Cannabis use in pregnancy linked to a greater risk of autism
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital In the largest study of its kind, Ottawa researchers found that children whose mothers reported using ...
Tag: neurobiology
New reporter mouse strain offers powerful genetic tool to identify P2X2-expressing cells
University of South Florida researchers will manipulate the P2X2-cre system to better understand sensory nerve function and drive targeted treatmentsCredit: ...
Placebos prove powerful even when people know they’re taking one
Credit: Pexels: Pixabay CC0 EAST LANSING, Mich. - How much of a treatment is mind over matter? It is well ...
WVU expands pioneering Alzheimer’s treatment to wider region of the brain
Credit: Marisa Sayre/West Virginia University A hospital nurse for 33 years, Nanette Miller would call her husband Frank at the ...
Sanford Burnham Prebys awarded $4.5 million NIH grant for mental illness therapeutics
Research will explore 'orphan' receptors as potential drug targets for mental health disordersCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute LA ...
FDA approves the guardian needle, a solution for reducing accidental needle sticks
Medical University of South Carolina clinician-innovators targeted the problem of needle-stick injuries during intraoperative monitoring; their invention, a safer needle, ...
Implanted neural stem cell grafts show functionality in spinal cord injuries
In mouse studies, the specialized grafts integrated with host networks and behaved much like neurons in a healthy, undamaged spinal ...
Body weight has surprising, alarming impact on brain function
Higher BMI is linked to decreased cerebral blood flow, which is associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and mental ...
Discovery shows promise for treating Huntington’s Disease
Scientists at EPFL's Brain Mind Institute have identified an enzyme that can play a central role in developing a new ...
How thoughts could one day control electronic prostheses, wirelessly
Today's brain implants already connect the nervous system to electronic devices to help people with spinal cord injuries regain some ...
Understanding why some children enjoy TV more than others
Credit: Birbeck, University of London Children's own temperament could be driving the amount of TV they watch - according to ...
UCI researchers publish new guide for viral tracers in neural circuit mapping
Center for Neural Circuit Mapping established to disseminate molecular tools to the worldwide neuroscience communityCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, ...
Reducing the adverse impact of water loss in cells
Report: How a protein protects cells from deathCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston College of Medicine researcher has ...
New study shows how infrared lasers destroy harmful protein aggregates in Alzheimer’s
The power of simulations combined with experiments reveals why protein agglomerations typical of neurodegenerative diseases dissociate with infrared laser irradiationCredit: ...
A research team of the CNIO and the HKUST identifies how some gliomas develop chemoresistance
Credit: CNIO A team led by Massimo Squatrito, Head of the Seve Ballesteros Foundation Brain Tumour Group at the Spanish ...
Machine learning makes drug repurposing for psychiatric disorders more effective
Researchers have correlated information on drugs, genes and diseases to identify potential candidates for psychiatric and neurological treatment; the methodology ...
Study reveals less connectivity between hey brain regions in people with FXTAS premutation
Credit: McKinney, et al. LAWRENCE -- A new paper in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical from researchers at the University of ...
Why is stroke so deadly for people of African descent?
Credit: UVA Health African-Americans have up to three times the risk of dying from strokes as people of European descent, ...
The outlook is encouraging: Researchers evaluate a pipeline of clinical trials
A research team, including Parkinson's community patients and carers, has identified and analyzed 145 registered clinical trialsCredit: ClinicalTrials.gov Amsterdam, NL, ...
Alteration of calcium channel signaling may explain mechanism of autism spectrum disorder
How does the G406R single point mutation of the Cav1.2 channel affect cellular processes that could lead to a multifactorial ...
