Discovery of important molecular mechanism of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Credit: Alessandra Bolino, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common form of inherited neuropathies. A genetic ...
Tag: neurobiology
Artificial brains may need sleep too
States that resemble sleep-like cycles quell the instability that comes with uninterrupted self-learning in artificial analogs of brainsCredit: Los Alamos ...
UTEP researchers help bring biofriendly materials to drug design for neuro disorders
Credit: Mahesh Narayan EL PASO, Texas - The contributions of researchers from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) ...
Wearable brain scanner technology expanded for whole head imaging
Credit: University of Nottingham Scientists from the University of Nottingham developed an initial prototype of a new generation of brain ...
Robert Zatorre wins major international award
CL de Carvalho-Heineken Prize recognizes his seminal work in the cognition of musicCredit: The Neuro Cognitive neuroscientist Robert Zatorre has ...
Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics at UIC receives $8M from NIH
Continued research will test alcohol effects on whole epigenome and brain functionCredit: UIC Photos Services The University of Illinois at ...
New study reveals areas of brain where recognition and identification occur
Credit: Oscar Woolnough, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston. ...
New discovery may lead to effective and natural treatment for Parkinson’s disease
Certain hormone-like compounds boost dopamine levels in the brainCredit: McLean Hospital Study Highlights The Nurr1 protein maintains the health of ...
Ute Hellmich receives Exploration Grant for research into membrane proteins of parasites
Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation promotes innovative research concepts / New research project focuses on neglected tropical diseasesCredit: ill./©: Ute Hellmich (created ...
Biochemical alterations revealed in patients with Lesch-Nyhan disease
Credit: INC-UAB An international study by the Institute of Neuroscience of the UAB (INC-UAB), Emory University and Hospital Universitario La ...
Study ties stroke-related brain blood vessel abnormality to gut bacteria
NIH funded study supports link between high levels of gram-negative bacteria and a stroke- seizure- and headache-inducing vascular malformationCredit: Courtesy ...
Intranasal delivery of MSCs provides hope for treating Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - In the search for a cure for Alzheimer's disease, mesenchymal stem cells and their ...
Immune from chronic stress? Limit inflammatory signaling to specific brain circuits
Study sheds light on neuroinflammation and psychological disordersCredit: Florida Atlantic University Anxiety and depression are significantly heightened during times of ...
Continued nicotine use promotes brain tumors in lung cancer patients, study suggests
Wake Forest researchers suggest nicotine replacement therapies may not be suitable smoking cessation strategies for this populationCredit: Wu et al., ...
Studies of brain activity aren’t as useful as scientists thought
Duke researcher questions 15 years of his own work with a reexamination of functional MRI dataCredit: Annchen Knodt, Duke University ...
Development of a novel approach ‘Tracing Retrogradely the Activated Cell Ensemble’
Credit: Nathalie Krauth A major interest in brain research is understanding behavioural experiences at the synaptic and circuit level. However, ...
Does estrogen influence alcohol use disorder?
Estrogen pathways may help increase feelings of reward in response to alcoholCredit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine A new study from researchers at ...
Some people are easily addicted to drugs, but others do not
Discovery of a molecular mechanism that causes individual differences in drug addictionCredit: @ Korea Brain Research Institute Korea Brain Research ...
A remote control for neurons
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A team led by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has created a new ...
Squid studies suggest new route to therapy for ALS, targeting synaptic dysfunction
Credit: Daniel Cojanu WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most devastating adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases. ...
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