Erin Schuman is awarded the 2020 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
The foundation is recognizing the scientist for her work on local protein synthesis at neuronal synapsesCredit: MPI f. Brain Research ...
Tag: Neurochemistry
Scientists discover link between autism and cognitive impairment
Mouse study identifies a brain mechanism underlying social deficits and mental disability in a finding that could lead to new ...
Study reveals new way to treat stroke using an already FDA-approved drug
Researchers first to report neuroprotective properties of granulocyte colony-stimulating factorCredit: Florida Atlantic University Stroke is the third leading cause of ...
Non-invasive electrostimulation leads to improved memory in mice
The study, led by the Neuropharmacology Laboratory-NeuroPhar, is the result of the collaboration between groups at the DCEXS and the ...
Scientists short-circuit maturity in insects, opening new paths to disease prevention
Puberty-controlling hormone does not travel freely into the brain as previously thoughtCredit: Naoki Yamanaka / UCR New research from UC ...
Research leads to life changing improvement for some people living with depression
UCalgary deep brain stimulation study targets people with treatment-resistant depressionCredit: Photo by Kelly Johnston, Cumming School of Medicine. Beth MacKay ...
New drug that could aid MS diagnoses approved for human trials by FDA
Credit: CWRU Created by Case Western Reserve University researchers, the drug will be tested with in healthy volunteers at Cleveland ...
High air pollution exposure in 1-year-olds linked to structural brain changes at age 12
Credit: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center CINCINNATI -- A new study suggests that significant early childhood exposure to traffic-related air ...
Mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people — and now scientists know why
Credit: Kiley Riffell Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn't get very far. They rely on this sense to ...
Glutamate in the brain has unexpected qualities, researchers show with new analysis method
Credit: Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University in Sweden have achieved something long ...
Improved brain chip for precision medicine
Device chooses right combo of cancer drugs in record timeCredit: University of Houston The Akay Lab biomedical research team at ...
Chemicals between us: Surprising effects of oxytocin on cocaine addiction
Medical University of South Carolina researchers use the colloquially known 'love hormone' oxytocin as potential therapeutic for cocaine addicts with ...
New study finds evidence for reduced brain connections in schizophrenia
Advances in scanning have allowed researchers for the first time to show lower levels of a protein found in the ...
NAU engineer developing biomaterial for improved treatment of cerebral aneurysms
Polypropylene glycol-based biomaterial compatible with body tissueCredit: Northern Arizona University Tim Becker, an associate professor of practice in the Department ...
Peering into the genome of brain tumor
Osaka University-led research introduces a machine-learning algorithm for predicting genetic mutations of malignant brain tumor types based only on MRI, ...
Scientists capture for first time, light flashes from human eye during radiotherapy
What are the flashes of light patients report seeing during brain radiotherapy? Dartmouth scientists capture this phenomenon for the first ...
How the brain balances pleasure and pain
Credit: Li lab/CSHL, 2019 As our brains take in information about the world and use it to steer our actions, ...
Brain-like functions emerging in a metallic nanowire network
Emerging fluctuation-based functionalities are expected to open a way to novel memory device technologyCredit: NIMS An international joint research team ...
A molecular map of the brain’s decision-making area
Credit: Juan Perez Fernandez Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have come one step closer toward understanding how the part of our ...
Study: Obesity could affect brain development in children
Credit: Courtesy Yale University Published studies have long found a correlation between obesity in children and decreased executive function. New ...