Researchers discover treatment for spasticity in mice, following spinal cord injuries
Credit: Kiehn Lab, University of Copenhagen. In experiments with mice, researchers have studied neuronal mechanisms and found a way to ...
Tag: neurobiology
Insight into the synapses
Credit: (Picture: Chair Markus Sauer / University of Würzburg) When people think of glutamate, the first thing they remember is ...
Goals, opportunities, guides for advancing soft tissue and soft materials research
UMass Amherst scientists and team offer perspectives on cavitation scienceCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A type of damage in ...
When damaged, the adult brain repairs itself by going back to the beginning
In corticospinal injuries using a mouse model, adult neurons begin a natural regeneration process by reverting back to an embryonic ...
How does sugar drive consumption? Scientists discover gut-brain sugar sensor in mice
Pioneering study points to promising avenues for minimizing sugar cravings and potentially reducing incidence of obesity and diabetesCredit: Hwei-Ee Tan/Zuker ...
How expectations influence learning
Credit: RUB, Marquard During learning, the brain is a prediction engine that continually makes theories about our environment and accurately ...
Autism in males linked to defect in brain immune cells, microglia
Immune cell mutations lead to inadequate pruning of brain connections in young male miceCredit: Baoji Xu lab, Scripps Research, Florida ...
Salk scientist Ronald Evans receives a 2020 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist Award
Credit: Salk Institute Salk Professor Ronald Evans, Howard Hughes Medical investigator and director of Salk's Gene Expression Laboratory, has been ...
Being right-brained or left-brained comes down to molecular switches
Findings may explain why Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders impact one side of the body before the otherCredit: Courtesy ...
Adapting smartwatches to improve distance learning and health
Rose Faghih Wins NSF CAREER Award for MINDWATCH ProposalCredit: University of Houston As schools and universities around the globe pivot ...
Toxic cell atlas guides new therapies for neurodegeneration
New study generates an 'atlas' of toxic immune cells in the brainCredit: Lauren Bayless: Gladstone Institutes A common thread in ...
Cell membrane proteins imaged in 3D
Scientists used lanthanide-binding tags to image proteins at the level of a cell membrane, opening new doors for studies on ...
FDA approves first ever treatment for neurofibromatosis
According to the Children's Tumor Foundation, approval of AstraZeneca and MSD (Merck)'s Koselugo (selumetinib) increases potential for successful tumor reduction ...
Discovery of a drug to rescue winter depression-like behavior
Celastrol treats SAD-like symptoms in medaka fishCredit: Issey Takahashi | Nagoya University ITbM A group of animal biologists and chemists ...
Aha! + Aaaah: Creative insight triggers a neural reward signal
A neuroimaging study points to a possible answer as to what drove the evolutionary development of creativityCredit: Drexel University Creativity ...
Frontera sets sights on transformative research
National Science Foundation awards compute time on world's most powerful academic supercomputer to 49 projectsCredit: Tiziana DiMatteo, Carnegie Mellon University ...
Optical imaging technology may help surgeons better treat cancer, brain diseases
Credit: Purdue University/Brian Bentz WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new tool for medical professionals may help shed more light on ...
Hinge Therapeutics and TUT enter collaboration to advance drug discovery by ion imaging
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Hinge Therapeutics is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing ...
First in-human study of drug targeting brain inflammation supports further development
University of KentuckyCredit: Mark Cornelison | UKphoto LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 9, 2020) -- Linda J. Van Eldik, director of the ...
UC San Diego to advance stem cell therapies in new space station lab
UC San Diego and Space Tango receive NASA award to develop first dedicated stem cell research laboratory within the International ...
