Oct. 22, 2020 — A gut hormone, ghrelin, is a key regulator of new nerve cells in the adult brain, a research team has discovered. It could help pave the way for new drugs to treat dementia in patients with ...
Oct. 15, 2020 — Damaged nerves regenerate faster when protein clusters are broken apart, releasing mRNAs that can be used to rebuild the nerve. Scientists have found the trigger that could be used to accelerate ...
Oct. 12, 2020 — Researchers have discovered a new mechanism by which substances can open a certain type of ion channel and in this way regulate nerve impulses. The study identifies a large group of substances that ...
Oct. 7, 2020 — Researchers are working towards a potential treatment to slow the progression of motor neuron disease (MND). The research team have uncovered how inflammation in MND is triggered. Pinpointing the ...
Oct. 6, 2020 — Results show that diminished odor stimulation reduces the number of newly-generated neurons that express particular odorant receptors, indicating a selective alteration in the neurogenesis of these ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — Neuronal communication is so fast, and at such a small scale, that it is exceedingly difficult to explain precisely how it occurs. An observation enabled by a custom imaging system, has led to a ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — New research shows damage in the brain starts in the same place and spreads in the same way in sleep apnea, as in Alzheimer's disease. The study is the first to find Alzheimer's-like ...
Sep. 26, 2020 — Researchers demonstrated a proof-of-concept stem cell treatment in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease. They found that neurons derived from stem cells can integrate well into the correct ...
Sep. 26, 2020 — An analysis conducted in 45,000 adults mainly of European ancestry associated 160 genes with brain shrinkage seen on ...
Sep. 25, 2020 — How many 'listeners' a nerve cell has in the brain is strictly regulated. In the environment of learning neurons, certain processes are set in motion that make signal transmission less ...
Sep. 24, 2020 — Researchers have developed an animal model that reproduces motor dysfunction and cerebellar neurodegeneration similar to that in spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) by inhibiting chaperone-mediated ...
Sep. 23, 2020 — New research proposes that Alzheimer's disease may be driven by the overactivation of fructose made in the brain. The study outlined the hypothesis that Alzheimer's is a modern disease ...
Sep. 23, 2020 — Researchers have discovered a function for the protein missing in many types of ALS and FTLD, two neurodegenerative diseases. In neurons, the protein TDP-43 bound to messenger RNA that codes for ...
Sep. 23, 2020 — If sport is good for the body, it also seems to be good for the brain. By evaluating memory performance following a sport session, neuroscientists demonstrate that an intensive physical exercise ...
Sep. 23, 2020 — Researchers identify the protein PRMT1 as a key regulator of glial cell function during postnatal brain ...
Sep. 18, 2020 — Based on highly sensitive recordings of neuron activity in the noses of mice, researchers have found that olfactory sensory neurons can exhibit suppression or enhancement of response when odors are ...
Sep. 17, 2020 — Why do pregnancies last longer in some species than others? Researchers have found the clock that sets the speed of embryonic development and discovered the mechanism is based on how proteins are ...
Sep. 17, 2020 — Researchers have identified the protein GLT-1 as the neurotransmitter glutamate transporter in the brain that is related to cortical spreading depression, a pathological condition that underlies ...
Sep. 17, 2020 — Neuroscientists distinguish brain regions based on what they do, but now have a new way to overlay information about how they are built, ...
Sep. 17, 2020 — A research team has created a smart drug delivery system that reduces inflammation in damaged nervous tissues and may help treat spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders. The system, ...
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