New study provides criteria for good infant sleep for the first time
Individual variations large in infant sleepCredit: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare According to a new study, sleep problems among ...
Tag: neurobiology
Parkinson’s and the immune system
MedicineCredit: RUB, Kramer The team was thus able to provide further evidence that there are interfaces between the nervous system ...
Fruit flies respond to rapid changes in the visual environment
Neurons in the visual system sensitive to luminance make it possible to maintain effective vision and react appropriately when encountering ...
Gene variants provide insight into brain, body incongruence in transgender
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Some of the first biological evidence of the incongruence transgender individuals experience, because ...
Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute announces three artists-in-residence
Year-long program embeds award-winning painter, jazz musician and author with scientists studying the mind, the brain and behaviorCredit: Anastasia Muna ...
Dietary interventions may slow onset of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 4, 2020) -- Significantly reducing dietary levels of the amino ...
Researchers discover method to detect motor-related brain activity
By applying a nonlinear signal processing method to experimental data, researchers found a connection between motor behavior and brain activities ...
Study identifies interaction site for serotonin type 3A and RIC-3 chaperone
Credit: TTUHSC To address the receptor dysfunction associated with several serious neurological diseases, Michaela Jansen, Pharm.D., Ph.D., from the Texas ...
New study links autism to specific cell, paves way for potential approach to treatment
Postmortem brain tissue from autism patients reveals impairment of 'myelination' process that ensures neurons can communicate; efforts now turn to ...
New deep learning model can accurately identify sleep stages
Credit: Juha Rutanen A new deep learning model developed by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland can identify sleep ...
New way to study pituitary tumors holds potential for better diagnoses and treatments
Credit: Kumar Pichumani Houston Methodist neurosurgeons and neuroscientists are looking at a new way to classify pituitary tumors that could ...
Novel compound is promising drug candidate for Alzheimer’s disease
New gamma secretase inhibitor blocks only amyloid production, no other functionsCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- A newly identified ...
Can’t sleep or think clearly? Maybe the culprit is bacteria
Washington State, UMass Amherst researchers receive Keck Grant to study effects of bacteria on brainCredit: UMass Amherst With a $1 ...
Brain imaging provides little insight in insanity evaluation
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Sophisticated brain imaging, like an MRI, has limited applicability in assessing a defendant's ...
Fewer scars in the central nervous system
Credit: Source: Schachtrup lab / University of Freiburg Neural stem and progenitor cells (NSPCs), from the so-called subventricular zone (SVZ), ...
Health and Technology District partners with Music Heals and SFU on mental health study
Mental health study combines music therapy and functional brain imagingCredit: SFU ImageTech Lab Surrey, B.C., Canada (January 31, 2020) The ...
Immune response in brain, spinal cord could offer clues to treating neurological diseases
University of Alberta researcher discovers that immune cells in the brain and central nervous system interfere with those in the ...
ASU scientists boost gene-editing tools to new heights in human stem cells
Proof-of-concept shows genes implicated in Alzheimer's disease can be accurately edited, with 90 percent efficiency in human stem cellsCredit: Arizona ...
Salk scientists link rapid brain growth in autism to DNA damage
During development, cells generated from people with autism have frequent breaks in the DNA of certain genesCredit: Salk Institute LA ...
HKUST researchers find that regulating lipid metabolism in neurons helps axon regeneration
Credit: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Typical examples include paralysis due to a spinal cord injury and ...
