New genes related to autism spectrum disorder
Transposon domestication in the BEX/TCEAL cluster and autismCredit: University Of Barcelona - Andalusian Centre For Development Biology The lack of ...
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Single brain region links depression and anxiety, heart disease, and treatment sensitivity
The researchers used brain imaging to explore other brain regions affected by sgACC over-activity during threat. Over-activation of sgACC increased ...
Cause of Alzheimer’s disease traced to mutation in common enzyme
Mutation to MARK4 makes proteins stickier and more likely to clump in brainCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers ...
Immune response the probable underlying cause of neural damage in COVID-19
Credit: Photo by Ingrid Gisslén and Aylin Yilmaz It is probably the immune response to, rather than the virus in ...
Why can our brains learn and memorize?
Comprehensive understanding of expression mechanism of long-term potentiation and long-term depression of hippocampal excitatory synaptic strengthCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY ...
Anti-inflammatory therapy shows promise in slowing progression of multiple sclerosis
Study shows using intranasal delivery method may reduce inflammation in the brainCredit: University of Alberta Intranasal administration of an anti-inflammatory ...
The right cells in the right spot
Neurons in a visual brain area of zebrafish are arranged as a map for catching preyCredit: MPI of Neurobiology / ...
New study reveals how the nervous system mutes or boosts sensory information to make behavioral deci
Credit: Yujia Hu, U-M Life Sciences Institute Fruit flies may be able to teach researchers a thing or two about ...
New mechanism affecting nerve impulses discovered
Credit: Anna Nilsen/Linköping University Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have discovered a new mechanism by which substances can open a ...
Mosquitoes’ taste for blood traced to four types of neurons
Credit: ©Alex Wild, used by permission It's one of the world's deadliest animals, and it has a taste for human ...
Scientists find neurochemicals have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain
Dopamine, serotonin involved in sub-second perception, cognitionCredit: Virginia Tech In first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of ...
Improved mobility in frail and elderly adults linked to common gene variant
Credit: Ric Evans/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12, 2020 - Variations in a gene that regulates dopamine levels in the ...
Inhibiting epileptic activity in the brain
Protein could lead to new treatments for epileptic seizuresCredit: UIC/Jeffrey Loeb Epileptic seizures often originate in small, localized areas of ...
Why drugs sometimes cause receptor potentiation rather than inhibition
Credit: RUB, Marquard Professor Andreas Reiner and Stefan Pollok from the junior research group Cellular Neurobiology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) ...