HIV/AIDS, diabetes, organ transplant drugs possible Alzheimer’s treatment approaches
Alzheimer's Association part the cloud program takes the field a step closer to effective therapy with 5 new grantsCredit: Alzheimer's ...
Tag: neurobiology
Children with HIV score below HIV-negative peers in cognitive, motor function tests
Disparity worsens over time despite early HIV treatment, NIH study findsCredit: NIAID WHAT: Children who acquired HIV in utero or ...
Disruption of glycine receptors to study embryonic development and brain function
Collaborative work identified a new function for glycine receptors during embryonic developmentCredit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, University of ...
Scientists reveal the neural basis of confirmation bias
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC neuroscientists show why it is difficult to re-evaluate past judgmentsCredit: Virginia Tech An international ...
Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy
Credit: University of Cambridge Mothers' and babies' brains can work together as a 'mega-network' by synchronising brain waves when they ...
New way to identify and track progression of Huntington’s disease
Credit: George Devitt Researchers at the universities of Southampton and Cambridge have developed a new technique to analyse biochemical changes ...
Researchers explore factors affecting money management skills in multiple sclerosis
Kessler Foundation research team identifies executive dysfunction and depression as factors affecting the ability of a subsample of individuals with ...
New study sheds light into origins of neurodegenerative disease
Credit: Duke Department of Neurology New research has shed light on the origins of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) and ...
Scientists show how tiny, mutated neuron organelles impair brain connectivity
UNC School of Medicine scientists led by Eva Anton, PhD, found that defective primary cilia can modulate connectivity between neurons ...
Visual neurons don’t work the way scientists thought, study finds
Less than 10% of neurons in the mouse visual system behave the way scientists thought most such cells work to ...
The rare genetic disorder identified in only 3 people worldwide
Condition causes severe neuro degeneration in infantsCredit: University of South Australia A team of South Australian researchers has cracked a ...
Fish consumption and mercury exposure in pregnant women in coastal Florida
Study evaluates fish consumption, sources, risk, knowledge and mercury concentrations in vulnerable populationCredit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Mercury contamination ...
Dartmouth study finds conscious visual perception occurs outside the visual system
Credit: Figure by Sirui Liu and Patrick Cavanagh. A Dartmouth study finds that the conscious perception of visual location occurs ...
Study probing visual memory, amblyopia unveils many-layered mystery
Credit: Bear Lab/ Picower Institute for Learning and Memory In decades of studying how neural circuits in the brain's visual ...
New study enhances knowledge about widespread diseases
Credit: Johan Wingborg When proteins in the brain form deposits consisting of insoluble aggregates, diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's ...
Research reveals how muscles talk to the brain to regulate feeding behavior
A study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital sheds light on the mechanisms governing feeding behavior in fruit flies and ...
Insight into the neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness
Credit: Mick Urbaniak Lancaster University researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its ...
To the brain, straight from the vein: IV treatment for TBI
Data supports 'cell-free' exosome injection for traumatic brain injuryCredit: UGA A team of researchers from the University of Georgia's Regenerative ...
Experts review evidence yoga is good for the brain
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have known for decades that aerobic exercise strengthens the brain ...
Scientists discover key neural circuit regulating alcohol consumption
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Zoe McElligott, PhD, found that alcohol consumption is regulated by the activity of ...
