'Switching off' specific brain cells protects against stress

byOsaka UniversityActivation of the claustrum, identified as a reliable marker of the stressed brain, controls stress-induced anxiety-like and depression-like behaviors. Credit: Atsushi KasaiIt

Updated on: January 21,2024

'Switching off' specific brain cells protects against stress

byOsaka UniversityActivation of the claustrum, identified as a reliable marker of the stressed brain, controls stress-induced anxiety-like and depression-like behaviors. Credit: Atsushi KasaiIt

Updated on:January 21,2024

Developmental crossroads in the brain: How proteins direct nerve cell precursors to turn into specialized neurons

byMax Planck SocietyBrain functions such as motivated behavior, reward learning and decision making are enabled by inhibitory projection neurons. Researchers now show that the protein MEIS2 play

Updated on: March 27,2024

Developmental crossroads in the brain: How proteins direct nerve cell precursors to turn into specialized neurons

byMax Planck SocietyBrain functions such as motivated behavior, reward learning and decision making are enabled by inhibitory projection neurons. Researchers now show that the protein MEIS2 play

Updated on:March 27,2024

New drugs cross blood-brain barrier to slow progression and even reverse symptoms of Huntington's disease

FEBRUARY 26, 2024byWeizmann Institute of ScienceCredit:EMBO Molecular Medicine(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44321-023-00020-yWeizmann Institute scientists have discovered two small molecules

Updated on: March 25,2024

New drugs cross blood-brain barrier to slow progression and even reverse symptoms of Huntington's disease

FEBRUARY 26, 2024byWeizmann Institute of ScienceCredit:EMBO Molecular Medicine(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44321-023-00020-yWeizmann Institute scientists have discovered two small molecules

Updated on:March 25,2024

New Alzheimer's drug shines light on need for assessments to head off 'a tsunami of cognitive afflictions'

by University of Southern CaliforniaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainTwo stories dominated Alzheimer's news this year: The FDA's approval of Leqembi, the first drug to slow progression of

Updated on: February 24,2024

New Alzheimer's drug shines light on need for assessments to head off 'a tsunami of cognitive afflictions'

by University of Southern CaliforniaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainTwo stories dominated Alzheimer's news this year: The FDA's approval of Leqembi, the first drug to slow progression of

Updated on:February 24,2024

Discovery of early plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease

by Institut national de la recherche scientifiqueINRS Professor Charles Ramassamy, specialist on Alzheimer's disease, doctoral student Mohamed Raâfet Ben Khedher and postdoctoral student Mohamed H

Updated on: May 28,2024

Discovery of early plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease

by Institut national de la recherche scientifiqueINRS Professor Charles Ramassamy, specialist on Alzheimer's disease, doctoral student Mohamed Raâfet Ben Khedher and postdoctoral student Mohamed H

Updated on:May 28,2024

New therapeutic target for Parkinson's disease discovered

JULY 19, 2023byNorthwestern UniversityImmunohistochemistry for alpha-synuclein showing positive staining (brown) of an intraneural Lewy-body in the Substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease. C

Updated on: March 15,2024

New therapeutic target for Parkinson's disease discovered

JULY 19, 2023byNorthwestern UniversityImmunohistochemistry for alpha-synuclein showing positive staining (brown) of an intraneural Lewy-body in the Substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease. C

Updated on:March 15,2024

Breaks in 'junk' DNA give scientists new insight into neurological disorders

byUniversity of SheffieldCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainJunk DNA could unlock new treatments for neurological disorders as scientists discover its breaks and repairs affect our protection agai

Updated on: January 21,2024

Breaks in 'junk' DNA give scientists new insight into neurological disorders

byUniversity of SheffieldCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainJunk DNA could unlock new treatments for neurological disorders as scientists discover its breaks and repairs affect our protection agai

Updated on:January 21,2024

'Resetting' the injured brain offers clues for concussion treatment

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research in mice raises the prospects for development of post-concussion therapies that could ward off cognitive

Updated on: January 21,2024

'Resetting' the injured brain offers clues for concussion treatment

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research in mice raises the prospects for development of post-concussion therapies that could ward off cognitive

Updated on:January 21,2024

New 3D co-cultured model to study effect of proton therapy on aggressive brain cancer

byDelft University of TechnologyA) CAD design of the 3D scaffold with various gap sizes highlighted. B) SEM micrograph of the micro-vessels-like scaffolds at 90˚ degrees tilt. C) SEM micrograph

Updated on: January 02,2024

New 3D co-cultured model to study effect of proton therapy on aggressive brain cancer

byDelft University of TechnologyA) CAD design of the 3D scaffold with various gap sizes highlighted. B) SEM micrograph of the micro-vessels-like scaffolds at 90˚ degrees tilt. C) SEM micrograph

Updated on:January 02,2024

'What we see seems like what we have just seen': A new study describes the potential origin of this perceptual bias

byInternational School of Advanced Studies (SISSA)Experimental procedure. (A) Stimulation procedure used in Exp. 1. In Exp. 1, participants performed either a numerosity, a duration, or a size d

Updated on: January 21,2024

'What we see seems like what we have just seen': A new study describes the potential origin of this perceptual bias

byInternational School of Advanced Studies (SISSA)Experimental procedure. (A) Stimulation procedure used in Exp. 1. In Exp. 1, participants performed either a numerosity, a duration, or a size d

Updated on:January 21,2024

New brain alterations induced by main genetic risk factor in Alzheimer's disease discovered

by Autonomous University of BarcelonaCultured APOE4 astrocytes with altered lipid accumulation. Credit: INc-UABA study led by the Institut de Neurociències (INc-UAB) shows that APOE4, the princip

Updated on: May 28,2024

New brain alterations induced by main genetic risk factor in Alzheimer's disease discovered

by Autonomous University of BarcelonaCultured APOE4 astrocytes with altered lipid accumulation. Credit: INc-UABA study led by the Institut de Neurociències (INc-UAB) shows that APOE4, the princip

Updated on:May 28,2024

Plotting the demise of Alzheimer's: New study is major test for power of early action

by Alvin Powell,Harvard UniversityCredit: Harvard UniversityCatch it early. Those are watchwords in the battle against a host of illnesses, from heart disease to cancer to Type 2 diabetes. Early

Updated on: May 05,2024

Plotting the demise of Alzheimer's: New study is major test for power of early action

by Alvin Powell,Harvard UniversityCredit: Harvard UniversityCatch it early. Those are watchwords in the battle against a host of illnesses, from heart disease to cancer to Type 2 diabetes. Early

Updated on:May 05,2024