Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers
Studies in cell and animal models reveal insights into cancer cells' vulnerability that could lead to new strategies against brain ...
Tag: neurobiology
Researchers identify a molecular mechanism involved in Huntington’s disease
Improvement of motor coordination in miceCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA (UB) Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of ...
How people trick themselves into thinking something is heavier than it really is
Holding a steering wheel at different arm positions can influence how much force we think we need to steerCredit: Yusuke ...
Keck Medicine of USC announces launch of USC Epilepsy Care Consortium
Unique partnership of six independent epilepsy centers combines resources and expertise to treat underserved populationsCredit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES ...
UTHealth student has research showcased at Neuroscience 2019
Credit: Photo by Rob Cahill/UTHealth Brain research by a student in a laboratory at McGovern Medical School at The University ...
E-meditation: A new tool for an ancient technique
How a team of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina is trying to take meditation practices into the ...
Deep brain stimulation safer for patients with new MRI compatible electrode
Brain-computer interface advancementsCredit: SDSU Imagine having an electrode embedded in your brain in a surgical procedure that involves drilling holes ...
Predicting Alzheimer’s disease-like memory loss before it strikes
New study shows how patterns in brain activity can be an early predictor of Alzheimer's symptomsCredit: Photographer: Lauren Bayless, Gladstone ...
Children’s Tumor Foundation and DELopen increase access to compounds for neurofibromatosis
Credit: Children's Tumor Foundation New York: November 19, 2019 - The Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF), an innovative and global neurofibromatosis ...
MU researchers describe catatonia in Down syndrome
First longitudinal study highlights positive responses to established catatonia therapiesCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Down syndrome, due to ...
Scientists develop a new method to detect light in the brain
Researchers from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, University of Salento, and Harvard Medical School have developed a new light-based method to ...
Ayahuasca compound changes brainwaves to vivid ‘waking-dream’ state
Credit: Imperial College London, Chris Timmermann Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness ...
Virtual ‘moonwalk’ for science reveals distortions in spatial memory
Credit: MPI CBS In order to remember where important events happened, or how to get from A to B, our ...
New cell therapy improves memory and stops seizures following TBI
Transplanting new inhibitory neurons may repair damaged brain circuitsCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, Calif. - November 14, 2019 - ...
Many patients with iNPH develop Alzheimer’s disease, too
Credit: University of Eastern Finland Up to one in five patients treated for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, iNPH, also develop ...
FDA accepts submission for selumetinib as treatment for neurofibromatosis
Would become first approved drug for genetic disorder affecting millionsCredit: Children's Tumor Foundation AstraZeneca and MSD (Merck) announced today that ...
A new facial analysis method detects genetic syndromes with high precision and specificity
Developed by Araceli Morales, Gemma Piella and Federico Sukno, members of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies, together with ...
Alzheimer’s Association receives 1.34M from NIH for psychosocial research in dementia care
Credit: Alzheimer's Association CHICAGO, November 13, 2019 - The Alzheimer's Association® announced that it has received a $1.34 million dollar ...
How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry
New technologies could help psychiatrists better diagnose and monitor patients, but distrust aboundsCredit: CU Boulder Thanks to advances in artificial ...
NASA, industry partner for space-based study of potential Alzheimer’s key
An innovative experiment underway on the International Space Station could help researchers make new progress in the fight against aggressive ...
