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Observing the Freely Behaving Brain in Action

May 21, 2020
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München, Germany — Scientists working at caesar have developed a small head-mounted microscope that allows access to the inner workings of the brain. The new system enables measurement of activity...

Study on Nerve Cell Repair

May 21, 2020
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Aurora, CO — Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified a new way that cells in the central nervous system regenerate and repair following damage. In an article...

Not All Multiple Sclerosis-Like Diseases are Alike

May 21, 2020
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Sendai, Japan — An antibody appears to make a big difference between multiple sclerosis and other disorders affecting the protective myelin sheath around nerve fibers, report Tohoku University scientists...

Artificial Pieces of Brain Use Light to Communicate With Real Neurons

May 20, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — A prosthesis is an artificial device that replaces an injured or missing part of the body. You can easily imagine a stereotypical pirate with a wooden leg or Luke Skywalker’s famous...

Scientists Find Brain Center that ‘Profoundly’ Shuts Down Pain

May 19, 2020
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Durham, NC — A Duke University research team has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly control the animals’ sense of pain. Somewhat unexpectedly, this brain center turns...

How Experiencing Traumatic Stress Leads to Aggression

May 19, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — Traumatic stress can cause aggression by strengthening two brain pathways involved in emotion, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. Targeting those pathways via deep...

Study Identifies Group of Genes with Altered Expression in Autism

May 18, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Autism has long been associated only with behavioural and environmental factors, but the role of genetics in its development is now increasingly evident. Some 100 genes have been...

Technology Innovation for Neurology

May 14, 2020
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Graz, Austria — In 2015 Francesco Greco, head of the Laboratory of Applied Materials for Printed and Soft electronics (LAMPSe) at the Institute of Solid State Physics at Graz University of Technology,...

Significant Differences Exist Among Neurons Expressing Dopamine Receptors

May 14, 2020
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Bellaterra, Spain — An international collaboration, which included the involvement of the research team from the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB (INC-UAB), has shown that neurons expressing dopamine...

How Herpes Simplex Virus can Evade Immune Response to Infect Brain

May 12, 2020
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New York, NY — Herpes simplex virus (HSV1) infections are initiated at mucosal surfaces where the virus infects epithelial cells. When HSV1 spreads from the peripheral nerves and into the central nervous...

How a Gene Controls Electrical Activity of Brain

May 12, 2020
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Trieste, Italy — It works like a very fine “molecular knob” able to modulate the electrical activity of the neurons of our cerebral cortex, crucial to the functioning of our brain. Its...

Protein Shredder Regulates Fat Metabolism in Brain

May 12, 2020
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Bonn, Germany — A protein shredder that occurs in cell membranes of brain cells apparently also indirectly regulates the fat metabolism. This is shown by a recent study by the University of Bonn. The...

New Biomarker for Ageing Brain

May 11, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have identified changes in the ageing brain related to blood circulation. Published in the scientific...

Role Reversal for Function of Certain Circadian Network Neurons

May 11, 2020
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New York, NY — A newly published study in Current Biology reveals surprising findings about the function of circadian network neurons that undergo daily structural change. The research could lead to...

Lipid Metabolism Controls Brain Development

May 11, 2020
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Zürich, Switzerland — Neural stem cells are not only responsible for early brain development – they remain active for an entire lifetime. They divide and continually generate new nerve cells...

Unraveling One of Prion Disease’s Deadly Secrets

May 6, 2020
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Amherst, MA — A molecular biologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who has for decades studied the nightmarish group of fatal diseases caused by prions – chronic wasting disease in...

Imaging Technology Allows Visualization of Nanoscale Structures Inside Whole Cells

May 5, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — Since Robert Hooke’s first description of a cell in Micrographia 350 years ago, microscopy has played an important role in understanding the rules of life. However, the...

AI-Supported Test for Very Early Signs of Glaucoma Progression

May 4, 2020
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London, UK — A new test can detect glaucoma progression 18 months earlier than the current gold standard method, according to results from a UCL-sponsored clinical trial. The technology, supported...

Neural Circuit that Drives Physical Responses to Emotional Stress

May 4, 2020
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Nagoya, Japan — Researchers at Nagoya University have discovered a neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress. The circuit begins in deep brain areas, called the dorsal peduncular...

Molecular Basis of Rare Neurological Disorder Reveals Potential Treatment

May 4, 2020
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Chevy Chase, MD — Like people, neurons need to talk to one another. But instead of turning thoughts into words, these cells convert electrical signals into chemical ones. For nearly 30 years, biochemist Edwin...

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