UChicago scientists identify properties that allow proteins to strengthen under pressure
Credit: Scheff et al A new rubber band stretches, but then snaps back into its original shape and size. Stretched ...
Tag: Neurochemistry
Cell Reports publishes data supporting the importance of ion channel, Kv7.2/7.3 as a target in ALS
Data supports QurAlis' approach to treat hyperexcitability induced neurodegeneration in ALS patients; QurAlis gears up for clinical development of therapeutic ...
Protecting the intellectual abilities of people at risk for psychosis
A UNIGE team has found that a class of drugs can protect the development of intellectual abilities in people at ...
Duetting songbirds ‘mute’ the musical mind of their partner to stay in sync
There's Simon and Garfunkel, Tina and Ike, and Armstrong and Fitzgerald. But now, nature's famed duet singers, the plain-tail wren, ...
Brain injury research to focus on moderate concussion
$2.3 million renewal grant to UC Riverside will support a five-year projectCredit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Viji ...
Discovery may point to Parkinson’s disease therapies
University of Guelph researchers have discovered a key way Parkinson's disease spreads in the brainCredit: University of Guelph A new ...
A deep dive into the brain
Credit: ETH Zurich, University of Zurich / Daniel Razansky The way the human brain works remains, to a great extent, ...
University of Kentucky researchers discover fundamental roles of glucosamine in brain
Credit: Photo by Pete Comparoni | UKphoto LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 26, 2021) - Using novel imaging methods for studying brain ...
Vitamin B6 deficiency enhances the noradrenergic system, leading to behavioral deficits
Credit: TMIMS Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous psychiatric disorder characterized by positive symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, negative symptoms such ...
Specialized inhibitory cluster gates plasticity in fear learning
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Has your heart ever started to race at the thought of an upcoming ...
Making the gray cells happy
Neutrons show a connection between lithium concentrations in the brain and depressionCredit: Wenzel Schuermann / TUM Depressive disorders are among ...
3D visualization of oxytocin and vasopressin circuits with unprecedented resolution
Alterations in these circuits may underlie mental disorders characterized by deficits in social interaction, such as autism, social anxiety and ...
A peptide that allows cannabis-derived drugs to relieve pain without side effects
Scientists from the Proteomics and Protein Chemistry Research Group and the Neuropharmacology-Neurophar Laboratory have developed a peptide which is an ...
Novel immunotherapy boosts long-term stroke recovery in mice
Credit: Xiaoming Hu/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2021 - Specialized immune cells that accumulate in the brain in the ...