Study finds abnormal response to cellular stress is associated with Huntington’s disease
Credit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - June 23, 2021 - A new University of California, Irvine-led study finds ...
Tag: neurobiology
Melatonin in mice: there’s more to this hormone than sleep
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science and the RIKEN BioResource Research Center in Japan, along with ...
Researchers use AI to track cognitive deviation in aging brains
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based brain age prediction ...
Combining three techniques boosts brain-imaging precision
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers report that they have developed a method to combine three ...
Recycling of the eye’s light sensors is faulty in progressive blindness of older adults
Components behind age-related macular degeneration also important in other diseases, suggesting similarly designed therapies as potential treatments for a range ...
Virginia Tech scientist awarded NIH grant to study CASK-related severe brain disorder
Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC explore dark side of common geneCredit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech For children ...
Foundation awards $1.25 million to MIND Institute to study rare genetic condition
Experts will search for molecular therapies for SYNGAP1 syndrome, which impacts brain developmentCredit: UC Davis Health The RDM Positive Impact ...
YCharOS forms key industry advisory committee and releases first open data
Leading antibody reagent and knockout cell line manufacturers team up to address life science reproducibility crisisCredit: YCharos YCharOS Inc., an ...
Genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disorder discovered
Transport system of essential materials in brain cells disrupted in certain genetic developmental disorders.Credit: Dr. Riazuddin University of Maryland School ...
Will reduction in tau protein protect against Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementias?
New results suggest the answer is no, implying that the role of tau in the pathogenesis of Lewy body dementias ...
Picky neurons
In the visual thalamus, neurons are in contact with both eyes but respond to only oneCredit: MPI of Neurobiology / ...
Cells optimised to produce substance that holds potential to improve ‘healthy ageing’
Credit: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability The population on Earth is increasingly growing and people are expected to ...
How childhood exercise could maintain and promote cognitive function in later life
Illuminating changes in brain networks and cortical structureCredit: Ishihara et al., NeuroImage, 2021 A research group including Professor MATSUDA Tetsuya ...
Controlling brain states with a ray of light
Credit: IBEC/IDIBAPS The brain presents different states depending on the communication between billions of neurons, and this network is the ...
Reduced-dose gadobutrol vs standard-dose gadoterate for contrast-enhanced brain MRI
A 25% reduced gadobutrol dose demonstrated non-inferior efficacy versus 100%-standard dose of gadoterate for contrast-enhanced brain MRI, particularly in patients ...
P-glycoprotein removes Alzheimer’s-associated toxin from the brain
Discovery could lead to new Alzheimer's treatmentCredit: SMU (Southern Methodist University) DALLAS (SMU) -- A team of SMU biological scientists ...
SNMMI Image of the Year: PET imaging measures cognitive impairment in COVID-19 patients
Credit: G Blazhenets et al., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of ...
Computers predict people’s tastes in art
New study offers insight into how people make aesthetic judgmentsCredit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Schillinger Do ...
How do we know where things are?
Study looks at how the visual system stabilizes what you see when you move your eyesCredit: Figure by P.Cavanagh Our ...
Research papers that omit ‘mice’ from titles receive misleading media coverage
Study suggests relationship between how scientists communicate findings and how journalists report research to publicCredit: Image by sibya from Pixabay ...