Neurochemistry

Credit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum The neurotransmitter brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) acts in the muscle, so that during strength training endurance muscle fiber number is decreased. Researchers at the University of…
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This is a potential mechanistic underpinning -- at least in a subset of patients -- for the altered behaviors observed in autismCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A de novo gene mutation that encodes a brain protein in a child with…
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Credit: University of Guelph University of Guelph researchers are the first to uncover how the cannabis plant creates important pain-relieving molecules that are 30 times more powerful at reducing inflammation than Aspirin. The…
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Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University show that neuronal networks can assume a second, previously unknown critical modeCredit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich / David Dahmen Neuronal networks in…
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Credit: Albeanu lab/CSHL, 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Scientists haven't quite decoded how animals smell, but researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) found that it's different from previously thought. To understand how the…
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Credit: Virginia Tech As you read this article, your eyes are capturing light and your brain is decoding it into tangible fragments of information - things like colors, edges, words, and ideas. At the same time, other areas of the…
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Researchers isolated a molecule that may be under-produced in the guts of patientsCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have shown in mice that intestinal microbes, collectively…
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Findings reveal specific time frame for post-injury interventionCredit: UTSA Epileptic seizures happen in one of every 10 people who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, new research at The University of Texas at…
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Credit: Journal of Neuoscience Unique in its application of a mathematical model to understand how the brain transitions from consciousness to unconscious behavior, a study at The City College of New York's Benjamin Levich Institute…
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Credit: Kiley Riffell For female mosquitoes, finding their next meal is all about smelling and seeing. Through behavioral experiments and real-time recording of the female mosquito brain, a team of scientists, led by researchers at the…
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Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Current Chinese Chemistry. The first issue of the journal will be available online by the start of the year, 2020. Professor Huan-Tsung Chang is the…
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Los Angeles, Calif. - Investigators from the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the world's largest and longest-established HIV research network, today announced that the Journal of Clinical Investigation published new findings from the…
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A new paper in 'Brain' identifies molecular mechanisms causing neuronal damage in multiple sclerosis patients with progressive clinical deteriorationCredit: Jeremy Weichsel at Biovisioning NEW YORK, July 15, 2019 -- The disability burden…
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The study, from the Dulbecco Telethon Institute and the University of Trento in collaboration with the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, will open up new research avenues to design drugs against incurable neurodegenerative…
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