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Showing posts with label Neuroscience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neuroscience. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Mystery solved: New study reveals how DNA repair genes play a major role in Huntington's disease

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Dr. Xiangdong William Yang Photo Credit: Courtesy of UCLA/Health A new UCLA Health study has discovered in mouse models that genes associate...

Opening for a new type of drug for Alzheimer’s Disease

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Kaj Blennow and Tohidul Islam. Photo Credit: Johan Wingborg A complementary drug to combat Alzheimer’s disease could target a specific part ...
Monday, February 10, 2025

Study reveals reasons for misdiagnosis of frontotemporal dementia

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Researchers have discovered patterns in the misdiagnosis of frontotemporal dementia Photo Credit:  Anna Shvets University of Queensland rese...

How Does the Brain Differentiate New Stimuli from Old Ones?

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The illustration represents how sounds are encoded in the cerebral cortex, with neurons (at right) using "echoing" activity to tra...
Sunday, February 9, 2025

Research in Fruit Flies Pinpoints Brain Pathways Involved in Alcohol-Induced Insomnia

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Adrian Rothenfluh, PhD (left), and Maggie Chvilicek (right), authors on the recent study. Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of Utah Healt...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Improved Brain Decoder Holds Promise for Communication in People with Aphasia

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Brain activity like this, measured in an fMRI machine, can be used to train a brain decoder to decipher what a person is thinking about. In ...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Cutting edge technology shows promise in tackling deadly brain tumors

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Delivering advanced gene-editing tools directly to the tumor site can improve the body’s defense against glioblastoma Image Credit: Gemini A...

Spinal cord stimulation: A transformative option for chronic pain management

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Image Credit:  cottonbro studio Chronic back and lower extremity pain are leading causes of disability worldwide, significantly impacting th...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Videos with Cold Symptoms Activate Brain Regions and Trigger Immune Response

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 Study on Brain Activity and Antibody Concentration Photo Credit:  Andrea Piacquadio People who watch videos of sneezing or sick people show...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Self-Assembling Cerebral Blood Vessels: A Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Treatment

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Image Credit: Courtesy of Pohang University of Science and Technology A 3D model accurately mimicking the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) in a lab...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Regulatory T Cells Found to Safeguard Brain Health, Memory Formation

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Differences in neuronal activation in mice with intact Tregs (left) and depleted Tregs (right). The finding demonstrates that Tregs play a r...
Monday, January 27, 2025

Researchers detect that people with schizophrenia have an altered ability to visually perceive contrast

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UB researchers Cristina de la Malla and Daniel Linares. Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of Barcelona According to a review of more than...
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Gene editing extends lifespan in mouse model of prion disease

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Broad Communications Eric Minikel and Sonia Vallabh run a lab with a singular focus: preventing and treating prion disease within their life...
Monday, January 13, 2025

Unraveling the Mysteries of DNA Damage in the Brain

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Immunofluorescent staining of mouse brain, showing neurons and glial cells in the hippocampus. Blue are cell nuclei, while green are microfi...
Monday, January 6, 2025

Membrane Anchor Suppresses Protein Aggregation

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3 D reconstruction of a microscope image: red is the membrane and green clumped prion protein. Image Credit: AG Tatzelt Researchers have gai...

Researchers discover how to mimic hibernation in non-hibernating animals

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OHSU researcher Domenico Tupone, Ph.D., has discovered a method to control human body temperature, mimicking hibernation in non-hibernating ...
Monday, April 8, 2024

Fueling nerve cell function and plasticity

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The picture shows neurons (magenta) born in the adult mouse hippocampus. Nuclei are stained cyan. The extending dendrites are important site...
Thursday, April 4, 2024

Autism and ADHD are linked to disturbed gut flora very early in life

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The researchers have found links between the gut flora in babies first year of life and future diagnoses. Photo Credit:  Cheryl Holt Disturb...
Monday, April 1, 2024

Chickadees are Memory Geniuses. Their Barcode-Like Neural Activity May Be to Thank.

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Chickadee caching a seed overlaid with a neural ‘barcode’ activity Image Credit: Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute Black-capped chickadees have...
Friday, March 29, 2024

Risk factors for faster aging in the brain revealed in new study

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Governments have been urged to act decisively before 2035 to ensure global warming can be kept below 2°C by 2100. Photo Credit:  Nöel Puebla...