APS tip sheet: Untangling neurons with scattered light
New analysis examines light scattering properties in brain tissue to better understand the three-dimensional structure of nerve fibersCredit: Forschungszentrum Jülich ...
Tag: Neurochemistry
Special issue of ‘Neurochemical Research’ honors Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D.
Credit: Children's National Hospital At a pivotal moment early in his career, Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., was accepted to work with ...
Study reveals secret of 18th-century portrait
Credit: Nikolay Simonenko et al./Heritage Science Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kurnakov Institute of General ...
A new window into psychosis
Researchers link psychosis to the omission of chemical rewards in mouse brainsCredit: © 2020 Yagishita et al. A recent study ...
Two hormones drive anemonefish fathering, aggression
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Two brain-signaling molecules control how anemonefish dads care for their young ...
Can traumatic memories be erased?
Environmental light shown to affect retention of traumatic long-term memory in fliesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from ...
How associative fear memory is formed in the brain
UC Riverside mouse study provides insights into how pathological fear memory in PTSD could be suppressedCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. ...
JNK protein triggers nerve cells to withdraw their synapses when stressed
Credit: Turku Bioscience New study from Eleanor Coffey's lab at Turku Bioscience Centre in Finland identifies that the JNK protein ...
Neuroscientists discover new structure of important protein in the brain
Credit: University of Copenhagen After five years of experimentation, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in crystallising and ...
The search for a biological link between reactivated HSV and neurological disease
Study finds HSV reactivation kills neurons and antivirals can stop itCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Without even knowing it, most ...
Triglycerides control neurons in the reward circuit
Credit: Chloe Berland et al. Energy-dense food, obesity and compulsive food intake bordering addiction: the scientific literature has been pointing ...
UArizona study identifies hormone that causes women to experience more pain than men
Credit: TUCSON, Ariz. - Imagine taking a pill to control your ...
Discovery of GABAergic synaptic regulations inside the brain for a new epilepsy treatment
DGIST joint research team identified the roles of 'Somatostatin,' which mediates the functions of GABAergic synaptic proteinCredit: dgist DGIST announced ...
Visceral fat delivers signal to the brain that hurts cognition
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Excessive weight around our middle gives our brain's resident immune cells heavy exposure ...