecules that mediate radioresistance in glioblastoma multiforme; these molecules are a potential target ...

Early MRI scans can predict motor development risks for preterm infants