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First Model Proposed to Simulate the Functioning of Concept Cells in the Brain

June 22, 2020
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Novgorod Oblast, Russia — Lobachevsky University scientists together with foreign colleagues for the first time theoretically substantiated the existence of concept cells. These are individual neurons,...

Microglia in Olfactory Bulb have a Nose for Protecting Brain from Infection

June 8, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a part of the National Institutes of Health, have identified a specific, front-line defense that limits...

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...

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...

New Insights into How Genes Control Courtship and Aggression

April 30, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — Fruit flies, like many animals, engage in a variety of courtship and fighting behaviours. Now, Salk scientists have uncovered the molecular mechanisms by which two sex-determining genes...

Researchers Delay Onset of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in Laboratory Models

April 21, 2020
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Toronto, ON — A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) has delayed the onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in mice. They are cautiously optimistic that...

A Molecule That Directs Neurons

March 25, 2020
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Trento TN, Italy — The habenula is a small region at the centre of the brain, but is crucial for people’s lives. It is made up of groups of nerve cells that control the “neurotransmitters”...

Rapid, Automatic Identification of Individual, Live Brain Cells

March 19, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — Researchers working towards understanding the brain in high-definition, single-cell level of detail have designed a new computer program to identify each nerve cell in fluorescent microscope...

How Brain Cells Lay Down Infrastructure to Grow and Create Memories

March 16, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Research published today in Science Advances sheds new light on the molecular machinery that enables the shape, growth and movement of neurons. It is the first time scientists have...

Newly Identified Cellular Trash Removal Program Helps Create New Neurons

February 28, 2020
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Madison, WI — New research by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists reveals how a cellular filament helps neural stem cells clear damaged and clumped proteins, an important step in eventually...

Altered Potassium Levels in Neurons may Cause Mood Swings in Bipolar Disorder

February 21, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — People with bipolar disorder experience dramatic shifts in mood, oscillating between often debilitating periods of mania and depression. While a third of people with bipolar disorder...

New Role for Neurogenesis

January 21, 2020
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Jerusalem, Israel — The ability to create new neurons may exist as built-in protection for sensitive brain areas, according to research in mice recently published in JNeurosci. For a quarter of...

‘Flash and Freeze’ Reveals Dynamics of Nerve Connections

January 13, 2020
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Klosterneuburg, Austria — Uniting structure and function of synapses is challenging: Function is studied in living tissue, measuring electrical signals at millisecond precision with electrophysiology,...

Rejuvenating The Brain

January 13, 2020
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Dresden, Germany — We all will experience it at some point, unfortunately: The older we get the more our brains will find it difficult to learn and remember new things. What the reasons underlying...

Neurons’ Energy Organelle Protected from Damage Linked to ALS, Alzheimer’s

January 9, 2020
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Jupiter, FL — A sophisticated new screening platform developed by scientists at Scripps Research has enabled them to discover a set of drug-like compounds, including an ingredient found in sore throat...

‘Census’ in Zebrafish’s Brain

January 7, 2020
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Dresden, Germany — The zebrafish is a master of regeneration: If brain cells are lost due to injury or disease, it can simply reproduce them – contrary to humans where this only happens in the...

Some Learning is a Whole-Brain Affair, Study Shows

January 3, 2020
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Baltimore, MD — Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully used a laser-assisted imaging tool to “see” what happens in brain cells of mice learning to reach out and grab a...

In Some Children with Autism, ‘Social’ and ‘Visual’ Neural Circuits Don’t Quite Connect

December 19, 2019
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La Jolla, CA — Among the first and most-documented symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a child’s aversion to interaction with others. Specifically, they appear uninterested in social...

Visual Neurons Don’t Work the Way Scientists Thought, Study Finds

December 17, 2019
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Seattle, WA — A new survey of the activity of nearly 60,000 neurons in the mouse visual system reveals how far we have to go to understand how the brain computes. Published today in the international...

Dendrites Filtering Neuron’s Excitement

December 9, 2019
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Kyoto, Japan — In mere milliseconds trillions of chemical reactions ignite signals that travel across the billions of neurons in our brain. As we go through our daily lives and absorb new knowledge...

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