Tag: neurobiology

June 16, 2020

Research may lead to treatment advances for patients with immobilizing illness, injuryCredit: Washington University School of Medicine A neuroscientist's neon ...

Your brain shows if you are lonely or not

New insight into how the brain maps our interpersonal tiesCredit: Figure provided by Andrea L. Courtney and Meghan L. Meyer ...

Genetic rescue of SHANK3 is potential therapy in rare forms of autism spectrum disorder

A mouse model and previous studies suggest that genetic intervention in SHANK3-related ASD may be most effective earlier in developmentCredit: ...

Neurons can shift how they process information about motion

Credit: Getty Images Our brains use various reference frames--also known as coordinate systems--to represent the motion of objects in a ...

Clearer understanding of disordered protein could aid ALS, Alzheimer’s treatment search

NIH awards $3.3 million grant to Lehigh, Brown university researchers studying atomistic structure and mechanisms of TDP-43, which has been ...

New UNLV Center advances global fight against Alzheimer’s

The Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience will advance research and the science of treatment for Alzheimer's and other neurological disordersCredit: ...

Brothers in arms: The brain and its blood vessels

Study shows how blood vessels sense the metabolic state of neuronal cellsCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, B. Sheikh The ...

New indication of a link between Alzheimer’s and diabetes

High-resolution 3D model reveals strong similarity in fibril structureCredit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich/HHU Düsseldorf/Gunnar Schröder Pathological protein clumps are characteristic of ...

Researchers discover what’s behind nature’s perhaps largest erection — which is not that big

In the plant kingdom, the sexual organ of a male pollen grain grows up to a thousand times its own ...

Hibernation in mice: Are humans next?

June 12, 2020

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba and RIKEN in Japan spark a hibernation-like state in mice--a species that does not ...

Retinitis pigmentosa research probes role of the enzyme DHDDS in this genetic disease

June 11, 2020

Results show that retinitis pigmentosa 59 may not be a congenital disorder of glycosylation, as was long assumedCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, ...

Adult stem cell study shows fish oil may help with depression

June 11, 2020

UIC researchers use stem cells from adults with depression to test treatmentsCredit: UIC A study published in Molecular Psychiatry shows ...

Dopamine signaling allows neural circuits to generate coordinated behaviors

June 11, 2020

Credit: Flavell Lab/MIT Picower Institute For a nematode worm, a big lawn of the bacteria that it eats is a ...

Researchers identify new genetic defect linked to ALS

Finding provides new potential approaches to treating fatal diseaseCredit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Researchers at the University of ...

Marijuana concentrates spike THC levels but don’t boost impairment

Mobile lab offers first glimpse of real-world useCredit: CU Boulder Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more ...

Will lockdown loneliness make us loners?

Researchers at UCL find reduced social preference in isolated zebrafish is caused by stress and anxiety, not observed anti-social patterns.Credit: ...

Winner of the Art of Neuroscience competition announced

Credit: Nicki Coveña, University of Amsterdam The tenth edition of the Art of Neuroscience competition is won by Lidija Kononenko, ...

Artificial intelligence enhances brain tumour diagnosis