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Detailed Molecular Workings of a Key System in Learning and Memory Formation

August 11, 2020
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Amherst, MA — One of the new realities in biomedical research is that it’s increasingly difficult to use a general approach to score advances. Now, investigations into disease mechanisms, for...

Researchers Publish New Guide for Viral Tracers in Neural Circuit Mapping

August 6, 2020
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Irvine, CA — Researchers from the newly-established Center for Neural Circuit Mapping at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine evaluate the properties of anterograde and retrograde...

How Thoughts could One Day Control Electronic Prostheses, Wirelessly

August 6, 2020
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Stanford, CA — Stanford researchers have been working for years to advance a technology that could one day help people with paralysis regain use of their limbs, and enable amputees to use their thoughts...

Implanted Neural Stem Cell Grafts Show Functionality in Spinal Cord Injuries

August 6, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — Using stem cells to restore lost functions due to spinal cord injury (SCI) has long been an ambition of scientists and doctors. Nearly 18,000 people in the United States suffer SCIs...

Understanding Why Some Children Enjoy TV More Than Others

August 5, 2020
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Norwich, UK — Children’s own temperament could be driving the amount of TV they watch – according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Birkbeck, University of London. New...

Machine Learning Makes Drug Repurposing for Psychiatric Disorders more Effective

August 4, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Artificial intelligence can increase the effectiveness of drug repositioning or repurposing research, according to a study published in Translational Psychiatry. In the study, which...

Cell Antennas Lacking in Fragile X Syndrome, Study Finds

August 3, 2020
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San Antonio, TX — Structures called primary cilia – which act like TV antennas for cells to detect signals – are present in fewer numbers in mice born with Fragile X syndrome, according...

‘Little Brain’ or Cerebellum Not So Little After All

August 3, 2020
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San Diego, CA — When we say someone has a quick mind, it may be in part thanks to our expanded cerebellum that distinguishes human brains from those of macaque monkeys, for example. Sometimes referred...

Phosphoprotein Biomarkers to Guide Cancer Therapy are Identified

July 30, 2020
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Birmingham, AL — Precision medicine in cancer treatment uses genetic changes in the cancer cells to select the best therapies for individual patients. Now researchers led by Dr. James Bibb, professor...

Using Artificial Intelligence to Smell the Roses

July 30, 2020
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Riverside, CA — A pair of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, has used machine learning to understand what a chemical smells like — a research breakthrough with potential...

Inflammation Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction Studied in Organoids

July 29, 2020
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Winston-Salem, NC — The scientists who developed the first 3D multicellular brain organoid with a functional blood brain barrier now report that the model could be a promising platform to screen drugs...

Neurons are Genetically Programmed to have Long Lives

July 27, 2020
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Riverside, CA — When our neurons — the principal cells of the brain — die, so do we. Most neurons are created during embryonic development and have no “backup” after birth....

Leukemia Drug Shows the Potential to Treat Aggressive Paediatric Brain Cancer

July 23, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo’s Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP-USP) in Brazil have demonstrated the potential of a leukaemia drug, arsenic trioxide,...

“Love Hormone” Oxytocin Could Be Used to Treat Cognitive Disorders Like Alzheimer’s

July 22, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disorder in which the nerve cells (neurons) in a person’s brain and the connections among them degenerate slowly, causing severe memory loss,...

Mechanical Way to Stimulate Neurons

July 21, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — In addition to responding to electrical and chemical stimuli, many of the body’s neural cells can also respond to mechanical effects, such as pressure or vibration. But these...

Neural Vulnerability in Huntington’s Disease Tied to Release of Mitochondrial RNA

July 20, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — In the first study to comprehensively track how different types of brain cells respond to the mutation that causes Huntington’s disease (HD), MIT neuroscientists found that a...

Making Balanced Decisions

July 16, 2020
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München, Germany — Animals have an innate preference for certain scents and tastes. Attractive scents are linked to things like good food. Less attractive scents – that of spoiled food, for example...

Designed New Model to Predict Life Expectancy of Severe Neurodegenerative Disease

July 16, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a serious minority neurodegenerative disease, with an annual rate of 1.5 cases per million inhabitants, which represents approximately 11 cases...

Autism Researchers Map Brain Circuitry of Social Preference

July 15, 2020
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Jupiter, FL — Some individuals love meeting new people, while others abhor the idea. For individuals with conditions such as autism, unfamiliar social interactions can produce negative emotions such...

Study Suggests Pickled Capers Activate Proteins Important for Human Brain and Heart Health

July 15, 2020
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Irvine, CA — A compound commonly found in pickled capers has been shown to activate proteins required for normal human brain and heart activity, and may even lead to future therapies for the treatment...

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