HKUST scientists develop simple blood test for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease
An international research team led by HKUST has developed a simple but robust blood test from Chinese patient data for ...
Tag: neurobiology
Differences in human, mouse brain cells have important implications for disease research
FINDINGS A UCLA-led study comparing brain cells known as astrocytes in humans and mice found that mouse astrocytes are more ...
Scientists discover key player in brain development, cell communication
Led by Katie Baldwin, Ph.D., research published in Neuron shows how the loss of the protein hepaCAM drives brain development ...
Glial cells help mitigate neurological damage in Huntington’s disease
Credit: Dr. J Botas/eLife, 2021 The brain is not a passive recipient of injury or disease. Research has shown that ...
Non-invasive potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Ultrasound can overcome some of the detrimental effects of ageing and dementia without the need to cross the blood-brain barrier, ...
Study suggests scientists may need to rethink which genes control aging
NIH scientists discover that bacteria may drive activity of many hallmark aging genes in flies To better understand the role ...
Study finds abnormal response to cellular stress is associated with Huntington’s disease
Irvine, CA - June 23, 2021 - A new University of California, Irvine-led study finds that the persistence of a ...
Melatonin in mice: there’s more to this hormone than sleep
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science and the RIKEN BioResource Research Center in Japan, along with collaborators at ...
Researchers use AI to track cognitive deviation in aging brains
OAK BROOK, Ill. - Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based brain age prediction model to quantify deviations from a ...
Combining three techniques boosts brain-imaging precision
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers report that they have developed a method to combine three brain-imaging techniques to more precisely capture ...
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 gene For children diagnosed with severe ...
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 development The RDM Positive Impact Foundation is funding ...
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 crisis YCharOS Inc., an open ...
Genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disorder discovered
Transport system of essential materials in brain cells disrupted in certain genetic developmental disorders. University of Maryland School of Medicine ...
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 one The visual thalamus is ...
Cells optimised to produce substance that holds potential to improve ‘healthy ageing’
The population on Earth is increasingly growing and people are expected to live longer in the future. Thus, better and ...
How childhood exercise could maintain and promote cognitive function in later life
Illuminating changes in brain networks and cortical structure A research group including Professor MATSUDA Tetsuya of Tamagawa University's Brain Science ...
Controlling brain states with a ray of light
The brain presents different states depending on the communication between billions of neurons, and this network is the basis of ...
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