Tag: neurobiology

A once understudied topic now shows a clear link between cannabis use and brain alterations, whereby chronic use may lead ...

Jingsong Zhou receives $2.88 million for novel research on Lou Gehrig’s disease

Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington There are 15 new cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, diagnosed in ...

Frustrated fish give up thanks to glia, not just neurons

Credit: Ahrens Lab/Janelia Research Campus Secured in place in a virtual-reality-equipped chamber, frustrated zebrafish just didn't want to swim anymore. ...

Scientists map toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer’s

Credit: Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University A team of researchers from McMaster University has mapped at atomic resolution a toxic protein ...

Springer Nature launches new video portfolio

Springer Nature video offers insights, research and training material from experts/ medicine and professional and applied computing will be the ...

Millions with neurological diseases could find new option in neurostimulation devices

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The United States is seeing an increase in the number of neurological diseases. Stroke is ranked ...

How information is like snacks, money, and drugs — to your brain

Researchers demonstrate common neural code for information and money; both act on the brain's dopamine-producing reward system Can't stop checking ...

From one brain scan, more information for medical artificial intelligence

System helps machine-learning models glean training information for diagnosing and treating brain conditionsCredit: Amy Zhao/MIT CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers ...

Overcoming PTSD: Study reveals memory disruption drug target

War veterans share molecular marker with stressed miceCredit: Courtesy Scripps Research JUPITER, FL -- June 19, 2019 -- Fight or ...

‘Goldilocks’ neurons promote REM sleep

Credit: Pascal Gugler for Insel Gruppe AG Every night while sleeping, we cycle between two very different states of sleep. ...

New laser therapy seeks to halt the progression of age-related vision loss

The Maculaser heat treatment heats the back of the eye with a laser to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD)Credit: Aalto ...

Brain anatomy links cognitive and perceptual symptoms in autism

Credit: RIKEN Neuroscientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and University College London have found an anatomical link ...

Shimmer and ClearSky announce partnership to improve analysis of wearable sensor data for CNS diseases

Credit: Shimmer Research CAMBRIDGE, MA and YORK, ENGLAND - June 19, 2019 - Shimmer Research, a global leader in wearable ...

Reducing brain inflammation could treat tinnitus and other hearing loss-related disorders

Inflammation in a sound-processing region of the brain mediates ringing in the ears in mice that have noise-induced hearing loss, ...

Pushing the bounds of memory

By unraveling secret conversations, via signaling, in cellsCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston researcher is examining the reaction ...

A dietary supplement improves skills of an atypical Rett syndrome patient

Credit: IDIBELL A multicentric translational research study carried out by groups of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Sant Joan ...

Afraid of food? The answer may be in the basal forebrain

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine After fasting for 24 hours the typical laboratory mouse spends much time eating. Surprisingly, this ...

Dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies activate to generate new brain cells

Credit: Ye Sing Tan Singapore, 18 June 2019 - How dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies are activated and ...

FDA designates molecular test for concussions as ‘breakthrough device’

June 17, 2019

BRAINBox Solutions working with Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Carilion Clinic to bring mTBI test to marketCredit: Virginia Tech A portable ...

Researcher gets $4 million to better predict mental health disorders