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 / ...
Tag: Neurochemistry
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) ...
Finding a cure for multiple sclerosis
Biomedical scientist Seema Tiwari-Woodruff has received funding to identify compounds that can repair damaged axonsCredit: Tiwari-Woodruff lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...
Why do structural differences in α-synuclein aggregates cause different pathologies?
Credit: TMIMS Misfolding and aggregation of normally soluble proteins are common pathological features of many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ...
Bird brains are surprisingly complex
Innovative microscopy method reveals unexpected similarities between mammals and birdsCredit: Copyright: HHU Düsseldorf / Herold et al. Some birds can ...
Alcohol, nicotine mix during pregnancy increases health risk in newborns
Report: Combination increases brain damage and development riskCredit: Houston University of Houston researchers have found that during early pregnancy, the ...
Sanders-brown research discovers new pathway in TDP-43 related dementias
Credit: Photo by Pete Comparoni | UKphoto Recent work published by researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on ...
Meditation for mind-control
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A BCI is an apparatus that allows an individual to control a machine ...
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