Technique can image individual proteins within synapses
Rapid imaging method could help reveal how conditions such as autism affect brain cellsCredit: Syuan-Ming Guo and Li Li CAMBRIDGE, ...
Tag: Neurochemistry
New gene therapy research at Neuroscience 2019
Live-streamed press conference offers breaking researchCredit: Society for Neuroscience Gene therapy shows promise as a way to treat and cure ...
Synchronised or independent neurons: this is how the brain encodes information
Combining predictive mathematical models and laboratory experiments, a study by SISSA has shed light on several mechanisms behind this phenomenonCredit: ...
Cellular hitchhikers may hold a key to understanding ALS
Credit: Y. Liao et al./Cell 2019 For long-distance transportation within the cell, RNA molecules rely on hitchhiking. A microscopic RNA ...
Brain-computer interfaces without the mess
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02019 It sounds like science fiction: controlling electronic devices with brain waves. But ...
Is copper a cause of Alzheimer’s disease?
University of Houston researcher examines the linkCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston chemist is exploring the link between ...
One or the other: Why strength training might come at the expense of endurance muscles
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum The neurotransmitter brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) acts in the muscle, so that during strength ...
Brain protein mutation from child with autism causes autism-like behavioral change in mice
This is a potential mechanistic underpinning -- at least in a subset of patients -- for the altered behaviors observed ...
University of Guelph researchers unlock access to pain relief potential of cannabis
Credit: University of Guelph University of Guelph researchers are the first to uncover how the cannabis plant creates important pain-relieving ...
Hidden dynamics detected in neuronal networks
Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University show that neuronal networks can assume a second, previously unknown critical modeCredit: ...
Quantifying how the brain smells
Credit: Albeanu lab/CSHL, 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Scientists haven't quite decoded how animals smell, but researchers at Cold ...
Graduate student earns prestigious NIH award to map unexplored brain region
Credit: Virginia Tech As you read this article, your eyes are capturing light and your brain is decoding it into ...
Gut microbes may affect the course of ALS
Researchers isolated a molecule that may be under-produced in the guts of patientsCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Researchers at the ...
UTSA reduces seizures by removing newborn neurons
Findings reveal specific time frame for post-injury interventionCredit: UTSA Epileptic seizures happen in one of every 10 people who have ...
CCNY physicists use mathematics to trace neuro transitions
Credit: Journal of Neuoscience Unique in its application of a mathematical model to understand how the brain transitions from consciousness ...
Scientists discover how mosquito brains integrate diverse sensory cues to find a host
Credit: Kiley Riffell For female mosquitoes, finding their next meal is all about smelling and seeing. Through behavioral experiments and ...
Bentham Science announces new journal, ‘Current Chinese Chemistry’
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Current Chinese Chemistry. The first issue of ...
Persistent HIV DNA in spinal fluid may be associated with cognitive challenges
Los Angeles, Calif. - Investigators from the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the world's largest and longest-established HIV research network, ...
Differences in MS patients’ cerebrospinal fluid may be key to drugs that halt progression
A new paper in 'Brain' identifies molecular mechanisms causing neuronal damage in multiple sclerosis patients with progressive clinical deteriorationCredit: Jeremy ...
Mad cow disease: A computational model reveals the mechanism of replication of prions
The study, from the Dulbecco Telethon Institute and the University of Trento in collaboration with the Italian National Institute of ...